 ... 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
 | 1856 - 422 pages
...happily spent hours. " I need to stretch," he says," a thread with small bead» 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 ; and then, laying the thread down oa a paper, I marked the... | |
 | W. O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1016 pages
...blanket about me, lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon 'it, at armslength, between my eye and the stars, sliding the beads upon it till they hid such \nd such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances nom one another ; and then, laying... | |
 | John Todd - Conduct of life - 1856 - 420 pages
...with a blanket and a lighted candle. " I used," says he, " a thread with small beads upon it, at arms' length between my eye and the stars, sliding the beads upon it till it hid such and such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another,... | |
 | William O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1124 pages
...blanket about me, lay down on my back, and stretched a thread with small beads upon it, at armslength, between my eye and the stars, sliding the beads upon it till thej hid such ind such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances fiom one another;... | |
 | 1858 - 348 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...such and such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another, and then, having a candle by me, and laying the thread down... | |
 | Henry Augustus Boardman - Families - 1858 - 356 pages
...observations on the heavenly bodies. " I used," he says, " to stretch a thread with small beads on it, at arm's length, between my eye and the stars,...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... | |
 | Henry Howe - Technology & Engineering - 1858 - 524 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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1858 - 300 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...beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from mv eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another; and then laying the thread down... | |
 | John McGilchrist - 1860 - 404 pages
...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 beads upon...such and such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another; and then, laying a thread down on the paper, I marked the... | |
 | 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... | |
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