 ... length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding the beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another; and then, laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by...  Temporis calendarium; or An almanack - Page 31by William Rogerson - 1828 - 1848 pagesFull view - About this book
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...a blanket about me ; lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it, at arms' length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding the...their apparent distances from one another; and then having a candle by me, and laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads,... | |
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...field with a blanket about me; lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it, at arm's length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding...from one another ; and then, laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads, according to their respective positions, having... | |
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...heavenly bodies. " I used to stretch," says he, " a thread with small beads on it, at arms-length, between my eye and the stars; sliding the beads upon...from one another ; and then laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads." " My master," he adds, "at first laughed at me;... | |
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...heavenly bodies. " I used to stretch," says he, " a thread with small beads on it, at arms-length, between my eye and the stars; sliding the beads upon...from one another ; and then laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads." " |VIy master," he adds, "at first laughed at... | |
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...observations on the heavenly bodies. " I used to stretch," says he, " a thread with small beads on it, at arms length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding the...from one another ; and then laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads." " My master," he adds, " at first laughed at... | |
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...heavenly bodies. " I used to stretch," says he, " a thread with small beads on it, at arms-length, between my eye and the stars; sliding the beads upon...apparent distances from one another ; and then laying a thread down on the paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads. My master at first laughed at... | |
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