The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 1R. Wilks for C. Cradock & W. Joy, 1815 |
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... greater than the 200th part of a right angle , and less than the 164th part . But what reflects the greatest honour on the genius of Aris- tarchus , is the method by which he endeavoured to determine the distance of the sun from the ...
... greater than the 200th part of a right angle , and less than the 164th part . But what reflects the greatest honour on the genius of Aris- tarchus , is the method by which he endeavoured to determine the distance of the sun from the ...
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... greater than 52.96 , which gives us a mean * 26.50 , for the obliquity of the ecliptic . Hippar- chus found no reason to alter this result by his observations . But of all the astronomers of antiquity , the science is most in debted to ...
... greater than 52.96 , which gives us a mean * 26.50 , for the obliquity of the ecliptic . Hippar- chus found no reason to alter this result by his observations . But of all the astronomers of antiquity , the science is most in debted to ...
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... greater precision in observation ; a catalogue of stars very superior to those of Hipparchus , and Ulugh Beigh ; the discovery of that inequality of the moon , which is called va- riation ; that of the inequalities of the motion of the ...
... greater precision in observation ; a catalogue of stars very superior to those of Hipparchus , and Ulugh Beigh ; the discovery of that inequality of the moon , which is called va- riation ; that of the inequalities of the motion of the ...
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... greater than their annual parallax , give to these stars on this theory , a real diameter , greater than that of the terrestrial orbit . The telescope , by reducing them to luminous points , make this improbable magnitude disappear . It ...
... greater than their annual parallax , give to these stars on this theory , a real diameter , greater than that of the terrestrial orbit . The telescope , by reducing them to luminous points , make this improbable magnitude disappear . It ...
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... greater facility and precision . Though the theory of the motion of the earth had made the greater part of those circles with which Ptolemy had embarrassed astronomy dis- appear , yet Copernicus had substituted many others to explain ...
... greater facility and precision . Though the theory of the motion of the earth had made the greater part of those circles with which Ptolemy had embarrassed astronomy dis- appear , yet Copernicus had substituted many others to explain ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 244 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven...
Pagina 243 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Pagina 329 - They consulted together whether it would be most prudent to trust to the houses, which now shook from side to side with frequent and violent concussions ; or fly to the open fields, where the calcined stones and cinders, though light indeed, yet fell in large showers, and threatened destruction.
Pagina 329 - ... which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches, occasioned, I imagine, either by a sudden gust of air that impelled it, the force of which decreased as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itself, being pressed back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner. It appeared sometimes bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders.
Pagina 329 - Being got at a convenient distance from the houses, we stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth ; it is certain at least the shore was considerably enlarged, and...
Pagina 243 - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Pagina 329 - ... dispersed the rest of the company, and obliged him to rise. He raised himself up with the assistance of two of his servants, and instantly fell down dead — suffocated, as I conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapour, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing.
Pagina 243 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man.
Pagina 329 - YOUR request that I would send you an account of my uncle's death, in order to transmit a more exact relation of it to posterity, deserves my acknowledgments ; for, if this accident shall be celebrated by your pen, the glory of it, I am well assured, will be rendered forever illustrious.
Pagina 243 - The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.