 ... the planets actually observed with the elliptic theory, with the utmost exactness, and thus putting it to the severest trial; and it is upon the testimony of such computations, so brought into comparison with observed facts, that we declare that theory...  The Ways of the Planets - Page 36by Martha Evans Martin - 1912 - 272 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Tiberius Cavallo - Aeronautics - 1803 - 490 pages
...or Georgian Planet, which, by fome, has alfo been called either Uranius, or Herfcbel ¥ *. Since • Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, have been known from time immemorial ; the Georgian planet was difcovered by Dr. Herfchel about 20 years ago. The Ceres was difcovered by... | |
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1833 - 444 pages
...comparison with observed facts, that we declare that theory to be a true representation -of nature. (434.) The planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, have been known from the earliest ages in which astronomy has been cultivated. Uranus was discovered by Sir W". Herschel... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...comparison with observed facts, that we declare that theory to be a true representation of nature. (434.) The planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, have been known from the earliest ages in which astronomy has been cultivated. Uranus was discoveredby Sir W. Herschel in... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...planets, Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Vesta, Juno, Ceres, Pallas, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. The planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, have been known from the earliest ages ; Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschell, at Bath, on the 13th March, 1781... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1849 - 672 pages
...comparison with observed facts, that we declare that theory to be a true representation of nature. (505.) The planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, have been known from the earliest ages in which astronomy has been cultivated. Uranus was discovered by Sir W. Herschel... | |
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