Humboldt library of science. no. 20, 1881, Oplag 20Humboldt Publishing Company, 1881 |
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Side 399
... cause of some of their most striking physical peculiarities , we inay commence with it our examination of them . It affords , too , a remarkable illustration of the statement we have made , that a fact of apparently little importance in ...
... cause of some of their most striking physical peculiarities , we inay commence with it our examination of them . It affords , too , a remarkable illustration of the statement we have made , that a fact of apparently little importance in ...
Side 401
... caused of course by the very various distances from the sun at which the planets are situated . Mercury is three times nearer it than we are , and Neptune thirty times farther away . follows from this that at Mercury the sun will appear ...
... caused of course by the very various distances from the sun at which the planets are situated . Mercury is three times nearer it than we are , and Neptune thirty times farther away . follows from this that at Mercury the sun will appear ...
Side 402
... cause produces a quite perceptible effect . The earth is nearest the sun in December , and the consequence of this is that in our northern hemisphere the winter is rendered milder than it would otherwise be , while south of the equator ...
... cause produces a quite perceptible effect . The earth is nearest the sun in December , and the consequence of this is that in our northern hemisphere the winter is rendered milder than it would otherwise be , while south of the equator ...
Side 404
... caused by the reflec- tion of the sun's rays off a dense cloudy stratum ; and in fact it seems probable that we never see its surface at all , but only its illuminated atmosphere . In Mars , on the other hand , which is the next planet ...
... caused by the reflec- tion of the sun's rays off a dense cloudy stratum ; and in fact it seems probable that we never see its surface at all , but only its illuminated atmosphere . In Mars , on the other hand , which is the next planet ...
Side 405
... cause it was composed of two progres- sions followed by a synthesis , or of one progression between two couples . ' For these reasons he wished it to be made the basis of our scale of notation . The lat- ter reason we frankly confess ...
... cause it was composed of two progres- sions followed by a synthesis , or of one progression between two couples . ' For these reasons he wished it to be made the basis of our scale of notation . The lat- ter reason we frankly confess ...
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.