 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 275by sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 pages
...mile across ; SATURN, a small orange, in an orbit of four fifths of a mile ; and URANUS, a cherry, on the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter. We shall now proceed to give a more particular account of these members of the solar system. THE SUM.... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1799 - 392 pages
...to a thousand and two hundred feet; Jupiter, a moderate sized orange, on a circle nearly half-a-mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, on a circle of fourfifths...a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter." From this illustration it appears, that an orrery to represent both the proportional distances and... | |
 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.), John Bruce - 1846 - 398 pages
...nearly half a mile across ; Saturn a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; and Herschel a full sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference...a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter. These views ought to humble man. How insignificant is this earth, the theatre of so many passions,... | |
 | 1846 - 236 pages
...small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; and Uranus, a full-sized cherry or small plum, on the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter. To imitate the motions of the planets in their orbits, Mercury must pass through a space equal to its... | |
 | Henry Duncan (D.D.) - 1847 - 430 pages
...and Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000 to 1200 feet; Jupiter, a moderate sized orange, on a circle nearly half a mile across ; Saturn, a small...a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter.' t Whewell's Bridgewater Treatise, pp. 273, 274. discloses ; and, while they thus become apparent to... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1847 - 430 pages
...small orange on a circle of four fifths of a mile ; and Uranus, a full-sized cherry or small plum, apon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter." t Whewell's Bridgewater Treatise, pp. 273, 274. which it consists, we may imagine that we make perceptible... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1848 - 486 pages
...mile across ; Saturn, a small orango on a circle of four fifths of a mile ; and Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small' plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter." Neptune will be represented by a good-sized plum on the circumference of a circle nearly two miles... | |
 | 1849 - 656 pages
...in a circle nearly half я mile- across ; Saturn a small orange on a circle 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... | |
 | 1849 - 654 pages
...orange in a circle nearly half a mild across ; Saturn a small orange on a circle 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 Neptnne a ?ood sized plum on a circle about two miles and a half in diameter. A] to getting correct... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1849 - 650 pages
...of a circle more than a mi!e and a half; and Neptnne a good sized plum on a circle about two miles and a half in diameter. As to getting correct notions...this subject by drawing circles on paper, or still more from those very childish toys called orreries, it is out of the question. To imitate the motions... | |
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