Outlines of AstronomyLea & Blanchard, 1849 - 620 pages |
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... latter of these eminent geometers , as well as to my excellent and esteemed friend the Astronomer Royal , I have to return my best thanks for communications which would have effectually relieved some doubts I at one period entertained ...
... latter of these eminent geometers , as well as to my excellent and esteemed friend the Astronomer Royal , I have to return my best thanks for communications which would have effectually relieved some doubts I at one period entertained ...
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... latter , as may best suit with a didactic composition . Its object is not to convince or refute opponents , nor to inquire , under the semblance of an as- sumed ignorance , for principles of which we are all the time in full possession ...
... latter , as may best suit with a didactic composition . Its object is not to convince or refute opponents , nor to inquire , under the semblance of an as- sumed ignorance , for principles of which we are all the time in full possession ...
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... , but which , by the atten- tion the latter claim for themselves , is often concealed from the eye of the gazer , and not always disposed in the straightest and most convenient form to follow by those who string them INTRODUCTION . 23.
... , but which , by the atten- tion the latter claim for themselves , is often concealed from the eye of the gazer , and not always disposed in the straightest and most convenient form to follow by those who string them INTRODUCTION . 23.
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... latter , as will be explained farther on . ( 48. ) After what has been said of the small extent of the atmo- sphere in comparison with the mass of the earth , we shall have little hesitation in admitting those luminaries which people ...
... latter , as will be explained farther on . ( 48. ) After what has been said of the small extent of the atmo- sphere in comparison with the mass of the earth , we shall have little hesitation in admitting those luminaries which people ...
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... latter . ( 50. ) A spectator on the earth's surface is prevented , by the great mass on which he stands , from seeing into all that portion of space which is below him , or to see which he must look in any degree downwards . It is true ...
... latter . ( 50. ) A spectator on the earth's surface is prevented , by the great mass on which he stands , from seeing into all that portion of space which is below him , or to see which he must look in any degree downwards . It is true ...
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altitude amount angle angular appear apsides ascertained astronomers axis bright calculation celestial centre circle comet curve described diameter difference direction disc distance disturbed body disturbing force diurnal diurnal motion double stars earth ecliptic effect elements ellipse epoch equal equator equinoctial equinox error exact excentricity fixed globe greater heavens heliocentric horizon inclination increase inequality instance instrument interval Jupiter latitude latter less light longitude lunar magnitude mass mean measure meridian micrometrical moon moon's motion nearly nebula node normal force nutation object observed orbit parallax parallel perigee perihelion period perturbations planet planetary pole portion position precession proper motions proportion recede recess reckoned refraction remarkable rendered respect result revolution right ascension rotation round satellites Saturn seen sidereal sidereal day situation solar sphere spherical stars station sun's suppose surface syzygies tangential force telescope tion Uranus variation velocity visible volume whole zenith
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Page 231 - The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By its heat are produced all winds, and those disturbances in the electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to terrestrial action and the aurora.
Page 70 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 543 - This earth ? reciprocal, if land be there, Fields and inhabitants. Her spots thou seest As clouds, and clouds may rain, and rain produce Fruits in her soften'd soil, for some to eat Allotted there ; and other suns, perhaps, With their attendant moons, thou wilt descry, Communicating male and female light, Which two great sexes animate the world, Stored in each orb, perhaps, with some that live...
Page 286 - When we contemplate the constituents of the planetary system from the point of view which this relation affords us, it is no longer mere analogy which strikes us, no longer a general resemblance among them, as individuals independent of each other, and circulating about the sun, each according to its own peculiar nature, and connected with it by its own peculiar tie. The resemblance is now perceived to be a true family likeness ; they are bound up in one chain — interwoven in one web of mutual...
Page 18 - ... adverse to notions he may have previously formed for himself, or taken up, without examination, on the credit of others. Such an effort is, in fact, a commencement of that intellectual discipline which forms one of the most important ends of all science. It is the first movement of approach towards that state of mental purity which alone can fit us for a full and steady perception of moral beauty as well as physical adaptation. It is the 'euphrasy and rue' with which we must ' purge our sight...
Page 543 - In such instances, the larger star is usually of a ruddy or orange hue, while the smaller one appears blue or green, probably in virtue of that general law of optics, which provides that, when the retina is under the influence of excitement by any bright...
Page 589 - Every year whose number is not divisible by 4 without remainder, consists of 365 days ; every year which is so divisible, but is not divisible by 100, of 366 ; every year divisible by 100, but not by 400, again of 365 ; and every year divisible by 400, again of 366.
Page 86 - ... part of an inch ; a quantity requiring a powerful microscope to be discerned at all. Let any one figure to himself, therefore, the difficulty of placing on the circumference of a metallic circle of such dimensions (supposing the difficulty of its construction surmounted...
Page 350 - The projection of this ray ... to so enormous a length, "in a single day, conveys an impression of the intensity of "the forces acting to produce such a velocity of material "transfer through space, such as no other natural phenom"enon is capable of exciting. It is clear that if we have to deal "here with matter, such as we conceive it (viz. possessing "inertia), at all, it must be under the dominion of forces "incomparably more energetic than gravitation, and quite of "a different nature".