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" Beads upon it, at arms' length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding the Beads upon it till they hid such and such Stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another ; and then, laying the Thread down on a Paper, I marked... "
Ferguson's Lectures on Select Subjects, in Mechanics, Hydrostatics ... - Page xix
by James Ferguson - 1814
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 6

1839 - 580 pages
...most interesting — "I used," says he, " to stretch a thread with small beads on it, at arms-length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding the beads upon it, till they hid euch and such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another ; and then...
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Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished ...

Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...observations on the heavenly bodies. " I used to stretch," says he, " a thread, with small beads on it, at arms' length, between my eye and the stars...their apparent distances from one another ; and then laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads." "My master," he adds,...
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Duties of Young Men: Exhibited in Six Lectures; with an Anniversary Address ...

Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Conduct of life - 1840 - 224 pages
...and with a lighted candle, " I used," says he, " to stretch a thread with small beads on it, at arm's length, between my eye and the stars; sliding the...their apparent distances from one another; and then laying the thread down upon a paper, I marked the stara thereon by the beads." We cannot pause to follow...
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Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Its Pleasures and Rewards ..., Volume 1

Self-culture - 1840 - 298 pages
...observations on the heavenly bodies. " I used to stretch," says he, " a thread, with small beads on it, at arms' length between my eye and the stars ;...stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent VOL. I.— G distances from one another; and then laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars...
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The Odd Fellows' Magazine, Volume 2

Fraternal organizations - 1831 - 446 pages
...heavenly bodies. " 1 used to stretch," says he, " a thread with small beads on it, at arms-length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding the beads upon...their apparent distances from one another ; and then laying the thread down on a paper, 1 marked the stars thereon by the beads." f< My master," he adds,...
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Instructive Extracts, Comprising Religious and Moral Instruction, Natural ...

1843 - 350 pages
...a blanket about me, lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it, at arm's length, between my eye and the stars, sliding the...their apparent distances from one another, and then laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads, according to their respective...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].

George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1845 - 778 pages
...observations on the heavenly bodies. " I used to stretch," says he, "a thread with small beads on it, alarm's length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding the...they hid such and such stars from my eye, in order totake their apparent distances from one another ; and then laying the thread down on a paper, I marked...
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The Boy's Own Book of Stories from History, &c

Mary E. Bennett - Adventure and adventurers - 1848 - 212 pages
...to stretch a thread with small beads on it, at arm's length, between my eye and the stars ; shaking the beads upon it till they hid such and such stars...their apparent distances from one another ; and then laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads. " My master at first laughed...
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Success in life, a book for young men

Success - 1851 - 362 pages
...with a blanket about me, lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it at arm's length, between my eye and the stars, sliding the beads upon it till they hid sueh and such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another, and then,...
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Self-reliance; a book for young men, by the author of 'A book for mothers'.

Charlotte Eliza Sargeant - 1852 - 234 pages
...his back to study the heavenly bodies. " I used,'' he says, " to stretch a thread with small beads on it, at arms length, between my eye and the stars ;...stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distance from one another ; and then, laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon...
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