 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
 | Education - 1887 - 524 pages
...mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, on a circle of nearly fourfifths 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 and a-half miles in diameter." GRADES.... | |
 | Richard S. Peale - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 548 pages
...Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small fact has proved that the sun turns around upon his axis, and, plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and although he does sot move, as we imagine, from east to west, a half in diameter." Comparative Table... | |
 | Sir Richard Gregory - Geomorphology - 1893 - 320 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 finally Neptune, a good-sized plum on a circle about two miles and a half in diameter.' On this... | |
 | David Peck Todd - Astronomy - 1897 - 498 pages
...half 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. ... To imitate the... | |
 | Charles Augustus Young - Astronomy - 1898 - 652 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 finally Neptune, a good-sized plum on a circle about two miles and a half in diameter. ... To... | |
 | Charles Augustus Young - Astronomy - 1898 - 666 pages
...Saturn, a small orange on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full-sized cherry or fimill plum upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half; ami finally Neptune, a yood-sizrd plum on a circle about two miles and a half in diameter. . . . To... | |
 | Charles Augustus Young - Astronomy - 1898 - 668 pages
...Saturn, a small ornni/e on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full-sized cherry or small jilum upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half; and finally Neptune, a good-sized plum on a circle about two miles and a half in diameter. ... To imitate... | |
 | David Peck Todd - Astronomy - 1899 - 492 pages
...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 notions...by drawing circles on paper, or, still worse, from the very childish toys called orreries, it is out of the question. To imitate the motions of the planets,... | |
 | John Adams - Teaching - 1910 - 448 pages
...half 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... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 432 pages
...says — " As to getting correct notions on this subject (the distances and magnitude* of the planets) by drawing circles on paper, or still worse, from...toys called orreries, it is out of the question." A LADY CORRESPONDENT, having noticed our remarks against stays, recommends the adoption of a tight-fitting... | |
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