 Jupiter a moderate-sized orange, in a circle nearly half a mile across; Saturn a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile...  Astronomy - Page 287by Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 422 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Dionysius Lardner - Astronomy - 1867 - 642 pages
...Saturn, n small orange : Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum ; and Neptune, a middle-sized plum. 'As to getting correct notions on this subject by...drawing circles on paper, or, still worse, from those childish toys called orreries, it is out of the question.' Kame of Hanet. Distance from Bun. Mean distance... | |
 | Astronomy - 1867 - 346 pages
...a half! As to getting correct notions on these subjects by drawing circles on paper, says Sir John, or, still worse, from those very childish toys called orreries, it is out of the question. In this illustration Sir John's sun is two feet in diameter. 13 P. XIX. LYRM. TO THE EDIT OB OF THE... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Geography - 1868 - 402 pages
...comparative extent of land a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; and Uranus, a fullsized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a...a half in diameter. As to getting correct notions oil this subject by drawing circles on paper, or still worse, from those very childish toys called... | |
 | Charles Cowden Clarke - 1869 - 406 pages
...half-amile across ; Saturn, a small orange on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; and Uranus, a full-sized cherry or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile-and-ahalf in diameter.' This indeed would give us a fair idea of the relative dimensions of the... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1871 - 464 pages
...a mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, in a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half; and Neptune, a goodsized plum, in a circle about two miles and a half in diameter.* 142. As the planets... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1874 - 276 pages
...a mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half; and Neptune, a good-sized plum, on a circle about two miles and a half in diameter. As to getting correct... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - Science - 1875 - 594 pages
...half-a-mile across; Saturn, a small orange, in a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full-sized cherry or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half; and Neptune a good sized plum, in a circle about two miles and a half in diameter." Introduction to... | |
 | Science - 1875 - 598 pages
...half-a-mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, in a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full-sized cherry or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half; and Neptune a good sized plum, in a circte about two miles and a half in diameter." Introduction to... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1877 - 148 pages
...a mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, in a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half; and Neptune, a good-sized plum, in a circle about two miles and a half in diameter. 148. I have already... | |
 | Mary Swift Lamson - 1878 - 440 pages
...John Herschell says, "As to getting correct notions on [the magnifudes and distances of the planets] by drawing circles on paper, or, still worse, from...toys called orreries, it is out of the question." As to getting perfect notions on any great subject in this world, it is out of the question ; but right... | |
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