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Page xiii
... universe - that eclipses are merely the effects of the shadow of one opaque globe falling upon another , and that comets are bodies which move in regular , but long elliptical orbits - which appear and disappear in stated periods of ...
... universe - that eclipses are merely the effects of the shadow of one opaque globe falling upon another , and that comets are bodies which move in regular , but long elliptical orbits - which appear and disappear in stated periods of ...
Page xv
... universe , among double stars - they are regular and uninterrupted - they have been going forward for thousands , perhaps for millions of years - there is perhaps no body in the universe but is running its round with similar velocity ...
... universe , among double stars - they are regular and uninterrupted - they have been going forward for thousands , perhaps for millions of years - there is perhaps no body in the universe but is running its round with similar velocity ...
Page xvi
... universe : and if we confine our views solely to the lim- its of this terrestrial ball , and the events which have taken place on its surface , we must form a very mean and circumscribed idea of the extent of the Creator's kingdom and ...
... universe : and if we confine our views solely to the lim- its of this terrestrial ball , and the events which have taken place on its surface , we must form a very mean and circumscribed idea of the extent of the Creator's kingdom and ...
Page xix
... universe among whom pride would appear more unseemly or incompatible than in man ; considering the abject situation in which he is placed . He is ex- posed to innumerable degradations and calamities , to the rage of storms and tempests ...
... universe among whom pride would appear more unseemly or incompatible than in man ; considering the abject situation in which he is placed . He is ex- posed to innumerable degradations and calamities , to the rage of storms and tempests ...
Page xx
... universe - those who are fur- nished with the most capacious powers , and who have arrived at the greatest perfection in knowledge - are distinguished by a pro- portional share of humility ; for , in proportion as they advance in their ...
... universe - those who are fur- nished with the most capacious powers , and who have arrived at the greatest perfection in knowledge - are distinguished by a pro- portional share of humility ; for , in proportion as they advance in their ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude ancient angle appear Arcturus Argo Navis Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta brightest called Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus circle cluster colure comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Denebola 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 luminous Mars mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebulæ night node north pole northern hemisphere o'clock observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star principal star represented revolution revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern spots square Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac