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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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Footsteps to Fame: A Book to Open Other Books

James Hain Friswell - Biography - 1874 - 370 pages
...and, lying on his back, stretch a thread, with small beads upon it, at arms' length, between his eyo and the stars, sliding the beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from him, in order to take their apparent distances from each other : then laying the thread upon paper,...
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The threshold of life, illustrations and lessons for the encouragement and ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 314 pages
...eye •the celestial bodies. "I used to stretch," he says, "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 on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads. My master," he adds, "...
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Famous boys; and how they became great men

Joseph Johnson - 1879 - 430 pages
...distances of the heavenly bodies. "I used," he said, " to stretch a thread with small beads on it, at arm's length between my eye and the stars ; sliding the...such and such stars from my eye, in order to take the apparent distances from one another; and then, laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the...
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The Book of the Chronicles of Keith, Grange, Ruthven, Cairney, and ...

James Frederick Skinner Gordon - Banffshire (Scotland) - 1880 - 488 pages
...was James Glashan. I found him very kind and indulgent ; but he soon observed, that in the evenings, when my work was over, I went into a Field with a...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]. Continuation

George Lillie Craik - 1881 - 646 pages
...heavenly bodies. ' I used to stretch,' says he, ' a thread with small beads on it, at arm'slength, 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, I marked the stars thereon by the beads.' ' My master,' he adds,...
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Three Books of God, Nature, History & Scripture: Sermons

George Dawson - Sermons, English - 1882 - 392 pages
...you are * James Ferguson. " I used to stretch," says he, " 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 on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads." — CRAIK'S " Pursuit...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 134

England - 1883 - 830 pages
...lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it at arm's length between my eyes and the stars, sliding the beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from my eyes, in order to take their apparent distances from eаch other ; and then laying the thread down...
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Queen's Quarterly, Volume 18

Humanities - 1911 - 400 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 beads upon it until they hid such and such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distance from one another...
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Bright Boys, Or, Climbing the Ladder of Fame

Artists - 1896 - 300 pages
...watching the stars. "I used," he writes, "to stretch a thread with small beads on it at arm's-length between my eye and the stars, sliding the beads upon...stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distance from one another, and then, laying the thread down on the paper, I marked the stars, thereon...
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Success: A Book of Ideals, Helps, and Examples for All Desiring to Make the ...

Orison Swett Marden - Success - 1897 - 392 pages
...lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it at arm's length between my eyes and the stars, sliding the beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from my eyes, in order to take their apparent distances from each other; and then laying the thread down on...
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