 | Charles Cowden Clarke - 1869 - 406 pages
...choose any well levelled field or bowling-green. On it place a globe two feet in diameter ; this will represent the sun ; Mercury will be represented by...of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter from its orbit; Venus, a pea on a circle 284 feet in diameter ; the Earth, also... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1874 - 276 pages
..."Choose any well-levelled field or bowling-green. On it place a globe, two feet in diameter; this will represent the sun ; Mercury will be represented by...of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus, a pea, on a circle 284 feet in diameter ; the Earth, also... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1880 - 196 pages
...following illustration of the magnitude and distances of the different members of the solar system. If upon a level field a globe 2 feet in diameter be...Mercury will be represented by a grain of 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... | |
 | John (uncle, pseud.) - Curiosities and wonders - 1880 - 388 pages
...choose any well levelled field or bowling green. On it place a globe, two feet in diameter, this will represent the sun ; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard seed ; Venus a pea ; the Earth also a pea ; Mars a pin's head ; Jupiter a moderately sized orange ; Saturn... | |
 | Gaston Tissandier - 1882 - 830 pages
...Choose any well-levelled field or bowling green ; on it place a globe two feet in diameter ; this will represent the sun. Mercury will be represented by...grain of mustard seed on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus a pea, on a circle 284 feet in diameter; the Earth also... | |
 | Edward John Chalmers Morton - Astronomers - 1882 - 370 pages
...choose any well levelled field or bowling-green. On it place a globe, two feet in diameter ; this will represent the sun. Mercury will be represented by...of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus, a pea, on a circle 284 feet in diameter ; the earth also... | |
 | Laurence M'Currick - Planets - 1883 - 46 pages
...choose any well-levelled field or bowling-green. On it place a globe two feet in diameter : this will represent the Sun ; Mercury will be represented by...of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus, a pea, on a circle 284 feet in diameter ; the Earth, also... | |
 | Laurence M'Currick - 1883 - 64 pages
...choose any well-levelled field or bowling-green. On it place a globe two feet in diameter : this will represent the Sun ; Mercury will be represented by...of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus, a pea, on a circle 284 feet in diameter ; the Earth, also... | |
 | Titbits - 1884 - 376 pages
..."Choose any well-levelled field or bowling green. On it place a globe two feet in diameter, which will represent the sun ; Mercury will be represented by...of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus, a pea, on a circle 284 feet in diameter; the earth, also... | |
 | Education - 1887 - 524 pages
...Choose any well-leveled field or bowling green. On it place a globe two feet in diameter; this will represent the Sun; Mercury will be represented by...of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle one hundred and sixty-four feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus, a pea, on a circle two hundred and... | |
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On it place a globe, two feet in diameter; this will represent the Sun; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit; Venus a pea, on a circle 284 feet in diameter; the Earth... 
