Scientific Dialogues: Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People: in which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy are Fully Explained, Volume 1J. Grigg, T. Desilver, 1829 - Science |
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Page 142
... sun's longitude on the 1st of January , 1809 , is in Capricorn 10 ° . .45 ' . .14 " ; that of the moon in Cancer 6 ... round 142 ASTRONOMY .
... sun's longitude on the 1st of January , 1809 , is in Capricorn 10 ° . .45 ' . .14 " ; that of the moon in Cancer 6 ... round 142 ASTRONOMY .
Page 143
... round him at different distances . Charles . But are there not some people who believe that the sun goes round the earth ? Tutor . Yes , it is an opinion embraced by the generality of persons , not accustomed to reason on these subjects ...
... round him at different distances . Charles . But are there not some people who believe that the sun goes round the earth ? Tutor . Yes , it is an opinion embraced by the generality of persons , not accustomed to reason on these subjects ...
Page 145
... round it every day ? Charles . I do not think it is . - Will you , sir , go on with the description of the Solar System ? Tutor . According to this system , the sun is in the centre , about which the planets revolve from west to east ...
... round it every day ? Charles . I do not think it is . - Will you , sir , go on with the description of the Solar System ? Tutor . According to this system , the sun is in the centre , about which the planets revolve from west to east ...
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... Sun ; Soul of surrounding worlds ! in whom best seen Shines out thy MAKER ! may I sing of thee ? ' Tis by thy secret ... round Of fourscore years ; to Mercury , whose disk Can scarce be caught by philosophic eye , Lost in the near ...
... Sun ; Soul of surrounding worlds ! in whom best seen Shines out thy MAKER ! may I sing of thee ? ' Tis by thy secret ... round Of fourscore years ; to Mercury , whose disk Can scarce be caught by philosophic eye , Lost in the near ...
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... sun as the centre , round which revolves seven planets , and eighteen satellites or moons . Are there no other bodies belonging to it ? Tutor . Yes , as I just observed , four other planetary bodies have been very lately disco- vered as ...
... sun as the centre , round which revolves seven planets , and eighteen satellites or moons . Are there no other bodies belonging to it ? Tutor . Yes , as I just observed , four other planetary bodies have been very lately disco- vered as ...
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advantage gained angle appear astronomers attraction of cohesion attraction of gravitation axis ball body called centre of gravity centre of motion Charles clock consequently CONVERSATION days and nights degrees diameter distance diurnal motion earth ecliptic Emma Ephemeris equal equator explain fall Father feet fixed stars force fulcrum full moon globe greater half heat heavens hemisphere hence Herschel horizon inch inclined plane James journey Jupiter kind law of motion length less lever light line of direction marble Mars matter means mechanical power Mercury millions of miles minutes moon's move nearer observe orbit papa perpendicular philosophy planets polar circles poles pound pound weight principle proportion pulleys rays reason retrograde motion revolves rise rotation round the sun Saturn screw seen sidereal day Solar System space passed sun's superior planets suppose surface tides tion turn Tutor velocity Venus visible wedge weight
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Page 223 - 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.
Page 206 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 75 - Powers, are certain simple instruments, commonly employed for raising greater weights, or overcoming greater resistances, than could be effected by the natural strength without them. These are usually accounted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw.
Page 250 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Page 120 - To ask or search I blame thee not, for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works, and learn His seasons, hours, or days, or months, or years.
Page 188 - 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.
Page 239 - Lo ! from the dread immensity of space Returning, with accelerated course, The rushing comet to the Sun descends ; And as he sinks below the shading earth, With awful train projected o'er the Heavens, The guilty nations tremble.
Page 198 - Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.
Page 60 - It is a law of nature, with respect to matter, that every motion and change of motion is proportional to the force impressed, and in the direction of that force.
Page 196 - But opposite in levell'd west was set His mirror, with full face borrowing her light From him, for other light she needed none In that aspect, and still that distance keeps Till night...