 | Sir William Fairbairn - Cables, Submarine - 1866 - 400 pages
...2 feet in diameter is placed; this will represent the Sun, and Mercury would then be proportionally represented by a grain of mustard-seed, revolving in a circle 164 feet in diameter ; our Earth would be represented by a pea revolving in a circle of 430 feet in diameter, and so on... | |
 | Sir William Fairbairn - Engineering - 1866 - 378 pages
...feet in diameter is placed ; this will represent the Sun, and Mercury would then be proportionally represented by a grain of mustard-seed, revolving in a circle 164 feet in diameter ; our Earth would be represented by a pea revolving in a circle of 430 feet in diameter, and so on... | |
 | Sir William Fairbairn - Cables, Submarine - 1866 - 370 pages
...2 feet in diameter is placed; this will represent the Sun, and Mercury would then be proportionally represented by a grain of mustard-seed, revolving in a circle 164 feet in diameter ; our Earth would be represented by a pea revolving in a circle of 430 feet in diameter, and so on... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1871 - 464 pages
...2,962 Venus 7,5io EARTH 7,901 Mars 4,000 Jupiter 85,390 Saturn 71,9o4 Uranus 33,o24 Neptune 36,620 taking a globe some two feet in diameter to represent...of mustard-seed, revolving in a circle 164 feet in diatneter ; Venus, a pea, in a circle of 284 feet in diameter ; the Earth also a pea, at a distance... | |
 | J NORMAN LOCKYER - 1873 - 318 pages
...HerscheFs familiar illustration. Taking a globe two feet in diameter to represent the Sun, Mercury would be a grain of mustard-seed, revolving in a circle 164 feet in diameter; Yenus, a pea, in a circle 284 feet in diameter ; the Earth, also a pea, at a distance of 430 feet ;... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1874 - 332 pages
...familiar .illustration. Taking a globe two feet in diameter to represent the Sun, Mercury would be a grain of mustard-seed, revolving in a circle 164 feet in diameter; Venus, a pea, in a circle 284 feet iu diameter ; the Earth, also a pea, at a distance of 430 feet ; Mars, a rather large pin's... | |
 | Science - 1875 - 598 pages
...thus to give an idea of the true scale of the system. In order to do this, take a globe a little over two feet in diameter to represent the sun : Mercury...would now be proportionately represented by a grain of mustard seed, revolving in a circle 164 feet in diameter ; Venus, a pea, in a circle of 284 feet in... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - Science - 1875 - 594 pages
...thus to give an idea of the true scale of the system. In order to do this, take a globe a little over two feet in diameter to represent the sun : Mercury...would now be proportionately represented by a grain of mustard seed, revolving in a circle 164 feet in diameter ; Venus, a pea, in a circle of 284 feet in... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1879 - 384 pages
...least, the most important part of it, from our point of view, he would take a globe, a little over two feet in diameter, to represent the sun ; Mercury...164 feet in diameter ; Venus, a pea, in a circle of 2&4 feet in diameter; the Earth, also a pea, at a diameter of 430 feet; Mars, a rather larger pin's-head,... | |
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Mercury would now be proportionately represented by a grain of mustard seed, revolving in a circle 164 feet in diameter ; Venus, a pea, in a circle of 284 feet in diameter; the earth also a pea, at a distance of 430 feet; Mars, a rather large pin's head,... 