The heavens and the earth; or, Familiar illustrations of astronomyReligious Tract Society, 1873 |
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... SATURN . Effect of Change of Distance - Telescopic Aid - Old Opinions of Saturn -First Observations of Galileo - Three Bodies apparent - Changed Appearances - Discoveries of Huyghens - Annular Appendage an- nounced - Change of Aspect ...
... SATURN . Effect of Change of Distance - Telescopic Aid - Old Opinions of Saturn -First Observations of Galileo - Three Bodies apparent - Changed Appearances - Discoveries of Huyghens - Annular Appendage an- nounced - Change of Aspect ...
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... Saturn . *** Fixed Stars . To explain these phenomena , recourse was had to the idea of geometrical centres moving round the earth , not indicated by any bodily existence , while the hea- venly bodies described smaller circles , or ...
... Saturn . *** Fixed Stars . To explain these phenomena , recourse was had to the idea of geometrical centres moving round the earth , not indicated by any bodily existence , while the hea- venly bodies described smaller circles , or ...
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... Saturn , the only planets then known , being exterior ; — the earth is supposed to be constantly revolving on a fixed axis from west to east , while traversing her an- nual orbit , causing the apparent diurnal revolution of the entire ...
... Saturn , the only planets then known , being exterior ; — the earth is supposed to be constantly revolving on a fixed axis from west to east , while traversing her an- nual orbit , causing the apparent diurnal revolution of the entire ...
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... Saturn Pallas Neptune Mars Earth Sercury Venus A Come t COPERNICAN SYSTEM . harmonious system , after long and profound reflection upon observed phenomena . They evince great mental independence and grasp of intellect . Having consented ...
... Saturn Pallas Neptune Mars Earth Sercury Venus A Come t COPERNICAN SYSTEM . harmonious system , after long and profound reflection upon observed phenomena . They evince great mental independence and grasp of intellect . Having consented ...
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... Saturn , Uranus , and Neptune ; eighteen satellites attend- ing these primary bodies , and circulating round them , of which the Earth has one , Jupiter four , Saturn eight , Uranus four , and Neptune one ; 130 minor planets between the ...
... Saturn , Uranus , and Neptune ; eighteen satellites attend- ing these primary bodies , and circulating round them , of which the Earth has one , Jupiter four , Saturn eight , Uranus four , and Neptune one ; 130 minor planets between the ...
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Page 115 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
Page 294 - 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 251 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 97 - Thus saith the LORD ; If ye can break my covenant of the day, And my covenant of the night, And that there should not be day and night in their season. Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, That he should not have a son to reign upon his throne ; And with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
Page 294 - Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea ; Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south ; Which doeth great things past finding out ; yea, and wonders without number.
Page 112 - For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations : thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
Page 106 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Page 64 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their meat from God. The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, And lay them down in their dens. Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labour until the evening.
Page 205 - Moreover, the satellites are invisible to the naked eye, and therefore can have no influence on the earth, and therefore would be useless, and therefore do not exist.
Page 24 - When I behold this goodly frame, this World Of Heaven and Earth consisting, and compute Their magnitudes ; this Earth, a spot, a grain, An atom, with the firmament compared...