The heavens and the earth; or, Familiar illustrations of astronomyReligious Tract Society, 1873 |
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... obscuration occurred , and also in the seventeenth year of Heraclius . Kepler states , that in 1547 , the same day on which the battle of Mühlberg was fought , the sun appeared reddish , as when viewed through a thick mist , and the ...
... obscuration occurred , and also in the seventeenth year of Heraclius . Kepler states , that in 1547 , the same day on which the battle of Mühlberg was fought , the sun appeared reddish , as when viewed through a thick mist , and the ...
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... obscuration , vividly conveys to the mind the idea of stupendous power at work in the universe , and of the utter impotence of man to arrest the march of events . At the same time , the circum- stances connected with a full solar ...
... obscuration , vividly conveys to the mind the idea of stupendous power at work in the universe , and of the utter impotence of man to arrest the march of events . At the same time , the circum- stances connected with a full solar ...
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... obscuration , may last for several hours . But the time of the totality is always limited to a few minutes . a few minutes . They always begin on the western , and end on the eastern edge of the luminary . Though solar eclipses occur ...
... obscuration , may last for several hours . But the time of the totality is always limited to a few minutes . a few minutes . They always begin on the western , and end on the eastern edge of the luminary . Though solar eclipses occur ...
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... obscuration ; and that the sun had no sooner re - ap- peared than they commenced to crow with greater vivacity than before . In other parts of the country more favourable for observation , as many as twenty stars were seen by the naked ...
... obscuration ; and that the sun had no sooner re - ap- peared than they commenced to crow with greater vivacity than before . In other parts of the country more favourable for observation , as many as twenty stars were seen by the naked ...
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... obscuration , was strange and startling . " The whole population of Vienna , as in other places in the path of the moon's shadow , was early on the alert , except the invalid and infirm . Thousands thronged the ramparts of the city ...
... obscuration , was strange and startling . " The whole population of Vienna , as in other places in the path of the moon's shadow , was early on the alert , except the invalid and infirm . Thousands thronged the ramparts of the city ...
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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...