 ... 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
 | 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...such and such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another ; and then, laying the thread down on paper, I marked the... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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;...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... | |
 | James Ferguson, Ebenezer Henderson - Astronomers - 1867 - 534 pages
...my work was over, I went into a 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...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... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Ability - 1867 - 258 pages
...continued his observations for several hours. " I used to stretch," he says, " a thread with small beads on it, at arm's length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding the ThE INGENIOUS SHEPHERD-BOY. . He Untied himaclf during the lUy in making inodeli."— Page 38 THE BOY... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - Literature - 1869 - 610 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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Men - 1869 - 324 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | James Ferguson, Ebenezer Henderson - Astronomers - 1870 - 550 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...sliding the beads upon it till they hid such and such Thy humble lot; nor (lowery ineail, nor play, Nor sleep, beguilM thee from the beauteous scene ; Nor... | |
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