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" On it place a globe, two feet 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 for its orbit; Venus a pea, on a circle 284 feet in diameter; the Earth... "
Mechanical Philosophy, Horology, and Astronomy: Being an Exposition of the ... - Page 503
by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1844 - 575 pages
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 21

1833 - 468 pages
...magnitudes and distances of the parts of our system. Choose any well levelled field or bowling green. On it place a globe, two feet in diameter; this will...the Sun; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the t William of Malmesbury, 518. Holinshed, ii. 70. Lytteltou, Henry II. (8vo.) i....
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Astronomy

sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...magnitudes and distances of the parts of our system. Choose any well levelled field or bowling green. On it place a globe, two feet in diameter ; this will...the Sun ; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus a pea, on...
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Astronomy

Sir John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1833 - 444 pages
...magnitudes and distances of the parts of our system. Choose any well levelled field or bowling green. On it place a globe, two feet in diameter ; this will...the Sun ; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus a pea, on...
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral, & philosophical ...

1833 - 618 pages
...magnitudes and distances of the parts of our system. Choose any well-levelled field or howling green. On it place a globe, two feet in diameter ; this will...the Sun ; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit; Venus a pea, on...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 78

Child rearing - 1836 - 422 pages
...field or bowling-green, 39 17 The Earth .... 64 10 . ' . 121 0 290 0 798 0 Georgium Sidus . 5406 0 on it place a globe two feet in diameter ; this will...grain of mustardseed, on the circumference of a circle of 164 feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus a pea, on a circle 284 feet in diameter ; the Earth also...
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An Explanation of the Gnomonic Projection of the Sphere; and of Such Points ...

Augustus De Morgan - Astronomy - 1836 - 140 pages
...volumes which preceded, with their clap-traps of millions of millions of miles. See the Work, p. 287. ' Choose any well-levelled field or bowling-green. On...the sun: Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit; Venus, a pea on...
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A Compendium of Natural Philosophy: Being a Survey of the Wisdom ..., Volume 3

John Wesley - Natural history - 1836 - 398 pages
...Herschel's beautiful treatise on astronomy is perhaps the best that ever was attempted in words : — " Choose any well-levelled field or bowling-green ;...the sun ; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle two hundred and eightyfour feet in diameter ; the earth,...
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The Earth: Its Physical Condition and Most Remarkable Phenomena

William Mullinger Higgins - Earth (Planet) - 1836 - 514 pages
...39 17 64 10 121 0 798 0 Georgium Sidus . 5406 0 on it place a globe two feet in diameter ; lhit win represent the sun ; Mercury will be represented by...grain of mustardseed, on the circumference of a circle of 164 feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus a pea, on a circle 284 feet in diameter ; the Earth also...
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Magazine of Popular Science, and Journal of the Useful Arts, Volume 2

Science - 1836 - 534 pages
...supporting our views on the subject by such an authority. Choose any large level field. In the middle, place a globe two feet in diameter; this will represent the Sun; place a grain of mustard-seed at 82 feet distance from the sun for Mercury ; a pea, at the distance...
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A Treatise on Astronomy: Illustrated with Maps and Plates

Mrs. L. H. Tyler - Astronomy - 1837 - 302 pages
...relative magnitudes and distances of the planets. " Choose any well leveled field or bowling green. On it place a globe two feet in diameter ; this will...the sun ; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus a pea on...
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