Astronomical and Geographical Essays: Containing a Full and Comprehensive View, on a New Plan, of the General Principles of Astronomy, the Use of the Celestial and Terrestrial Globes ... the Description and Use of the Most Improved Planetarium, Tellurian, and Lunarium, and Also an Introduction to Practical AstronomyPrinted for, and sold by W. & S. Jones, 1812 - Всего страниц: 518 |
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... situation he considers the motion of the heavenly host , and finds that all is regular and har- monious . In the second part , his attention is di- rected to the appearances of the planetary bodies , as observed from the earth . It were ...
... situation he considers the motion of the heavenly host , and finds that all is regular and har- monious . In the second part , his attention is di- rected to the appearances of the planetary bodies , as observed from the earth . It were ...
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... situation from which they are observed . Astronomy , in com- mon with other branches of mathematics , while it strengthens the powers of the mind , restrains it from rash presumption , and disposes it to a rational assent . The ...
... situation from which they are observed . Astronomy , in com- mon with other branches of mathematics , while it strengthens the powers of the mind , restrains it from rash presumption , and disposes it to a rational assent . The ...
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... situation ; whence he views the heavens from a point which is not in the centre of the system , and is consequently the source of many apparent irregularities . This knowledge at tained , it will be easy to prove to him , that the real ...
... situation ; whence he views the heavens from a point which is not in the centre of the system , and is consequently the source of many apparent irregularities . This knowledge at tained , it will be easy to prove to him , that the real ...
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... situation he will see at one view all the heavens , which will appear to him perfectly spherical , the stars being so many lucid points in the concave surface of the sphere , whose centre is the sun , or , in the present instance , the ...
... situation he will see at one view all the heavens , which will appear to him perfectly spherical , the stars being so many lucid points in the concave surface of the sphere , whose centre is the sun , or , in the present instance , the ...
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... situations of other celestial bodies may be ascertained , and the varieties to which they are subject be observed . For , from the same place , the motions of the heavenly bodies can only be estimated by the angle formed at the ...
... situations of other celestial bodies may be ascertained , and the varieties to which they are subject be observed . For , from the same place , the motions of the heavenly bodies can only be estimated by the angle formed at the ...
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Стр. 515 - Charge will be made if this card is mutilated or not returned with the book GRADUATE LIBRARY THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN GL DO NOT REMOVE OR MUTILATE CARD...
Стр. 68 - Their names are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the Zodiac.
Стр. 361 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Стр. 222 - If both the places be situated on the same parallel of latitude, their bearing is either east or west from each other ; if the'y be situated on the same meridian, they bear north and south from each other ; if they be situated on the same rhumb-line, that rhumbline is their bearing : if they be not situated on the same rhumb-line, lay the quadrant of altitude over the. two places, and that rhumb-line which is the nearest of...
Стр. 52 - Our views of Nature, however imperfect, serve to represent to us, in the most sensible manner, that mighty power which prevails throughout, acting with a force and efficacy that appears to suffer no diminution from the greatest distances of space or intervals of time...
Стр. 195 - To make this circle answer the purpose, a semicircular wire is placed over it, carrying two indices, one on the east, the other on the west side of the strong brass circle.
Стр. 309 - As the terrestrial globe by turning on its axis represents the real diurnal motion of the earth ; so the celestial globe, by turning on its axis, represents the apparent motion of the heavens.
Стр. 412 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God. The beauties of the wilderness are His, That make so gay the solitary place Where no eye sees them. And the fairer forms That cultivation glories in are His. He sets the bright procession on its way, And marshals all the order of the year ; He marks the bounds which winter may not pass, And blunts his pointed fury ; in its case, Russet and rude...
Стр. 303 - Only double the time of the sun's rising that day, and it gives the length of the night ; double the time of its setting and it gives the length of the day.
Стр. 149 - ... he had ever seen before. It was every moment changing into some of the colours of the rainbow, as yellow, orange, purple, and red ; though it was generally white when it was at some distance from the vapours of the horizon.