Lunar Science: Ancient and ModernS. Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Company, 1886 - 89 páginas |
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... second , at the instant of quitting the cannon's mouth . This velocity is equivalent to 21⁄2 miles in ten seconds , to 15 miles in a minute , to 900 miles in an hour , to 21,600 miles in a day . Hence a cannon ball would pass from the ...
... second , at the instant of quitting the cannon's mouth . This velocity is equivalent to 21⁄2 miles in ten seconds , to 15 miles in a minute , to 900 miles in an hour , to 21,600 miles in a day . Hence a cannon ball would pass from the ...
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... second of arc or a moment of time . Her rotation on her axis , for example , and her revolution round the earth , are both performed in 27 days , 7 hours , 43 minutes , and 11 seconds . This is why we see only one side of our satellite ...
... second of arc or a moment of time . Her rotation on her axis , for example , and her revolution round the earth , are both performed in 27 days , 7 hours , 43 minutes , and 11 seconds . This is why we see only one side of our satellite ...
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... seconds . This is her synodic period , or her revolution in relation to the sun . The ancient Hebrews were not far ... seconds , a difference of but 25 seconds from the calculation of to - day THE MOON'S MOTIONS . 61.
... seconds . This is her synodic period , or her revolution in relation to the sun . The ancient Hebrews were not far ... seconds , a difference of but 25 seconds from the calculation of to - day THE MOON'S MOTIONS . 61.
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Ancient and Modern Timothy Harley. but 25 seconds from the calculation of to - day . The proper motion of the moon in its orbit about the earth is from east to west . The moon's librations , or balancing motions , by which she appears to ...
Ancient and Modern Timothy Harley. but 25 seconds from the calculation of to - day . The proper motion of the moon in its orbit about the earth is from east to west . The moon's librations , or balancing motions , by which she appears to ...
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... seconds . But the an- cients cared little for minute fragments ; their time - piece by day was the shine and shadow of the sun , and by night the progress and phases of the moon . The etymology of the word is full of meaning . Moon and ...
... seconds . But the an- cients cared little for minute fragments ; their time - piece by day was the shine and shadow of the sun , and by night the progress and phases of the moon . The etymology of the word is full of meaning . Moon and ...
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admiration ALPINE Anaxagoras Anaxi ancients appear astronomer autumnal equinox beauty Berosus Book of Joshua called celestial cloth gilt clouds CO.'S LIST Crown 8vo dark Demy 8vo Divine earth ecliptic Edition Empedocles entomologist Eratosthenes Flower-lore full moon globe glory Goddess excellently bright Greeks harvest moon heat heaven heavenly bodies Hebrews Heraclitus horizon Illustrated inhabitants Joshua libration light LIST OF BOOKS lunar mass measure months moon when birds moon's distance moon's motions moon's orbit mountains Muslim calendar Nasmyth and Carpenter nature night node Norman Lockyer ocean orange parallax Parmenides Persian planet poetic PROF Pythagoras real diameter revolution rise round the earth Sanskrit says seas shadow shine side silver Soahili SONNENSCHEIN & CO.'S spheres stars sun and moon SWAN SONNENSCHEIN tail Talmud telescope terrestrial thee thou thought tion twelve moons vapour W. F. KIRBY Brit whole woodcuts yojana YOUNG COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK
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Página 44 - QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess, excellently bright! Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose: Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess, excellently bright!
Página 17 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night — Sunset divides the sky with her — a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains ; heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be Melted to one vast Iris of the West, Where the day joins the past Eternity; While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest...
Página 38 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray 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...
Página 79 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 57 - With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies ; How silently ; and with how wan a face ! What ! may it be, that even in heavenly place That busy Archer his sharp arrows tries ? Sure, if that long-with-love-acquainted eyes Can judge of love, thou feel'st a lover's case ; I read it in thy looks ; thy languisht grace To me, that feel the like, thy state descries...
Página 5 - Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Página 51 - mong oldest trees Feel palpitations when thou lookest in : O Moon ! old boughs lisp forth a holier din The while they feel thine airy fellowship. Thou dost bless everywhere, with silver lip Kissing dead things to life.
Página 45 - TO THE MOON ART thou pale for weariness Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth, Wandering companionless Among the stars that have a different birth...
Página 55 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.