The Planetary and Stellar Worlds: A Popular Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern Astronomy. In a Series of Ten LecturesOakley & Mason, 1868 - 320 páginas |
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... moon's reflective light , and explanation of her pl ases , 61. Lunar eclipses explained ; prediction of the first eclips 65. Value of recorde eclipses , 68 . B ( xiii LECTURE III . THEORIES FOR THE EXPLANATION OF THE MOTIONS.
... moon's reflective light , and explanation of her pl ases , 61. Lunar eclipses explained ; prediction of the first eclips 65. Value of recorde eclipses , 68 . B ( xiii LECTURE III . THEORIES FOR THE EXPLANATION OF THE MOTIONS.
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... light , 252 . LECTURE IX . THE SCALE ON WHICH THE UNIVERSE IS BUILT . Scale of the planetary system , 253. Radius of the earth's orbit too small a unit , 254. The velocity of light determined from the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites ...
... light , 252 . LECTURE IX . THE SCALE ON WHICH THE UNIVERSE IS BUILT . Scale of the planetary system , 253. Radius of the earth's orbit too small a unit , 254. The velocity of light determined from the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites ...
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... light , clear and beautiful , hanging in the western sky , meets his astonished eye . The young moon charms his untutored vision , and leads him up- ward to her bright attendants , which are now steal- ing one by one , from out the deep ...
... light , clear and beautiful , hanging in the western sky , meets his astonished eye . The young moon charms his untutored vision , and leads him up- ward to her bright attendants , which are now steal- ing one by one , from out the deep ...
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... light , written on the sable garments of night . Architecture is here - but it is the colossal structure of sun and system , of cluster and universe . Eloquence is here - but " there is neither speech nor language.- Its voice is not ...
... light , written on the sable garments of night . Architecture is here - but it is the colossal structure of sun and system , of cluster and universe . Eloquence is here - but " there is neither speech nor language.- Its voice is not ...
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... light enough upon these mysterious propositions , to show a pathway , though it be dim and rugged , still a pathway , which if pursued shall certainly lead to a full and perfect solution . I ask , then , no critical previous knowledge ...
... light enough upon these mysterious propositions , to show a pathway , though it be dim and rugged , still a pathway , which if pursued shall certainly lead to a full and perfect solution . I ask , then , no critical previous knowledge ...
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