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Page 49
... represents a force of attraction which holds our own earth and all the planets steadily in their places ; while it fills the mind with an indescribable awe as we think of that Being who made the sun , and holds it in the very palm of ...
... represents a force of attraction which holds our own earth and all the planets steadily in their places ; while it fills the mind with an indescribable awe as we think of that Being who made the sun , and holds it in the very palm of ...
Page 61
... represents the willow - leafed struc- ture of the luminous surface , and also the " bridges " Fig . 12 . WILLOW - LEAF . spanning the solar spot . Indeed , it is said that the spots themselves always have their origin in a " pore ...
... represents the willow - leafed struc- ture of the luminous surface , and also the " bridges " Fig . 12 . WILLOW - LEAF . spanning the solar spot . Indeed , it is said that the spots themselves always have their origin in a " pore ...
Page 69
... represented by a small pin's head , at a distance of about 27 feet from the centre of the ideal sun ; Mercury by a mustard - seed , at a distance of 82 feet ; Venus by a pea , at a distance of 142 feet ; the Earth , also , by a pea , at ...
... represented by a small pin's head , at a distance of about 27 feet from the centre of the ideal sun ; Mercury by a mustard - seed , at a distance of 82 feet ; Venus by a pea , at a distance of 142 feet ; the Earth , also , by a pea , at ...
Page 80
... represented in the cut , and making the same suppositions concerning it as those we have already explained . M Fig . 22 . VS N H K S LOU m Q.W.P RETROGRADE MOTION OF A SUPERIOR PLANET . SIDEREAL AND SYNODIC REVOLUTION . - The interval ...
... represented in the cut , and making the same suppositions concerning it as those we have already explained . M Fig . 22 . VS N H K S LOU m Q.W.P RETROGRADE MOTION OF A SUPERIOR PLANET . SIDEREAL AND SYNODIC REVOLUTION . - The interval ...
Page 91
... calculate the distances of the earth and Venus from each other , when in perihelion and aphelion , as in the case of Mercury , ( See tables in Appendix . ) The figure represents its apparent dimensions at the extreme , VENUS . 91.
... calculate the distances of the earth and Venus from each other , when in perihelion and aphelion , as in the case of Mercury , ( See tables in Appendix . ) The figure represents its apparent dimensions at the extreme , VENUS . 91.
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