A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 3Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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... parallax , by three observed phases of a solar eclipse ; published in the Philosophical Transactions many learned papers , and amongst them , some concerning the use that might be made of the next transit of Venus , in determining the ...
... parallax , by three observed phases of a solar eclipse ; published in the Philosophical Transactions many learned papers , and amongst them , some concerning the use that might be made of the next transit of Venus , in determining the ...
Page 98
... parallax of Mars and the moon , and thence that of the sun , which it was concluded did not much exceed ten seconds . Here he re - examined and adjusted , with great accuracy , the places of stars about the southern pole ; and also ...
... parallax of Mars and the moon , and thence that of the sun , which it was concluded did not much exceed ten seconds . Here he re - examined and adjusted , with great accuracy , the places of stars about the southern pole ; and also ...
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... parallax of the fixed stars ; catalogues of double , triple , & c . stars ; on the proper motion of the sun and solar system ; on the remarkable ap- pearances of the polar regions of the planet Mars ; & c . Above all his discoveries of ...
... parallax of the fixed stars ; catalogues of double , triple , & c . stars ; on the proper motion of the sun and solar system ; on the remarkable ap- pearances of the polar regions of the planet Mars ; & c . Above all his discoveries of ...
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... parallax ; and Kepler discovered , from his own observations and those of his master , Tycho , that the comets did not , as had been supposed , move in straight lines , but in paths concave towards the sun , and he conceived that their ...
... parallax ; and Kepler discovered , from his own observations and those of his master , Tycho , that the comets did not , as had been supposed , move in straight lines , but in paths concave towards the sun , and he conceived that their ...
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... parallax ; that is , they appear to the earth , when on different sides of its orbit , to be exactly in the same places , the earth's orbit seen from a fixed star , appearing only as a point . Con- sequently , the fixed stars all shine ...
... parallax ; that is , they appear to the earth , when on different sides of its orbit , to be exactly in the same places , the earth's orbit seen from a fixed star , appearing only as a point . Con- sequently , the fixed stars all shine ...
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Page 421 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 307 - Merciful Heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Page 66 - Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.
Page 59 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 4 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet...
Page 320 - He is an evening reveller who makes His life an infancy, and sings his fill; At intervals, some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still, There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil. Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues.
Page 338 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 4 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore...
Page 58 - As we were going away, we observed some motion about the body, and upon examination, found his pulse and the motion of his heart gradually returning: he began to breathe gently and speak softly...
Page 58 - Skrine the least soil of breath on the bright mirror he held to his mouth ; then each of us, by turns, examined his arm, heart, and breath, but could not, by the nicest scrutiny, discover the least symptom of life in him.