 ... a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford a planet circulating about either; and what charming contrasts and "grateful vicissitudes," — a red and a green day, for instance, alternating with a white one and with darkness, —...  Mechanical Philosophy, Horology and Astronomy - Page 429by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 7 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Constellations - 1860 - 360 pages
...and a small one of a rich ruddy purple. 249. It is not easy to conceive what variety of illumiuation two suns — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must aiford to a planet revolving about either ; and what charming contrasts and grateful vicissitudes —... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1861 - 588 pages
...easier suggested in words, than conceived in imagination, what variety of illumination two suits — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford a planet circulating about either; and what charming contrasts and "grateful vicissitudes," — a red... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1863 - 806 pages
...green, or a yellow and blue one—must afford a planet circulating around either; and what cheering contrasts and grateful vicissitudes (a red and a green day, for instance, alternating with a white one, or with darkness) must arise from the presence or absence of one or other, or both, from the horizon."... | |
 | John Laws Milton - 1864 - 668 pages
...John Hcrschel says " It may be easier suggested in words than conceived in imagination,* what variety of illumination two suns, a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one, must afford a planet circulating about either ; what charming contrasts and ' grateful vicissitudes ' — a red... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - Celestial mechanics - 1864 - 108 pages
...effect of contrast, and it may be easier suggested in words than conceived in imagination, what variety of illumination two suns — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afibrd a planet circulating about either; and what charming contrasts and ' grateful vicissitudes '... | |
 | S W. Leonard - 1867 - 424 pages
...Sir John Herschel remarks — " It may be more easily suggested in words than conceived, what variety of illumination two suns — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must aiford to a planet circulating about either ; and what charming contrasts and grateful vicissitudes... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1869 - 590 pages
...variety of illumination two suns — a red and a grcen, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford a planet circulating about either; and what charming...contrasts and "grateful vicissitudes," — a red and a grcen day, for instance, alternating with a white one and with darkness, — might arise from the presence... | |
 | Edwin Dunkin - 1869 - 380 pages
...be easier suggested in words than conceived in imagination, what variety of illumination two sum — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford a planet circulating about either ; and what charming contrasts and ' grateful vicissitudes ' — a... | |
 | 1871 - 456 pages
...Sir John Herschel remarks — " It may he more easily suggested in words than conceived, what variety of illumination two suns — a red and a green, or...charming contrasts and grateful vicissitudes— a red day and a green one, for instance, alternating with a white one and with darkness — might arise from... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - Physical sciences - 1871 - 620 pages
...John Herschel, " It may be more easily suggested in words than conceived in imagination what variety of illumination two suns — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford a planet circulating around either ; or what charming contrasts and ' grateful vicissitudes ' — a... | |
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