Scientific Dialogues,: Of mechanicsBaldwin and Cradock; and R. Hunter, 1828 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 23
עמוד 49
... distance there is be- tween us and these bodies . It is known with certainty , that the sun is more than 95 millions of miles distant from the earth , and the near- est fixed star is probably more than two hundred thousand times farther ...
... distance there is be- tween us and these bodies . It is known with certainty , that the sun is more than 95 millions of miles distant from the earth , and the near- est fixed star is probably more than two hundred thousand times farther ...
עמוד 80
... miles distant from the earth ; tell me , therefore , Charles , at what rate that body must travel to go round the earth in 24 hours ? Charles . I will ; 95 millions mul- tiplied by six will give 570 millions of miles for the length of ...
... miles distant from the earth ; tell me , therefore , Charles , at what rate that body must travel to go round the earth in 24 hours ? Charles . I will ; 95 millions mul- tiplied by six will give 570 millions of miles for the length of ...
עמוד 84
... millions of miles , the distance of the sun from the earth , they almost vanish as nothing . James . But do the rising and set- ting of the moon , which is at the dis tance of 240 thousand miles only , respect also the 84 ASTRONOMY .
... millions of miles , the distance of the sun from the earth , they almost vanish as nothing . James . But do the rising and set- ting of the moon , which is at the dis tance of 240 thousand miles only , respect also the 84 ASTRONOMY .
עמוד 110
... millions of miles nearer to the sun in December than we are in June . Charles . Is this possible , when our winter is so much colder than the summer ? Tutor . Notwithstanding this , it is a well known fact : for it is as- ' certained ...
... millions of miles nearer to the sun in December than we are in June . Charles . Is this possible , when our winter is so much colder than the summer ? Tutor . Notwithstanding this , it is a well known fact : for it is as- ' certained ...
עמוד 122
Jeremiah Joyce. comparison of 240 thousand miles , the distance of the moon from us , Tutor . Perhaps three yards bear a much greater proportion to 240 thousand miles , than 190 millions of miles bear to our distance from the polar star ...
Jeremiah Joyce. comparison of 240 thousand miles , the distance of the moon from us , Tutor . Perhaps three yards bear a much greater proportion to 240 thousand miles , than 190 millions of miles bear to our distance from the polar star ...
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...