Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - Almanacs, English |
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Page 176
... night after night , but not the faintest glimmer- ing of it could be perceived . This comet was , however , seen in the southern hemisphere , at Buenos Ayres , ( a more favourable position for observation , ) but it exhi- bited so very ...
... night after night , but not the faintest glimmer- ing of it could be perceived . This comet was , however , seen in the southern hemisphere , at Buenos Ayres , ( a more favourable position for observation , ) but it exhi- bited so very ...
Page 188
... night considered that part of the heavens in a very serene sky , and saw it not , but that he next night ( 9th ) it appeared with a splendour sur- passing all the fixed stars , and scarce less bright than Venus . This was not seen by ...
... night considered that part of the heavens in a very serene sky , and saw it not , but that he next night ( 9th ) it appeared with a splendour sur- passing all the fixed stars , and scarce less bright than Venus . This was not seen by ...
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... night in the reeds ; and lighting in myriads , like the locusts of the East , upon this flexible plant , they crush it to the water ; and one sees large patches lodged and beat down , like grain after a storm . Though the guns of the ...
... night in the reeds ; and lighting in myriads , like the locusts of the East , upon this flexible plant , they crush it to the water ; and one sees large patches lodged and beat down , like grain after a storm . Though the guns of the ...
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1st day 4th day afterwards aphelion appears ascending node astronomer beautiful Beetle birds born Butterfly CALENDAR OF BRITISH celebrated celestial comet conjunction Daniel Bernoulli dark death Declin diameter died difference of latitude Digits eclipsed disc distance early earth eclipse Emersion eminent Equation FLEMING FORM OF SATURN'S Galileo greatest heavens Herschel inferior conjunction inferior planets insects John John Herschel Jupiter Kepler labours LEACH light LINNEUS Lord LUNAR magnitude Major axis Mars MARTYR Mercury Minor axis moon morning Moth motion nature never night node o'er Observatory observed orbit Pallas perigee perihelion period planet published QUADRUPEDS remarkable RENNIE revolution Right Ascen ring of Saturn round Royal SATURN'S RING says Second satellite seen Semi-diameter shadow shining solar solar eclipse stars STEPHENS telescope TEMMINCK thee thou tion transit transits of Mercury trees Uranus Venus visible volumes vulgaris winter