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 anything... Mechanism of the Heavens - Page lxivby Mary Somerville - 1831 - 621 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Mountford Burnett - 1850 - 342 pages
...the final perfection of all things. * " In 1572 a star was discovered in Cassiopeia, which vapidly increased in brightness till it even surpassed that...Jupiter ; it then gradually diminished in splendour, and having exhibited all the variety of tints that indicate the changes of combustion, vanished sixteen... | |
| 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...that of Jupiter ; it then gradually diminished in splendor, and having exhibited all the variety of tints that indicate the changes of combustion, vanished... | |
| 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...that of Jupiter ; it then gradually diminished in splendor, and having exhibited all the variety of tints that indicate the changes of combustion, vanished,... | |
| Hiram Mattison - 1856 - 254 pages
...lastly' of an ashy 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... | |
| sir Richard Phillips - 1868 - 354 pages
...appeared, shone with a bright light, and vanished. In AD 1572, a star was discovered in the constellation Cassiopeia, which rapidly increased in brightness...Jupiter ; it then gradually diminished in splendour, and in sixteen mouths disappeared. It has been supposed that this resulted from a conflagration of the... | |
| Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1852 - 1216 pages
...reappeared, and, after many variations in light, vanished after two years, and has never since been teen. In 1572, a star was discovered in Cassiopeia, which...surpassed that of Jupiter; It then gradually diminished in splendor, and, after exhibiting all the variety of tints that indicates the changes of combustion,... | |
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