The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volym 1R. Wilks for C. Cradock & W. Joy, 1815 |
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... means of Calysthenes . But they could only have discovered the period of 6,585 days , by a long series of observations . This period , called the saros , has the advantage of bringing back the moon to nearly the same period , with ...
... means of Calysthenes . But they could only have discovered the period of 6,585 days , by a long series of observations . This period , called the saros , has the advantage of bringing back the moon to nearly the same period , with ...
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... mean motions of the sun , moon , and planets , in such a manner , that one is evidently fictitious ; the celebrated astronomer , above alluded to , endeavours , in his Indian astronomy , to prove , that the first of these epochs is ...
... mean motions of the sun , moon , and planets , in such a manner , that one is evidently fictitious ; the celebrated astronomer , above alluded to , endeavours , in his Indian astronomy , to prove , that the first of these epochs is ...
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... mean motions which they have assigned to the sun and moon , necessarily required very ancient obser- vations . The Greeks did not begin to cultivate astronomy till a long time after the Egyptians , of whom they were the disciples . It ...
... mean motions which they have assigned to the sun and moon , necessarily required very ancient obser- vations . The Greeks did not begin to cultivate astronomy till a long time after the Egyptians , of whom they were the disciples . It ...
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... means of its own destruction , and the true system of nature has been elevated on its ruins . After the death of Alexander , his principal generals divided his empire among themselves , and Ptolemy Soter received Egypt for his share ...
... means of its own destruction , and the true system of nature has been elevated on its ruins . After the death of Alexander , his principal generals divided his empire among themselves , and Ptolemy Soter received Egypt for his share ...
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... mean between the two limits which Archimedes as- signed , a few years afterwards , to this diameter , by an ingenious method , according to which the solar diameter appeared to him . greater than the 200th part of a right angle , and ...
... mean between the two limits which Archimedes as- signed , a few years afterwards , to this diameter , by an ingenious method , according to which the solar diameter appeared to him . greater than the 200th part of a right angle , and ...
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Sida 244 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven...
Sida 243 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Sida 329 - They consulted together whether it would be most prudent to trust to the houses, which now shook from side to side with frequent and violent concussions ; or fly to the open fields, where the calcined stones and cinders, though light indeed, yet fell in large showers, and threatened destruction.
Sida 329 - ... which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches, occasioned, I imagine, either by a sudden gust of air that impelled it, the force of which decreased as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itself, being pressed back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner. It appeared sometimes bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders.
Sida 329 - Being got at a convenient distance from the houses, we stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth ; it is certain at least the shore was considerably enlarged, and...
Sida 243 - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Sida 329 - ... dispersed the rest of the company, and obliged him to rise. He raised himself up with the assistance of two of his servants, and instantly fell down dead — suffocated, as I conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapour, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing.
Sida 243 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man.
Sida 329 - YOUR request that I would send you an account of my uncle's death, in order to transmit a more exact relation of it to posterity, deserves my acknowledgments ; for, if this accident shall be celebrated by your pen, the glory of it, I am well assured, will be rendered forever illustrious.
Sida 243 - The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.