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" We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain. Its movements have been felt, trembling along the far-reaching line of our analysis, with a certainty hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration. "
Fourteen Weeks Course in Descriptive Astronomy - Page 192
by Joel Dorman Steele - 1876 - 336 pages
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Student's Class Book of Astronomy

Francis Bullock - Astronomy - 1873 - 240 pages
...the 10th of September Sir J. Herschel remarked, " We see it as Columbus saw America from the chores of Spain. Its movements have been felt trembling along...far.reaching line of our analysis with a certainty hardly inferior to ocular demonstration." As early as August 4th and 12th tho Planet had been observed...
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Elementary Lessons in Astronomy

Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1876 - 394 pages
...September 1846, the new planet had fairly been grappled. We find Sir John Herschel remark1ng, " We see 1t as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain....far-reaching line of our analysis with a certainty hardly inferior to ocular demonstration." On the 29th July, 1846, the large telescope of the Cambridge...
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The heavens [tr. by W. Lockyer] ed. by J.N. Lockyer

Amédée Victor Guillemin - 1876 - 476 pages
...in September, 1s40, the new planet had fairly been grappled. We rind Sir John Hcrsehel remarking : ' We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores...Spain. Its movements have been felt trembling along the far .reaching line of our analysis with a certainty hardly inferior to ocular demonstration.' On the...
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The wonders of nature

Rudolph - Astronomy - 1877 - 248 pages
...the form of another planet ; hence his striking language representing this unknown outside planet : " We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores...far-reaching line of our analysis with a certainty not much inferior to ocular demonstration." Here was ground of encouragement for the young astronomers...
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The Art of Scientific Discovery: Or, The General Conditions and Methods of ...

George Gore - Chimie, Découvertes - 1878 - 694 pages
...remarked, at a meeting of the British Association, at Southampton : ' We see it ' (ie the planet) ' as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain....far-reaching line of our analysis, with a certainty hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration.' ' Halley had the glory of having first detected a...
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The Art of Scientific Discovery: Or, The General Conditions and Methods of ...

George Gore - Chimie, Découvertes - 1878 - 686 pages
....remarked, at a meeting of the British Association, at Southampton : ' We see it ' (ie the planet) ' as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain....far-reaching line of our analysis, with a certainty hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration.' 'Halley had the glory of having first detected a...
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The Art of Scientific Discovery: Or, The General Conditions and Methods of ...

George Gore - Chimie, Découvertes - 1878 - 688 pages
...Southampton : 4 We see it ' (ie the planet) * as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain. Its Q 2' movements have been felt, trembling along the far-reaching line of our analysis, with a certainty hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration.' 'Halley had the glory of having first detected a...
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Studies in Astronomy: Being a Lecture on the Science, Elaborated with ...

Arthur K. Bartlett - Astronomy - 1881 - 76 pages
...firmly did he believe in the existence of another planet, more remote from the sun, that he remarked: "We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores...our analysis, with a certainty not far inferior to occular demonstration. ' ' It is one of the most difficult problems presented to an astronomer "to...
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The wonders of nature. revised by A. Brown

Rudolph - 1882 - 266 pages
...the form of another Planet ; hence his striking language representing this unknown outside Planet : " We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores...far-reaching line of our analysis with a certainty not much inferior to ocular demonstration." Here was ground of encouragement for the young astronomers...
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Heroes of Science: Astronomers

Edward John Chalmers Morton - Astronomers - 1882 - 372 pages
...planet. Before it was seen by the eye of man, Sir John Herschel declared to the British Association, " We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores...far-reaching line of our analysis, with a certainty hardly inferior to ocular demonstration."* The discovery of Neptune completes the verification of the...
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