The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... Saturn : after which , as the Georgium Sidus , or Herschel planet , was not then known , he comes to the fixed stars . When astronomers observed that the planets Mercury and Venus were sometimes nearer and sometimes farther from the Sun ...
... Saturn : after which , as the Georgium Sidus , or Herschel planet , was not then known , he comes to the fixed stars . When astronomers observed that the planets Mercury and Venus were sometimes nearer and sometimes farther from the Sun ...
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... Saturn . Such was the true theory , and the full extent of it , as was then known ; since which , another planet , the Georgium Sidus , has been discovered beyond the bounds of Saturn : and four other small plane- tary bodies are now ...
... Saturn . Such was the true theory , and the full extent of it , as was then known ; since which , another planet , the Georgium Sidus , has been discovered beyond the bounds of Saturn : and four other small plane- tary bodies are now ...
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... Saturn has seven ; and the Georgium Sidus has six . The Planets , like the Earth , are opaque bodies , and nearly spherical . Being opaque in themselves , they become visible only by reflecting the light which they receive from the Sun ...
... Saturn has seven ; and the Georgium Sidus has six . The Planets , like the Earth , are opaque bodies , and nearly spherical . Being opaque in themselves , they become visible only by reflecting the light which they receive from the Sun ...
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... Saturn , and the Georgium Sidus . The second class includes the satellites which belong to some of the primary planets , such is the Moon , attendant upon the Earth ; such also are the four moons or satellites that revolve about Jupiter ...
... Saturn , and the Georgium Sidus . The second class includes the satellites which belong to some of the primary planets , such is the Moon , attendant upon the Earth ; such also are the four moons or satellites that revolve about Jupiter ...
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... Saturn is more than 79,000 miles in diameter , and is distinguished , when observed by the naked eye , by its pale light , very unlike that of Jupiter and the other planets : from these also he is distinguished by a large luminous ring ...
... Saturn is more than 79,000 miles in diameter , and is distinguished , when observed by the naked eye , by its pale light , very unlike that of Jupiter and the other planets : from these also he is distinguished by a large luminous ring ...
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