 ... 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...  Frank: A Sequel to Frank in Early Lessons - Page 7by Maria Edgeworth - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...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 ; sliding the...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... | |
 | 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...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, 1 marked the... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pages
...my work was over, I went into a field, with a blanket about me, lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it, at arm's length,...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Success - Conduct of life - 1851 - 362 pages
...my work was over I went into a field with a blanket about me, lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it at arm's length, between...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,... | |
 | Charlotte Eliza Sargeant - 1852 - 234 pages
...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 ; sliding the...such and such 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... | |
 | Popular educator - 1852 - 842 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...such and such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distance from one another ; nnd then, laying the thread down oa a paper, I walked the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1853 - 372 pages
...blanket about me, by down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it, at anus-length, between my eye and the stars, sliding the beads upon it till they hid such and such stirs from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another, and then, laying the... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1855 - 472 pages
...my work was over, I went into a field with a blanket about me, lay down on my back and stretched a thread, with small beads upon it, at arm's length...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... | |
 | American periodicals - 1855 - 594 pages
...was over, I went into a field with a blanket abaut me, lay down on my back and stretched a thread of small beads upon it at arm's length between my eye and the stars : Hiding the beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from my eye in order to take their apparent... | |
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