The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy : Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 36
Page 17
... revolve about the pole in small circles , and never disappear below the horizon . On this account they are said to be within the circle of perpetual apparition . On the other hand , the identity of the North Polar Star , strange as it ...
... revolve about the pole in small circles , and never disappear below the horizon . On this account they are said to be within the circle of perpetual apparition . On the other hand , the identity of the North Polar Star , strange as it ...
Page 96
... revolve about it , very slowly , and in circles so small as never to descend below the horizon . Hence Ursa Minor will be above or below , to the right or left of the pole star , accord- ing to the hour ; as he makes the entire circuit ...
... revolve about it , very slowly , and in circles so small as never to descend below the horizon . Hence Ursa Minor will be above or below , to the right or left of the pole star , accord- ing to the hour ; as he makes the entire circuit ...
Page 98
... revolve . The two last in the bowl of the Dipper , corresponding to the Pointers in the Great Bear , are of the 3d magnitude , and situated about 15 ° from the pole . The brightest of them is called Kochab , which signifies an axle or ...
... revolve . The two last in the bowl of the Dipper , corresponding to the Pointers in the Great Bear , are of the 3d magnitude , and situated about 15 ° from the pole . The brightest of them is called Kochab , which signifies an axle or ...
Page 136
... revolve , like the sun and planets , about an axis . " Such a motion , " says the elder Herschel , " may be as evidently proved , as the diurnal motion of the earth . Dark spots , or large por- tions of the surface , less luminous than ...
... revolve , like the sun and planets , about an axis . " Such a motion , " says the elder Herschel , " may be as evidently proved , as the diurnal motion of the earth . Dark spots , or large por- tions of the surface , less luminous than ...
Page 138
... revolve about a common center of gravity ; in short , every region of the heavens furnishes examples of these curious phe- nomena . COLOR OF THE STARS . 248. Many of the double stars exhibit the curious and beau- tiful phenomenon of ...
... revolve about a common center of gravity ; in short , every region of the heavens furnishes examples of these curious phe- nomena . COLOR OF THE STARS . 248. Many of the double stars exhibit the curious and beau- tiful phenomenon of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
3d magnitude 4th magnitude angle aphelion appear Arcturus Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta blue bright star called Cassiopeia celestial Cepheus circle cluster comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Delta Denebola diameter distant companion DOUBLE STAR Earth Earth's orbit east ecliptic Epsilon equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma head heavens hemisphere Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude Libra light longitude luminous Map VIII mean distance Mercury meridian miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly NEBULA node north pole northern Number of stars o'clock observed Orion pale yellow parallax pass perihelion period planet Pleiades polar position principal star Refracting telescopes refraction remarkable represented revolution revolve right ascension rising satellites Saturn seen shadow sidereal Sirius situated small stars solstice southern Sun's supposed surface Taurus TELESCOPIC OBJECTS tides tion triangle TRIPLE STAR Ursa Ursa Major Venus vernal equinox visible Zeta Zodiac
Popular passages
Page 114 - Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines* of bright gold: There's not the smallest orb, which thou behold'st, But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubim: Such harmony is in immortal souls; . But, whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it.
Page 157 - ... 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 152 - 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 147 - 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 143 - 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 Powder'd with stars.
Page 49 - The breathless Phaeton, with flaming hair, Shot from the chariot, like a falling star, That in a summer's evening from the top Of heaven drops down, or seems at least to drop ; Till on the Po his blasted corpse was hurl'd, Far from his country, in the western world.
Page 47 - Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Page 155 - And oft, before tempestuous winds arise, The seeming stars fall headlong from the skies, And, shooting through the darkness, gild the night With sweeping glories, and long trails of light...
Page 94 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Page 79 - 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.