 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1849 - 418 pages
...Saturn, a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile in diameter ; and Herschul a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a inile and a half in diameter. " To imitate the motions of the planets in the above-mentioned orbits,... | |
 | Christianity - 1850 - 556 pages
...half a mile across ; Saturn a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half, and Neptune a good-sized plum on a circle about two miles and a half in diameter. As to getting correct notions on... | |
 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.), John Bruce - Astronomy - 1850 - 372 pages
...mile across; Saturn, a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile; and Herachel, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter. These views ought to humble man. How insignificant is this earth, the theatre of so many... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1850 - 408 pages
...Saturn, a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile in diameter; and Herschel a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter. " To imitate the motions of the planets in the above-mentioned orbits, 307. What is the... | |
 | 1850 - 790 pages
...a mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half; und Neptune, a goodsized plum, on a circle about two miles and a half in diameter. Aa to getting correct... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Astronomy - 1850 - 370 pages
...mile across; Saturn a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; and Uranus a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter. As to getting correct notions on this subject by drawing circles on paper, or, still worse,... | |
 | American Sunday-School Union - Children - 1851 - 256 pages
...son." " A very common error," replied the Doctor. "But here we have URANUS, or Hcrschel, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half. Lastly, NEPTUNE, a good-sized plum, on a circle two miles and a half in diameter." " I thought, sir,"... | |
 | World history - 1851 - 614 pages
...mile across ; SATURN, a small orange, in an orbit of four fifths of a mile ; and URANUS, a cherry, on the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter. We shall now proceed to give a more particular account of these members of the solar system.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 620 pages
...Saturn, a Email orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile hi diameter ; and Herschel a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter. " To imitate the motions of the planets in the above-mentioned orbits, 307. What is the... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Astronomy - 1852 - 606 pages
...small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile; Uranus, a fullsized cherry, or small plum, upon a circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half; and Neptune, a good-sized plum, on a circle about two and a half miles in diameter. fa. We proceed now to Jupiter,... | |
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Mars a rather large pin's head, on a circle of 654 feet; Juno, Ceres, Vesta, and Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000 to 1200 feet; Jupiter a moderate-sized orange... 
