| John Dougall - 1810 - 660 pages
...apparent size being called stars of the first magnitude, those next in brilliancy and apparent size are called stars of the second magnitude, and so on to the fifth and sixth magnitudes, which are the smallest perceptible to the naked eye in clear weather: smaller... | |
| John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...or orders. Those which appear largest, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next in lustre, stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest visible to the naked eye.- This distribution having been made long before the invention of telescopes,... | |
| Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...orders. Those which appear largest, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next in lustre, tturs of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest visible to the naked eye. This distribution having been made long before the invention of telescopes,... | |
| James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1814 - 420 pages
...est and largest, arc called stars of the first magnitude ; the next to them in size and lustre, arc called stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to...the Little Dog ; Rigel, in the left foot of Orion ; •drcturus, near the thigh of Bootes, &c.* These things being premised, which, I think, are all... | |
| Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...Into six ; those which appear the largest, are called stars ef thejirst magnitude ; the next in size, are called stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the least, discoverable by the naked eye. Those which are seen by the help of glasses only, are called... | |
| William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - Education - 1815 - 598 pages
...Those, which appear largest, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next to them in brilliancy, stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible to the naked eye. Those which cannot be distinguished by the naked eye, are called telescopic... | |
| Jacob Willetts - Geography - 1815 - 228 pages
...Those which app ,ar largest, are called stars of the first magnitirle ; the nexs to them in lustre, stars of the second magnitude : and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible to the bare eye Thr stars are likewise distinguished into constellations, which^s nothing... | |
| John Greig - 1816 - 224 pages
...classes : those which appear largest, are of the first class or magnitude ; the next to them in lustre, of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest visible to the naked eye. The stars are commonly represented in the following manner : fija Represents... | |
| William Philipps - 1817 - 292 pages
...largest, or those which appear so, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next to them in lustre, stars of the second magnitude, and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible without a glass. This distribution was made long before the invention of teleseopes ; such... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1822 - 440 pages
...several classes: the largest are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next to them in lustre, stars of the second magnitude; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible to the naked eye. This distribution having beep made. long before the invention of telescopes,... | |
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