The heavens and the earth; or, Familiar illustrations of astronomyReligious Tract Society, 1873 |
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... course by the Bears , the two constellations of that name ; and the Korán re- cognises the same fact in the passage " God has given you the stars to be guides in the dark both by land and sea . " In their voyages also , the ancients ...
... course by the Bears , the two constellations of that name ; and the Korán re- cognises the same fact in the passage " God has given you the stars to be guides in the dark both by land and sea . " In their voyages also , the ancients ...
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... course , when the distances are taken with accuracy , and the computations are made with care . He once sailed from San Blas , on the west coast of Mexico ; and after a voyage of eight thousand miles , occupying eighty - nine days , he ...
... course , when the distances are taken with accuracy , and the computations are made with care . He once sailed from San Blas , on the west coast of Mexico ; and after a voyage of eight thousand miles , occupying eighty - nine days , he ...
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... course by those common principles of navigation which may be safely employed for short distances between one known station and another . Having ar- rived within what he considered from his computations fifteen or twenty miles of the ...
... course by those common principles of navigation which may be safely employed for short distances between one known station and another . Having ar- rived within what he considered from his computations fifteen or twenty miles of the ...
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... course . Mankind being accustomed to depend implicitly upon the verdict of the senses , the earth was therefore sup- posed to be constantly at rest , with the great orbs of day and night , and the vast host of stars 18 THE HEAVENS AND ...
... course . Mankind being accustomed to depend implicitly upon the verdict of the senses , the earth was therefore sup- posed to be constantly at rest , with the great orbs of day and night , and the vast host of stars 18 THE HEAVENS AND ...
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... courses of the planets in their orbits . > The Moon . 24 PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM . Mercury . Venus . The Sun. Mars . 24 Jupiter . h Saturn . *** Fixed Stars . To explain these phenomena , recourse was had to the idea of geometrical centres ...
... courses of the planets in their orbits . > The Moon . 24 PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM . Mercury . Venus . The Sun. Mars . 24 Jupiter . h Saturn . *** Fixed Stars . To explain these phenomena , recourse was had to the idea of geometrical centres ...
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Admiral Smyth ancient apparent magnitude appear aspect astronomical atmosphere attraction axis bodies Boötes bright cause celestial centre chromosphere clouds colour comet computed constellation dark diameter direction discovery disk earth east equal equator favourable firmament globe greater heavens hemisphere Hence Herschel horizon Horrocks immense inferior conjunction interval Jupiter Kepler known light luminary luminous lunar lunar eclipse magnitude Mare Imbrium Mars mean distance Mercury meridian meteors millions of miles minor planets minutes moon moon's morning motion mountains naked eye nature nearly Neptune night object obscuration observatory observed ocean opposite orbit orbital revolution owing passing period planet planetary poles portion position rays remarkable revolution revolving rotation round the sun satellite Saturn seasons seen Sept shadow solar eclipse solar system space spots sun's supposed surface tail telescope terrestrial tion total eclipse transit Tycho Brahe Uranus vapours velocity Venus visible
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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...