 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...that are gradually much brighter in the middle ; but no welldefined luminous spot can be discerned in them. These three spots are plainly to be distinguished...of the marks upon the moon; for the reflection of tor sari's rays from the earth is, in its present situation, sufficiently bright, with a ten feet reflector,... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...that are gradually much brighter in the middle ; but no well defined luminous spot can be discerned in them. These three spots are plainly to be distinguished...its present situation, sufficiently bright, with a ten-feet reflector, to show the moon's spots, even the darkest of them ; nor did I perceive any similar... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - Astronomy - 1815 - 568 pages
...gradually much brighter &i! ihe middle; but no well defined luminous spot can be discerned hi 1hem. 'These three spots are plainly to be distinguished from the rest of the marks lipon the moon ; for the reflection of the sun's rifys from the earth is, in its present situation,... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...that are gradually much brighter in the middle ; but no well defined luminous spot can be discerned in them. These three spots are plainly to be distinguished...sufficiently bright, with a ten feet reflector, to show the moon's spots, even the darkest of them ; nor did I perceive any similar phenomena last lunation,... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...that are gradually much brighter in the middle ; but no well defined luminous spot can be discerned in them. These three spots are plainly to be distinguished...sufficiently bright, with a ten feet reflector, to show the moon's spots, even the darkest of them ; nor did 1 perceive any similar phenomena last lunation,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 894 pages
...that are gradually much brighter in the middle ; but no well defined luminous spot can be discerned in them. These three spots are plainly to be distinguished...sufficiently bright, with a ten feet reflector, to show the moon's spots, even the darkest of them ; nor did I perceive any similar phenomena lust lunation,... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...that are gradually much brighter in the middle ; but no well defined luminous spot can be discerned in them. These three spots are plainly to be distinguished from the rest of the marks on the moon ; for the reflection of the sun's rays from the earth is, in its present situation, sufficiently... | |
 | John Platts - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 986 pages
...that are gradually much brighter in the middle; but no well-defined luminous spot can be discerned in them. These three spots are plainly to be distinguished...its present situation, sufficiently bright, with a ten-feet reflector, to shew the moon's spots, even the darkest of them; nor did I perceive any similar... | |
 | Astronomy - 1888 - 478 pages
...observer without feeling that the ordinarily received explanation is hardly satisfactory. He says — " These three spots are plainly to be distinguished...its present situation sufficiently bright, with a ten-feet reflector, to show the Moon's spots, even the darkest of them ; nor did I perceive any similar... | |
 | Astronomy - 1888 - 464 pages
...observer without feeling that the ordinarily received explanation is hardly satisfactory. He says — " These three spots are plainly to be distinguished...the marks upon the Moon ; for the reflection of the Sun-s rays from the Earth is in its present situation sufficiently bright, with a ten-feet reflector,... | |
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The other two volcanoes are much farther towards the centre of the moon, and resemble large, pretty faint nebulae, that are gradually much brighter in the middle ; but no well defined luminous spot can be discerned in them. These three spots are plainly... 
