Celestial Scenery, Or, The Wonders of the Planetary System Displayed: Illustrating the Perfections of Deity and a Plurality of WorldsMerriam and Cooke, 1847 - 392 páginas |
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angle apparent magnitudes apparent motion appear astronomers atmosphere axis belts bodies bright celestial centre Ceres conjunction Creator crescent dark degrees density diameter disk distance diurnal diurnal motion diurnal rotation diversified earth east eclipses elevation equator exhibit exist firmament globe greater half moon heavens Herschel horizon hundred immense inferior conjunction inferior planets inhabitants intelligent Juno Jupiter larger light likewise luminary luminous lunar magnificent magnitude Mars Mercury millions of miles minutes moon's mountains move nearly never objects observations opposite orbit Pallas parallax pear perceived period phenomena planet planetary system pole portion position present proportion rays regions represented revolution revolve rings rings of Saturn rotation round satellites Saturn scene scenery seen shadow side solar sometimes space splendor spots square miles sun's superior conjunction superior planets suppose surface telescope thousand miles tion Uranus variety Venus Vesta visible wisdom
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Página 105 - evidence of things not seen," in the fulness of Divine grace ; and was profound on this, the greatest concern of human life, while unable even to comprehend how the " inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit" could be the cause of the change of the seasons.
Página 366 - Infinite goodness is of so communicative a nature, that it seems to delight in the conferring of existence upon every degree of perceptive being.
Página 216 - As home he goes beneath the joyous moon. Ye that keep watch in heaven, as earth asleep Unconscious lies, effuse your mildest beams, Ye constellations, while your angels strike, Amid the spangled sky, the silver lyre. Great source of day ! best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On nature write with every beam His praise.
Página 365 - Accordingly we find, from the bodies which lie under our observation, that matter is only made as the basis and support of animals, and that there is no more of the one than what is necessary for the existence of the other.
Página 139 - Almighty alone, who rules in the armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, and who dethrones one earthly king and sits up another, as it seemeth good in his holy sight.
Página 275 - God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
Página 252 - 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 119 - I may well be permitted to surmise, that the same causes may probably have the same effect on the globe, of Mars ; that the bright polar spots are owing to the vivid reflection of light from frozen regions, and that the reduction of those spots is to be ascribed to their being exposed to the1 sun.
Página 252 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Página 250 - The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her changing, being an instrument of the armies above, shining in the firmament of heaven ; The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.