 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1803 - 304 pages
...various magnitudes* have been diftributed into feveral dalles* or orders, Thofe which appear largeft, are called STARS of the FIRST MAGNITUDE ; the next to them in. luftre, STARS of the SECOND MAGNITUDE ; and fo on to the SIXTH, which are the fmalleft that are vifible... | |
 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1809 - 574 pages
...distributed into setudes': veral classes or orders. Those which appear largest, are called stars of the Jirst magnitude; the next to them in lustre, stars of the second magnitude; and so onto the sixth; which are the smallest that are visible to the bare eye. This distribution having been... | |
 | John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...several classes or orders. Those which appear largest, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next in lustre, stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest visible to the naked eye.- This distribution having been made long before the invention of telescopes,... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...orders. Those which appear largest, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next in lustre, tturs of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest visible to the naked eye. This distribution having been made long before the invention of telescopes,... | |
 | Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...those which appear the largest, are called stars ef thejirst magnitude ; the next in size, are called stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the least, discoverable by the naked eye. Those which are seen by the help of glasses only, are called... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - Geography - 1815 - 228 pages
...classes or orders. Those which app ,ar largest, are called stars of the first magnitirle ; the nexs to them in lustre, stars of the second magnitude :...the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible to the bare eye Thr stars are likewise distinguished into constellations, which^s nothing more than... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - Education - 1815 - 598 pages
...apparently various magnitudes, have been distributed into several classes. Those, which appear largest, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next to them in brilliancy, stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that are... | |
 | John Greig - 1816 - 224 pages
...classes : those which appear largest, are of the first class or magnitude ; the next to them in lustre, of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest visible to the naked eye. The stars are commonly represented in the following manner : fija Represents... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1822 - 440 pages
...account of their apparently various magnitudes, have been distributed into several classes: the largest are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next...the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible to the naked eye. This distribution having beep made. long before the invention of telescopes, the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 894 pages
...magniokadeinitudes, have been distributed into several classes or or•ftieiun. ders. Those which appear largest are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next...the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible to the naked eye. This distribution having been made long before the invention of telescopes, the stars... | |
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Those which appear largest, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next to them in lustre, stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible to the bare eye. 
