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Andromeda angle aphelion appear Aries astronomers atmosphere axis Boötes bright brilliant Capricornus celestial sphere Cepheus circle cluster color Coma Berenices comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli corona Describe diameter discovered disk distance Double Star earth east ecliptic Edited by Dr equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gemini globe heat heavens Hercules horizon inferior planet Jupiter latitude length light lunar magnitude Mars measured Mercury meridian meteors miles moon moon's motion move naked eye nearly Nebula Neptune night node north pole observations opposite Orion parallax pass path perihelion Perseus Polaris precession PRINCIPAL STARS rays revolution revolve ring rising rotation satellites Saturn Scorpio seasons seen shine shower sidereal sidereal day solar system solstice space spots STEELE'S ASTRON summer sun's surface tail Taurus telescope theory tide tion total eclipse Uranus Ursa Major Variable Star varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible winter zenith zodiac
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Page 117 - While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Page 28 - If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I can bear it. The die is cast, the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.
Page 235 - Back comes the Chief in triumph. Who, in the hour of fight, Hath seen the Great Twin Brethren In harness on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and through gales, If once the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails.
Page 32 - Law of gravitation: Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force varying directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them.
Page 224 - Her nails are sharpen'd into pointed claws, Her hands bear half her weight, and turn to paws ; Her lips, that once could tempt a god, begin To grow distorted in an ugly grin. And...
Page 268 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 309 - The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and He-goat, The Man that holds the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails.
Page 181 - We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain. Its movements have been felt, trembling along the far-reaching line of our analysis, with a certainty hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration.
Page 200 - However dangerous might be the shock of a comet, it might be so slight, that it would only do damage at that part of the Earth where it actually struck; perhaps even we might cry quits if while one kingdom were devastated, the rest of the Earth were to enjoy the rarities which a body which came from so far might bring to it. Perhaps we should be very surprised to find that the debris of these masses...
Page 321 - While earnestly listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door calling my name. I arose, and taking my sword, stood at the door. At this moment, I heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying ' O my God, the. world is on fire...