The Gallery of Nature: A Pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through CreationW.S. Orr, 1848 - 803 páginas |
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... probably led to the statement that the prediction referred only to the year in which the eclipse would take place , for , as it was total , or nearly so , Thales must have been able to come much nearer to the time . It follows , also ...
... probably led to the statement that the prediction referred only to the year in which the eclipse would take place , for , as it was total , or nearly so , Thales must have been able to come much nearer to the time . It follows , also ...
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... probably found in the fact that the inferior planets were never seen in phase , an appearance which would be exhibited if alternately beyond the sun and between it and the earth ; a position strictly true , and had the eye at that ...
... probably found in the fact that the inferior planets were never seen in phase , an appearance which would be exhibited if alternately beyond the sun and between it and the earth ; a position strictly true , and had the eye at that ...
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... probably meaning thin metallic plates finely polished . Ptolemy mentions vessels of oil being employed in viewing eclipses , and Seneca refers to the medium now common , that of smoked glass . 66 We now take leave of the ancient world ...
... probably meaning thin metallic plates finely polished . Ptolemy mentions vessels of oil being employed in viewing eclipses , and Seneca refers to the medium now common , that of smoked glass . 66 We now take leave of the ancient world ...
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... probably in Italy . Here he passed the remainder of his days , dividing his time between his ecclesiastical duties , the gratuitous practice of medicine among the poor , and astronomical researches . He went but little into company ...
... probably in Italy . Here he passed the remainder of his days , dividing his time between his ecclesiastical duties , the gratuitous practice of medicine among the poor , and astronomical researches . He went but little into company ...
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... probably , rendered exile desirable , in order to escape from the slights of his relatives . He found a welcome reception at the court of the Landgrave William of Hesse - Cassel , a prince who was himself an ardent student of astronomy ...
... probably , rendered exile desirable , in order to escape from the slights of his relatives . He found a welcome reception at the court of the Landgrave William of Hesse - Cassel , a prince who was himself an ardent student of astronomy ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ancient appearance Aratus astronomers Atlantic Atlantic Ocean atmosphere Black Sea bodies Boötes cause cave cavern centre clouds coast colour comet constellation continent depth diameter direction distance districts earth east ecliptic elevation equator exhibits extent fall feet Flamstead globe heat heavens height Herschel Hipparchus horizon Humboldt hundred hyæna immense inhabitants island Jupiter lake land latitude light limestone lunar magnitude mass miles moon motion mountains nature nearly nebula night northern observed occur ocean orbit Orinoco owing passing perihelion period phenomena plains planets present Ptolemy Pyrenees rain regions remarkable rise rivers rock round sand Saturn scene seen shore side snow solar southern space spot springs square miles stars stone stream summit supposed surface telescope temperature terrestrial thousand trees Tycho Brahe Uranus Ursa Major valley vapour vast vegetation velocity visible volcanic whole wind winter zone
Pasajes populares
Página 689 - Thou hast spread thy wing, and sheltered us from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.
Página 552 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Página 74 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Página 571 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Página 326 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 180 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Página 574 - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron: and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Página 536 - Olympian games or Pythian fields ; 530 Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van Prick forth the airy knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of Heaven the welkin burns.
Página 692 - Where glistening streamers waved and danced, The wanderer's eye could barely view The summer heaven's delicious blue ; So wondrous wild, the whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream.
Página 288 - And what are we, That hear the question of that voice sublime? Oh, what are all the notes that ever rung From war's vain trumpet, by thy thundering side ? Yea, what is all the riot man can make In his short life, to thy unceasing roar? And yet, bold babbler, what art thou to Him Who drowned a world, and heaped the waters far Above its loftiest mountains? — a light wave, That breaks, and whispers of its Maker's might.