Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - Almanacs, English |
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Page 72
... side , or too little elevated above the enlightened side of it ; in all which cases we shall see no other part of the ring except what is between our eye and the body of the planet , and that will appear as a shadowy belt , even though ...
... side , or too little elevated above the enlightened side of it ; in all which cases we shall see no other part of the ring except what is between our eye and the body of the planet , and that will appear as a shadowy belt , even though ...
Page 73
... side , though very obliquely until the following Decem- ber , 1 d . 20 h . , when the edge of the solar disc , to an observer on the globe of Saturn , touched the southern plane , and emerged above the northern , on which it continued ...
... side , though very obliquely until the following Decem- ber , 1 d . 20 h . , when the edge of the solar disc , to an observer on the globe of Saturn , touched the southern plane , and emerged above the northern , on which it continued ...
Page 139
... side of the ring , then disappears , and shines as long on the south side . When the earth's axis inclines neither to nor from the sun but sideways , it instantly ceases to shine on one pole , and begins to enlighten the other ; and ...
... side of the ring , then disappears , and shines as long on the south side . When the earth's axis inclines neither to nor from the sun but sideways , it instantly ceases to shine on one pole , and begins to enlighten the other ; and ...
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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