First Steps to Astronomy and GeographyJ.Hatchard and son, 1828 - 386 sidor |
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... SECOND . Page 17 . Twilight . - Rotation of the Earth on its Axis . - Form of the Sun. - Rotation of the Sun on its Axis . - Fixed Stars . - Planets.- Milky Way.- Constellations .-- Humboldt . CHAPTER THE THIRD . Page 37 . Motion of the ...
... SECOND . Page 17 . Twilight . - Rotation of the Earth on its Axis . - Form of the Sun. - Rotation of the Sun on its Axis . - Fixed Stars . - Planets.- Milky Way.- Constellations .-- Humboldt . CHAPTER THE THIRD . Page 37 . Motion of the ...
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... second day's visit to an exhibition , or a museum , gives us so much more pleasure than the first . MOTHER . Yes ; at first , every thing appears confused , your eye hardly knows where to fix itself , and you cannot really enjoy the ...
... second day's visit to an exhibition , or a museum , gives us so much more pleasure than the first . MOTHER . Yes ; at first , every thing appears confused , your eye hardly knows where to fix itself , and you cannot really enjoy the ...
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... at present ; we must get up a little before sunrise to - morrow morning , and what you see then will probably convince you of the truth of what I have just told you . 17 CHAPTER THE SECOND . TWILIGHT . - ROTATION OF 16 DAY AND NIGHT .
... at present ; we must get up a little before sunrise to - morrow morning , and what you see then will probably convince you of the truth of what I have just told you . 17 CHAPTER THE SECOND . TWILIGHT . - ROTATION OF 16 DAY AND NIGHT .
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First steps. 17 CHAPTER THE SECOND . TWILIGHT . - ROTATION OF THE EARTH ON ITS AXIS . FORM OF THE SUN . - ROTATION OF THE SUN ON ITS AXIS . FIXED STARS.- PLANETS.MILKY WAY . - CONSTELLATIONS . -HUMBOLDT . ELIZABETH . THE morning is ...
First steps. 17 CHAPTER THE SECOND . TWILIGHT . - ROTATION OF THE EARTH ON ITS AXIS . FORM OF THE SUN . - ROTATION OF THE SUN ON ITS AXIS . FIXED STARS.- PLANETS.MILKY WAY . - CONSTELLATIONS . -HUMBOLDT . ELIZABETH . THE morning is ...
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... Second Magnitude ; the next , of the third ; and so on , to those of the sixth magnitude , which are the smallest that are visible to the naked eye . ELIZABETH , And there are others still which cannot be seen except with a telescope ...
... Second Magnitude ; the next , of the third ; and so on , to those of the sixth magnitude , which are the smallest that are visible to the naked eye . ELIZABETH , And there are others still which cannot be seen except with a telescope ...
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Africa ancient angle appear Asia astronomers Atlantic Ocean axis beautiful belong built called Cape capital castle celebrated centre chief town circle coast constellations contains county town day and night degrees deserts distance divided earth eastern eclipse ecliptic Egypt ELIZABETH England English equator Europe forests formerly Frith Greek alphabet half heavens hemisphere hundred inhabitants Invernesshire Ireland Islands Jupiter King kingdom known lakes land largest latitude length light London longitude look Lough manufactures Mediterranean Sea Mercury meridian miles moon MOTHER mountains move round nearly north-east north-west northern Ocean orbit planets pole Pole Star principal rivers provinces quarter remarkable revolve river Avon river Esk river Ouse river Shannon round the sun Scotland seven shadow shire side situated sixty sometimes southern stars Strait supposed surface tains telescope thousand trade Ural mountains Venus visible Wales western WILLIAM
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Sida 233 - Oxford ! one of which fell with him, Unwilling to outlive the good that did it ; The other, though unfinish'd, yet so famous, So excellent in art, and still so rising, That Christendom shall ever speak his virtue. His overthrow heap'd happiness upon him ; For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little : And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, — he died fearing God.
Sida 75 - 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...
Sida 53 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but .the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: now...
Sida 232 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Sida 35 - Aries (the Ram), Taurus (the Bull) Gemini (the Twins), Cancer (the Crab), Leo (the Lion), Virgo (the Virgin), Libra (the Scales), Scorpio (the Scorpion), Sagittarius (the Archer), Capricornus (the Goat), Aquarius (the Water-bearer), and Pisces (the Fishes).
Sida 44 - ... upon it, and crushed it all to pieces ; which so provoked my father, that he was almost ready to beat the man, and discouraged me so much that I never attempted to make such another machine again, especially as I was thoroughly convinced I could never make one that would be of any real use.
Sida 19 - These then, though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none That heav'n would want spectators, GOD want praise: Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep...
Sida 46 - I was sent for by other ladies in the country, and began to think myself growing very rich by the money I got for such drawings ; out of which I had the pleasure of occasionally supplying the wants of my poor father.
Sida 233 - So went to bed ; where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still : and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight, (which he himself Foretold should be his last,) full of repentance, Continual meditations, tears, and sorrows, He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace.
Sida 41 - I was in pursuit only of these matters, and I was rather too young and weak for hard labour, he put me out to a neighbour to keep sheep, which I continued to do for some years ; and in that time I began to study the stars in the night.