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Page 62
... faint idea of the immense distance stated above by con- sidering that a cannon ball , flying with uniform velocity 500 miles every hour , would require four millions , and five hun- dred and ninety - five thousand years before it could ...
... faint idea of the immense distance stated above by con- sidering that a cannon ball , flying with uniform velocity 500 miles every hour , would require four millions , and five hun- dred and ninety - five thousand years before it could ...
Page 82
... faint as it ap- proached the period of its disappearance . Such were the appearances and changes of this wonderful star . These phenomena were particularly observed by several astronomers of that period , especially by Tycho Brahe , who ...
... faint as it ap- proached the period of its disappearance . Such were the appearances and changes of this wonderful star . These phenomena were particularly observed by several astronomers of that period , especially by Tycho Brahe , who ...
Page 95
... faint , and grew less and less till the end of February , 1706 , and could then be scarcely perceived even with a telescope . It did not reappear till the 18th April , 1708 , when it was larger than a star of the sixth magnitude , and ...
... faint , and grew less and less till the end of February , 1706 , and could then be scarcely perceived even with a telescope . It did not reappear till the 18th April , 1708 , when it was larger than a star of the sixth magnitude , and ...
Page 107
... faint glimpse of light in one point of the horizon , while palaces , and temples , and thousands of splendid fabrics are turned into smoking ruins , and multitudes are thrown into the utmost consternation , and perishing in the flames ...
... faint glimpse of light in one point of the horizon , while palaces , and temples , and thousands of splendid fabrics are turned into smoking ruins , and multitudes are thrown into the utmost consternation , and perishing in the flames ...
Page 119
... faint point , and requires an accurate telescope with considerable power to distinguish it . The large star is white , and the small star somewhat of a ruddy appearance , and is distant from the larger seventeen seconds , or about three ...
... faint point , and requires an accurate telescope with considerable power to distinguish it . The large star is white , and the small star somewhat of a ruddy appearance , and is distant from the larger seventeen seconds , or about three ...
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61 Cygni Almighty annual parallax apparent magnitude Arcturus astronomers Auriga behold Betelguese binary stars bodies bright star brilliant Cassiopeia Castor celestial centre colour comet considerable considered constellation Cor Caroli creation Cygni degrees diam diameter direction distance Divine double stars earth east equal existence firmament fixed stars Flamstead fourth magnitude globe grandeur heavens Herschel horizon hundred immense inhabitants intelligent John Herschel Jupiter larger light luminous lustre magnificent meridian Milky millions of miles minutes moon motion naked eye nature nearest nearly nebula nebulosity north declination number of stars objects observations orbit orbs Orion parallax passes perceive perihelion period phenomena planetary planets Pleiades Pollux position principal star regions revolution revolving right ascension round scene second magnitude seen sidereal Sirius sixth magnitude small star space splendour star appeared starry sublime supposed tail telescope thousand tion universe variable stars velocity visible worlds
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Page 37 - Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name: that strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Page 324 - All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord ; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power ; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Page 281 - Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth...
Page 278 - Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Page 274 - He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Page 43 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn...
Page 322 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Page 87 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Page 276 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone ; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their hosts, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Page 273 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.