 Jupiter ; it then gradually diminished in splendor, and having exhibited all the variety of tints that indicate the changes of combustion, vanished sixteen months after its discovery, without altering its position. It is impossible to imagine any thing...  On the Connection of the Physical Sciences - Page 359by Mary Somerville - 1846 - 460 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...the decline and termination of mighty conflagrations, " it is impossible," says Mrs. Somerville, " to imagine anything more tremendous than a conflagration that could be visible at such a distance." In 1607 the comet, afterwards known as Halley's, engaged the attention of Keppler, and again in 1618... | |
 | Hiram Mattison - 1849 - 290 pages
...paleness, in which its light expired." " It is impossible," says Mrs. Sumerville, " to imagine any thing more tremendous than a conflagration that could be visible at such a distance." In reference to the same phenomenon, Dr. Dick ob-< serves, that " the splendor concentrated in that... | |
 | Charles Mountford Burnett - 1850 - 340 pages
...increased in brightness till it even surpassed that of Jupiter ; it then gradually diminished in splendour, and having exhibited all the variety of tints that...conflagration that could be visible at such a distance." — Somervilles Connexion of the Physical Sciences, p. 395. These various and opposite colours in the... | |
 | George Brewster - 1850 - 240 pages
...and lastly of an ashy paleness, in which its light expired. It is impossible, says Mrs. Somerville, to imagine anything more tremendous than a conflagration that could be visible at such a distance. It was seen for sixteen months. /;/>' </?*«*'<•' _*•.<•' > <•< " Some astronomers imagined that... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1852 - 372 pages
...having undergone many variations of light, vanished after two years, and has never since been seen. -n 1572, a star was discovered in Cassiopeia, which rapidly...altering its position. It is impossible to imagine any thing more tremendous than a conflagration that could be visible at such a distance. It is, however,... | |
 | Herschel S. Porter - 1854 - 412 pages
...Somerville, in her very learned and profound work on tho Connection of the Physical Sciences: "In 1752 9 a star was discovered in Cassiopeia, which rapidly...conflagration that could be visible at such a distance." Change is not only the law which governs the planet on which we live, but it extends to the whole solar... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1856 - 358 pages
...and lastly of an ashy paleness, in which its light expired. It is impossible, says Mrs. Somerville, to imagine anything more tremendous than a conflagration that could be visible at such a distance. It was seen for sixteen months. Some astronomers imagined that it would reappear again after 150 years... | |
 | Hiram Mattison - 1856 - 254 pages
...paleness, in which its light expired." " It is impossible, says Mrs. Sumervillo, " to imagine any thing more tremendous than a conflagration that could be visible at such a distance." 445. In reference to the same phenomenon, Dr. DICK observes, that " the splendor concentrated in that... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...the decline and termination of mighty conflagrations, " it is impossible," says Mrs. Somerville, " to imagine anything more tremendous than a conflagration that could be visible at such a distance." In 1607 the comet, afterwards known as Halley's, engaged the attention of Keppler, and again in 1618... | |
 | Robert Patterson - 1875 - 554 pages
...magnitude, assuming in succession the hues of a dying conflagration, and then finally disappeared." "It is impossible to imagine anything more tremendous...conflagration that could be visible at such a distance."* Astronomers now recognize a class of such Temporary * Nicholl's Solar System, 188. Connection of Physical... | |
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