Humboldt library of science. no. 20, 1881, Oplag 20Humboldt Publishing Company, 1881 |
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Side 410
... prognosticated honors ; and as he was in Cancer , in sex- tile with Mars , the Prince was to be par- tial to maritime affairs , and win naval " " glory . The house of wealth was occu- pied by 41 ) THE ROMANCE OF ASTRONOMY .
... prognosticated honors ; and as he was in Cancer , in sex- tile with Mars , the Prince was to be par- tial to maritime affairs , and win naval " " glory . The house of wealth was occu- pied by 41 ) THE ROMANCE OF ASTRONOMY .
Side 411
glory . The house of wealth was occu- pied by Jupiter , aspected by Saturn ; and this , as we have already seen , betokened " great wealth through inheritance " -a prognostication which , in spite of repub- lican shoemakers and baronets ...
glory . The house of wealth was occu- pied by Jupiter , aspected by Saturn ; and this , as we have already seen , betokened " great wealth through inheritance " -a prognostication which , in spite of repub- lican shoemakers and baronets ...
Side 422
... glory as they recede from it , till they seem to be extinguished in the primeval darkness from which they emerged - all these cir- cumstances , combined with the mystery in which their real nature is shrouded , have caused these knights ...
... glory as they recede from it , till they seem to be extinguished in the primeval darkness from which they emerged - all these cir- cumstances , combined with the mystery in which their real nature is shrouded , have caused these knights ...
Side 429
... glory , " though even the naked eye can detect many degrees of brilliancy among them , yet all we can infer from this is that the more brilliant ones are probably much nearer to us than the others . But there are two classes of stars ...
... glory , " though even the naked eye can detect many degrees of brilliancy among them , yet all we can infer from this is that the more brilliant ones are probably much nearer to us than the others . But there are two classes of stars ...
Side 434
... glory of discovering stellar parallax is shared equally by a Scotch and a Prussian astronomer , Henderson of Ed- inburgh and Bessel of Königsberg , who made at the same time , about thirty years ago , independent observations of two ...
... glory of discovering stellar parallax is shared equally by a Scotch and a Prussian astronomer , Henderson of Ed- inburgh and Bessel of Königsberg , who made at the same time , about thirty years ago , independent observations of two ...
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.