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... bright stars , as he considered them , which were invisible to the naked eye . The next night he noticed that they had changed their relative positions . Astonished and perplexed , he waited three days for a fair night in which to ...
... bright stars , as he considered them , which were invisible to the naked eye . The next night he noticed that they had changed their relative positions . Astonished and perplexed , he waited three days for a fair night in which to ...
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... bright bodies irregularly distributed . Fig . 17 . Willow - Leaf . They are often apparently crowded together in luminous ridges , or streaks , termed faculæ ( facula , a torch ) ; while the rice - grains themselves , according to Prof ...
... bright bodies irregularly distributed . Fig . 17 . Willow - Leaf . They are often apparently crowded together in luminous ridges , or streaks , termed faculæ ( facula , a torch ) ; while the rice - grains themselves , according to Prof ...
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... , we may sometimes see it , just after sun- set , as a bright , sparkling star , near the western horizon . Its elevation increases evening by evening , but never exceeds 28 ° . * If we watch THE PLANETS . 71 VULCAN MERCURY.
... , we may sometimes see it , just after sun- set , as a bright , sparkling star , near the western horizon . Its elevation increases evening by evening , but never exceeds 28 ° . * If we watch THE PLANETS . 71 VULCAN MERCURY.
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... bright enough to cast a shadow at night . If , in addition , at this time of greatest brilliancy , Venus is at or near her highest north latitude , she may be seen with the naked eye in full daylight . ‡ This occurs once in eight years ...
... bright enough to cast a shadow at night . If , in addition , at this time of greatest brilliancy , Venus is at or near her highest north latitude , she may be seen with the naked eye in full daylight . ‡ This occurs once in eight years ...
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... bright side is toward the sun , and the unillumined side toward us . Indeed , at the period of greatest brilliancy , of which we have spoken , only about one - fourth of her light is visible . At this time , however , observers have ...
... bright side is toward the sun , and the unillumined side toward us . Indeed , at the period of greatest brilliancy , of which we have spoken , only about one - fourth of her light is visible . At this time , however , observers have ...
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appearance Aries astronomers atmosphere autumnal equinox axis Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia cause Celestial Sphere Cepheus circle color comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli dark Describe diameter disk distance earth earth's orbit east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial fixed stars globe heat heavenly bodies heavens Hercules horizon inferior conjunction inferior planet Jupiter latitude length Libra light longitude lunar Lyra magnitude Mars mean measured Mercury meridian meteors moon moon's motion move MYTHOLOGICAL naked eye nearly nebula Neptune night node north pole observations Orion parallax pass path perihelion Perseus polar Polaris precession rays revolve rings rising rotation satellites Saturn seasons seen shines sidereal Sirius solar day solar system space spectrum spots sun's supposed surface tail Taurus telescope theory tion Uranus Ursa Major Ursa Minor varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible zenith Zodiac zone
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Page 112 - While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Page 227 - Back comes the Chief in triumph. Who, in the hour of fight, Hath seen the Great Twin Brethren In harness on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and through gales, If once the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails.
Page 257 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page vii - God, That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
Page 216 - Her nails are sharpen'd into pointed claws, Her hands bear half her weight, and turn to paws ; Her lips, that once could tempt a god, begin To grow distorted in an ugly grin. And...
Page 264 - A solar day is the interval between two successive passages of the sun across the meridian of any place. If the earth were stationary in its orbit, the solar day would be of the same length as the sidereal ; but while the earth is turning around on its axis, it is going forward at the rate a'i 360° in a year, or about 1° per day.
Page 24 - Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle of matter with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses, and decreasing as the square of the distance between them increases.
Page 295 - The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and He-goat, The Man that holds the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails.
Page 19 - If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I can bear it. The die is cast, the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.
Page 305 - Upwards of one hundred lay prostrate on the ground, some speechless, and some with the bitterest cries, but with their hands raised, imploring God to save the world and them. The scene was truly awful ; for never did rain fall much thicker than the meteors fell towards the earth ; east, west, north, and south it was the same.