Humboldt library of science. no. 20, 1881, Oplag 20Humboldt Publishing Company, 1881 |
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Side 401
... Neptune thirty times farther away . follows from this that at Mercury the sun will appear nine times as large as it does to us the intensity of its light and heat being of course increased in the same proportion ; while at Neptune all ...
... Neptune thirty times farther away . follows from this that at Mercury the sun will appear nine times as large as it does to us the intensity of its light and heat being of course increased in the same proportion ; while at Neptune all ...
Side 403
... Neptune im- possible . It is at present uncertain whether there are any planets within the orbit of Mer- cury . If there are , their light must be so overpowered by that of the sun , as to render them visible only when he is un- der ...
... Neptune im- possible . It is at present uncertain whether there are any planets within the orbit of Mer- cury . If there are , their light must be so overpowered by that of the sun , as to render them visible only when he is un- der ...
Side 406
... Neptune found considerable favor in this country , Englishmen being then justly proud of the exploits of their fleet , * but the foreign astronomers would not agree to this . Many other names were suggested , and backed up by fanciful ...
... Neptune found considerable favor in this country , Englishmen being then justly proud of the exploits of their fleet , * but the foreign astronomers would not agree to this . Many other names were suggested , and backed up by fanciful ...
Side 407
... Neptune , whose existence was first suspected by Bouvard in 1821 , from the perturbations in the motions of Uranus caused by his disturbing influ- ence . The problem of determining from these scanty data the distance , the orbit , and ...
... Neptune , whose existence was first suspected by Bouvard in 1821 , from the perturbations in the motions of Uranus caused by his disturbing influ- ence . The problem of determining from these scanty data the distance , the orbit , and ...
Side 408
... Neptune ; being the result of a bold and fortunate guess , while the other was the fruit of years of patient toil . Soon after the elements of the planets came to be accurately known , a remarkable empiri- Ical law was observed to ...
... Neptune ; being the result of a bold and fortunate guess , while the other was the fruit of years of patient toil . Soon after the elements of the planets came to be accurately known , a remarkable empiri- Ical law was observed to ...
Almindelige termer og sætninger
altogether appearance asteroids astronomers atmos atmosphere axis Babylonian bright brilliancy cause Ceres Cloth cluster comet course craters creation crust dark discovery disk distance Double Number earth Edward Clodd ence Essays existence fact firmament gaseous Genesis globe glory Grant Allen gravity heat heavenly bodies heavens Herbert Spencer Herschel Huxley hypothesis Illustrated inhabitants J. F. C. Hecker John Tyndall Jupiter Laplace's less light liquid lunar mass matter Mercury meteoric miles millions moon moon's surface motion nature Nebular Hypothesis Neptune night nucleus observations oceans orbit origin period phenomena planets position present probably Prof ray centres reason regarded regions revolution Richard Chenevix Trench ring romance rotation round satellites Saturn scientific side solar system solid spots stage stars stellar sun's supposed T. H. Huxley tablet telescope theory tion turn universe Uranus velocity whole William Kingdon Clifford zodiac
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Side 400 - There are seven windows given to animals in the domicile of the head, through which the air is admitted to the tabernacle of the body, to enlighten, to warm, and to nourish it...
Side 421 - The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimitable ocean without bound, Without dimension; where length, breadth, and highth, And time and place are lost...
Side 444 - ... and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Side 421 - And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Side 400 - From which and many other similar phenomena of nature, such as the seven metals, etc., which it were tedious to enumerate, we gather that the number of planets is necessarily seven. " Moreover, the satellites are invisible to the naked eye, and therefore can have no influence on the earth, and therefore would be useless, and therefore do not exist.
Side 433 - For all these things hath mine hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith the LORD : but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
Side 400 - Besides, the Jews and other ancient nations as well as modern Europeans have adopted the division of the week into seven days, and have named them from the seven planets : now if we increase the number of the planets this whole system falls to the ground.