Celestial Objects for Common TelescopesLongmans, Green, 1873 - 343 páginas |
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... thoughts of the little- ness of man , and of the unspeakable greatness and glory of the CREATOR . To such a study , the impressive words of the late Sir R. H. Inglis may be most suitably ap- plied : ' Every advance in our knowledge of ...
... thoughts of the little- ness of man , and of the unspeakable greatness and glory of the CREATOR . To such a study , the impressive words of the late Sir R. H. Inglis may be most suitably ap- plied : ' Every advance in our knowledge of ...
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... thought desirable , it could not suitably appear without an attempt to adapt it to the existing condition of science . Eight years of astronomical discovery and optical improvement have occasioned a necessity for some modi- fications ...
... thought desirable , it could not suitably appear without an attempt to adapt it to the existing condition of science . Eight years of astronomical discovery and optical improvement have occasioned a necessity for some modi- fications ...
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... thought , that with a focus of 30 inches , 2 inches of aperture were enough for perfect safety . † The value of complementary , or at any rate dissimilar , tints in pro- tecting the eye was known before the telescope . Fabricius ...
... thought , that with a focus of 30 inches , 2 inches of aperture were enough for perfect safety . † The value of complementary , or at any rate dissimilar , tints in pro- tecting the eye was known before the telescope . Fabricius ...
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... thought these openings might be caused by in- visible elastic vapour , rising from the dark body of the Sun , and expanding in its ascent : such is also the view of Secchi , Chacornac , and Dawes , who refers the brighter edges of the ...
... thought these openings might be caused by in- visible elastic vapour , rising from the dark body of the Sun , and expanding in its ascent : such is also the view of Secchi , Chacornac , and Dawes , who refers the brighter edges of the ...
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... thought to have shown that the light is that of flame , not of white - hot solid or fluid matter ; but the result is questionable . Secchi and Henry have shown that the spots are relatively cool . Herschel II . deduced the partial ...
... thought to have shown that the light is that of flame , not of white - hot solid or fluid matter ; but the result is questionable . Secchi and Henry have shown that the spots are relatively cool . Herschel II . deduced the partial ...
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Página 345 - A NEW STAR ATLAS, for the Library, the School, and the Observatory, in Twelve Circular Maps (with Two Index Plates). Intended as a Companion to ' Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes.
Página 46 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 182 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Página 345 - Why didn't somebody teach me the constellations, too, and make me at home in the starry heavens which are always overhead, and which I don't half know to this day?
Página 30 - I have said, he spent to satisfy himself; six more years to satisfy, and still thirteen more to convince, mankind. For thirty years never has the Sun exhibited his disc above the horizon of Dessau without being confronted by Schwabe's imperturbable telescope, and that appears to have happened, on an average, about 300 days a year.
Página 65 - Webb makes the following remarks on the rills:—"These most singular furrows pass chiefly through levels, intersect craters (proving a more recent date), reappear beyond obstructing mountains, as though carried through by a tunnel, and commence and terminate with little reference to any conspicuous feature of the neighbourhood.