Scientific Dialogues,: Of mechanicsBaldwin and Cradock; and R. Hunter, 1828 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 17
עמוד 2
... look all around the heavens ? I should suppose there were millions . Tutor . This number is certainly the limit of what you can at present behold ; and that which leads you , and persons in general , to conjecture that the number is so ...
... look all around the heavens ? I should suppose there were millions . Tutor . This number is certainly the limit of what you can at present behold ; and that which leads you , and persons in general , to conjecture that the number is so ...
עמוד 7
... by making them almost parallel to one another ; now look into them , and say what you see . James . There are more half - crowns now than there were before . Tutor . It is evident , then , that by OF THE FIXED STARS . 7.
... by making them almost parallel to one another ; now look into them , and say what you see . James . There are more half - crowns now than there were before . Tutor . It is evident , then , that by OF THE FIXED STARS . 7.
עמוד 8
... look through it at the candle : how many do you see ? or rather , how many candles should you suppose there were , did you not know that there was but one on the table ? James . A great many , and a pretty sight it is . Charles . Let me ...
... look through it at the candle : how many do you see ? or rather , how many candles should you suppose there were , did you not know that there was but one on the table ? James . A great many , and a pretty sight it is . Charles . Let me ...
עמוד 9
Jeremiah Joyce. images of the candle , or any other object at which you look , as there are different surfaces on your glass . For , by the principle of refraction , the image of the candle is seen in as many different places as the ...
Jeremiah Joyce. images of the candle , or any other object at which you look , as there are different surfaces on your glass . For , by the principle of refraction , the image of the candle is seen in as many different places as the ...
עמוד 13
... look at the sun at twelve o'clock at noon , I am also looking to the south , where he then is ; my back is towards the north ; the west is on my right hand , and the east on my left . Tutor . But you must learn to find these points ...
... look at the sun at twelve o'clock at noon , I am also looking to the south , where he then is ; my back is towards the north ; the west is on my right hand , and the east on my left . Tutor . But you must learn to find these points ...
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...