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... diameter of our terrestrial habita- tion , and the relative position of places on its surface , could never have been ascertained . Astronomy is likewise of great utility to the art of NAVIGATION ; without a certain knowledge of which ...
... diameter of our terrestrial habita- tion , and the relative position of places on its surface , could never have been ascertained . Astronomy is likewise of great utility to the art of NAVIGATION ; without a certain knowledge of which ...
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... diameter . It the eye be elevated five feet , the radius of the sensible horizon will be less than two miles and three quarters ; if the eye be elevated six feet , it will be just three miles . The observer being always in the centre of ...
... diameter . It the eye be elevated five feet , the radius of the sensible horizon will be less than two miles and three quarters ; if the eye be elevated six feet , it will be just three miles . The observer being always in the centre of ...
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... diameter , extending from Arcturus on the east , to Denebola on the west , is 3510. Spica may otherwise be known by its solitary splendour , there being no visible star near it except one of the 4th magnitude . situ- ated about 10 below ...
... diameter , extending from Arcturus on the east , to Denebola on the west , is 3510. Spica may otherwise be known by its solitary splendour , there being no visible star near it except one of the 4th magnitude . situ- ated about 10 below ...
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... diameter . Globes have been recently constructed in Germany , which are said to be more splendid and complete than any in the world . The largest ever made are that of Gottorp , two in the library of the late king of France , and one in ...
... diameter . Globes have been recently constructed in Germany , which are said to be more splendid and complete than any in the world . The largest ever made are that of Gottorp , two in the library of the late king of France , and one in ...
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... diameters , or 95,273,868.867748554 miles from the sun , which makes the star's distance a very little less than twenty billions of miles . Dr. Herschel says that Sirius cannot be nearer than 100,000 times the diameter of the earth's ...
... diameters , or 95,273,868.867748554 miles from the sun , which makes the star's distance a very little less than twenty billions of miles . Dr. Herschel says that Sirius cannot be nearer than 100,000 times the diameter of the earth's ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude ancient angle appear Arcturus Argo Navis Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta called Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus circle cluster colure Coma Berenices comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Denebola Describe diameter direction distinguished diurnal motion Earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma globe head heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude length Libra light longitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebulæ night node north pole northern hemisphere observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star position principal star represented revolution revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac
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Page 88 - Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands : so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought ; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth. And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
Page 158 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 146 - To God's eternal house direct the way ; A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars, as stars to thee appear, Seen in the galaxy, that milky way, Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest Powdered with stars.
Page 61 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Page 88 - Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
Page 163 - ... and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Page 91 - The raven once in snowy plumes was drest, White as the whitest dove's unsully'd breast, Fair as the guardian of the Capitol, Soft as the swan ; a large and lovely fowl ; His tongue, his prating tongue had chang'd him quite To sooty blackness from the purest white.
Page 152 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 100 - Cleaves to his back; a famish'd face he bears; His arms descend, his shoulders sink away, To multiply his legs for chase of prey. He grows a wolf, his hoariness remains, And the same rage in other members reigns.
Page 167 - While earnestly listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door calling my name. I arose, and taking my sword, stood at the door. At this moment, I heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying ' O my God, the. world is on fire...