 ... 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 the stars thereon by...  Temporis calendarium; or An almanack - Page 31by William Rogerson - 1828 - 1848 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Popular educator - 1860 - 424 pages
...happily spent hours. " I used to stretch," he says," a thread with small beads on it, at arms-length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding the beads upon it, till they hid such and euch stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distance from one another ; and then, laying... | |
 | Education - 1861 - 552 pages
...blanket about me, lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it, at arms-length, between my eye and the stars, sliding the beads upon...from one another ; and then, laying the thread down on paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads, according to their respective positions, having... | |
 | Household truths - 1862 - 218 pages
...beads upon it at arms' length between my eye and the stars, sliding the AND MEN WHO HAVE WON THEM. beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from...apparent distances from one another; and then laying a thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads according to their respective positions,... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1863 - 332 pages
...I went into a field with a blanket about me, lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from...from one another, and then, laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads according to their respective positions, having... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1865 - 594 pages
...observations on the heavenly 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...from one another ; and then laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads. My master," he adds, "at first laughed at me;... | |
 | Samuel Neale - 1795 - 550 pages
...circumstances to stand in his way. His language is, " I used to stretch a thread, with small beads on it, at arm's length, between my eye and the stars; sliding...from one another; and then, laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beada" Thus we are reminded of the apothegm that where... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Ability - 1867 - 258 pages
...SHEPHERD-BOY. . He Untied himaclf during the lUy in making inodeli."— Page 38 THE BOY MAKES THE MAN. beads upon it, till they hid such and such stars from...from one another ; and then, laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads. My master," he adds, " at first laughed at me... | |
 | James Ferguson, Ebenezer Henderson - Astronomers - 1867 - 534 pages
...field with u 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 such and such Thy humble lot; nor flowery mead, nor play, Nor sleep, beguil'd thee from the bounteous scene ; Nor... | |
 | Theology - 1869 - 476 pages
...with a blanket about me, lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it at arms length between my eye and the stars, sliding the beads...from one another ; and then laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads, according to their respective positions, having... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1869 - 526 pages
...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...from one another ; and then, laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads, according to their respective positions, having... | |
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