 | John Wesley - Natural history - 1836 - 398 pages
...represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle two hundred and eightyfour feet in diameter ; the earth, also, a pea, on a circle of four hundred and thirty feet ; Mars, a rather large pin's head, on a circle of six hundred and fifty-four... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Astronomy - 1838 - 268 pages
...Herschel, " any well levelled field or bowling green. On it place a globe, two feet in diameter ; this will represent the sun ; Mercury will be represented by...diameter ; the Earth also a pea, on a circle of 430 feet ; Juno, Ceres, Vesta, and Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits from 1000 to 1200 feet in diameter ; Jupiter... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Astronomy - 1839 - 262 pages
...the comparative size of the planets. The following illustration of the comparative size and Fig. 133. distance of the bodies of the solar system is given...; Mars, a rather large pin's head, on a circle of ti54 feet ; Juno, Ceres, Vesta and Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000 to 1200 feet ; Jupiter,... | |
 | Periodicals - 1839 - 272 pages
...a globe, two feet in diameter; this will represent the Sun ; Mercury will be represented by a groiu of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle...on a circle of 430 feet; Mars a rather large pin's bead, on a circle of 654 feet ; Juno, Ceres, Vesta, aod Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000... | |
 | 1839 - 532 pages
...represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for iu orbit; Venus a pea, on a circle 284 feet in diameter...pea, on a circle of 430 feet ; Mars a rather large pin'* head, on a circle of 654 feet ; Juno, Cores, Vesta, and Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...the circumference of a circle, 164 feet in diameter, for its orbit — Venus, a pea on a circle of 284 feet in diameter — the earth, also, a pea on a circle of 430 feet — Mare a rather large pin's head on a circle of 654 feet — Juno, Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, grains of... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1841 - 516 pages
...in diameter ; this will represent the sun ; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard-seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter...circle of 430 feet ; Mars a rather large pin's head, on Sidereal Period. Uiiys. Mean distance from Sun. Miles. Rotation. Days. Diameter. Milei. Nam«. Sidereal... | |
 | Great Britain. Council on Education - 1845 - 696 pages
...on the circumference of a circle 164 (Vet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus, a pea, on a circle of 284 feet in diameter; the Earth, also a pea, on a...rather large pin's head, on a circle of 654 feet; Juno, Cei'e«, Vesta, nnd Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000 to 1200 feet; Jupiter, a moderate... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Astronomy - 1799 - 392 pages
...sixty-four feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus, a pea, on a circle of two hundred and eighty-four feet in diameter ; the earth also a pea, on a circle of four hundred and thirty feet ; Mars, a rather large pin's head, on a circle of six hundred and fifty-four... | |
 | Animals - 1846 - 236 pages
...sixty-four feet in diameter, for its orbit ; Venus, a pea, on a circle two hundred and eighty-four feet in diameter ; the Earth, also a pea, on a circle of four hundred and thirty feet ; Mars, a rather large pin's head, on a circle of six hundred and fifty-four... | |
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Venus a pea, on a circle of 284 feet in diameter ; the Earth also a pea, on a circle of 430 feet ; Mars a rather large pin's head, on a circle of 654 feet ; the Asteroids, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000 to 1200 feet; Jupiter a moderate-sized orange,... 
