Scientific Dialogues,: Of mechanicsBaldwin and Cradock; and R. Hunter, 1828 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 57
עמוד 5
... distance of the fixed stars from us is immensely great ; con- sequently the rays of light have to travel this distance , in the course of which , especially in their passage through our atmosphere , they are • # subject to numberless ...
... distance of the fixed stars from us is immensely great ; con- sequently the rays of light have to travel this distance , in the course of which , especially in their passage through our atmosphere , they are • # subject to numberless ...
עמוד 28
... distance somewhat greater from Aldebaran , than that is east of a Arietis , and you will per- ceive two bright stars at a small dis- tance from one another , called Castor and Pollux ; the lower one , and that .which is least brilliant ...
... distance somewhat greater from Aldebaran , than that is east of a Arietis , and you will per- ceive two bright stars at a small dis- tance from one another , called Castor and Pollux ; the lower one , and that .which is least brilliant ...
עמוד 38
... , sir ? " Tutor . The declination of the sun , or of any heavenly body , is its distance from the imaginary circle in the heavens , called the equinoctial . Thus you observe that the sun's declination on the 1st 98 ASTRONOMY .
... , sir ? " Tutor . The declination of the sun , or of any heavenly body , is its distance from the imaginary circle in the heavens , called the equinoctial . Thus you observe that the sun's declination on the 1st 98 ASTRONOMY .
עמוד 44
... distance from the ecliptic north or south . or south . Thus the latitude of Venus , on new - year's day , 1822 , was 1 ° . 1 ′ south . Charles . Then the latitude of hea venly bodies , has the same reference to the ecliptic , that ...
... distance from the ecliptic north or south . or south . Thus the latitude of Venus , on new - year's day , 1822 , was 1 ° . 1 ′ south . Charles . Then the latitude of hea venly bodies , has the same reference to the ecliptic , that ...
עמוד 45
... distance from the ecliptic , and since the sun is always in the ecliptic , therefore he can have no latitude . Tutor . The longitude of the sun and planets is the only thing in this page that need now be explained . The longitude of a ...
... distance from the ecliptic , and since the sun is always in the ecliptic , therefore he can have no latitude . Tutor . The longitude of the sun and planets is the only thing in this page that need now be explained . The longitude of a ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
24 hours 95 millions annual motion appear Aries astronomers axis called centre Charles clock comet consequently CONVERSATION dark days and nights degrees dial diameter discovered distance diurnal motion earth's orbit ecliptic enlightened Ephemeris equal equator figure fixed stars full moon globe greater half heavens heliocentric hemisphere hence Herschel horizon inhabitants James journey round Julius Cæsar Jupiter larger latitude Leap-Year less Libra light and heat longitude magnitude Mars means Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes moon's nearer nearest noon observe parallel pass polar circles position rays retrograde motion revolves rise and set rotation round the earth round the sun satellites Saturn seasons seen shadow shine sidereal day situated Solar System spectator summer sun and earth sun's superior planets supposed surface synodical month tance thousand tides tion top-mast tropic tropic of Cancer turn Tutor tween Venus vertical visible winter
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 133 - evidence of things not seen," in the fulness of Divine grace ; and was profound on this, the greatest concern of human life, while unable even to comprehend how the " inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit" could be the cause of the change of the seasons.
עמוד 166 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
עמוד 231 - Amid the radiant orbs, That more than deck — that animate — the sky, The life-infusing suns of other worlds ; Lo ! from the dread immensity of space Returning, with accelerated course, The rushing comet to the Sun descends ; And as he sinks below the shading earth, With awful train projected o'er the heavens, 1710 The guilty nations tremble.
עמוד 89 - In endless speculation, and adore ? One sun by day, by night ten thousand shine ; And light us deep into the Deity ; How boundless in magnificence and might!
עמוד 197 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
עמוד 196 - Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew; For me, the mine a thousand treasures brings; For me, health gushes from a thousand springs; Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My foot-stool earth, my canopy the skies.
עמוד 6 - To ask or search I blame thee not, for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works, and learn His seasons, hours, or days, or months, or years.
עמוד 148 - But opposite in levell'd west was set His mirror, with full face borrowing her light From him, for other light she needed none In that aspect, and still that distance keeps Till night...
עמוד 53 - Prime cheerer, light! Of all material beings first, and best ! Efflux divine ! Nature's resplendent robe ! Without whose vesting beauty all were wrapt In unessential gloom ; and thou, O sun ! Soul of surrounding worlds, in whom best seen Shines out thy Maker...
עמוד 196 - But do these worlds display their beams, or guide Their orbs, to serve thy use, to please thy pride ? Thyself but dust; thy stature but a span, A moment thy duration; foolish man! As well may the minutest emmet say, That Caucasus was...