The Architecture of the Heavens, Том 80J.W. Parker, 1850 - Всего страниц: 242 |
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... Lord Rosse , I would not have written this volume now . The labour to which his Lord- ship has devoted himself — that of measuring micro- metrically the extraordinary nebular forms dis- closed by his great mirrors - cannot be completed ...
... Lord Rosse , I would not have written this volume now . The labour to which his Lord- ship has devoted himself — that of measuring micro- metrically the extraordinary nebular forms dis- closed by his great mirrors - cannot be completed ...
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... Lord Rosse's practice to make independent drawings of each object on different nights , and subsequently to compare them ; and the forms I now present , are the result , in each case , of such comparisons . They may thus be considered ...
... Lord Rosse's practice to make independent drawings of each object on different nights , and subsequently to compare them ; and the forms I now present , are the result , in each case , of such comparisons . They may thus be considered ...
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John Pringle Nichol. 48 THE MIRRORS OF LORD ROSSE : its focus , not that mere blazing illumination which one causes by the use of the roughest sun - glass , but a perfect image of the star or other luminary towards which for the time it ...
John Pringle Nichol. 48 THE MIRRORS OF LORD ROSSE : its focus , not that mere blazing illumination which one causes by the use of the roughest sun - glass , but a perfect image of the star or other luminary towards which for the time it ...
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... Lord ROSSE , that , attached even to the simplest and most regular shapes of the external clusters , are stray filaments , dim and sparse , ( Plates V. , VII . , & c . , ) groping outwards , as it were , from the mass of the system into ...
... Lord ROSSE , that , attached even to the simplest and most regular shapes of the external clusters , are stray filaments , dim and sparse , ( Plates V. , VII . , & c . , ) groping outwards , as it were , from the mass of the system into ...
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... effected , even by an inferior instrument , must cease to be matter of amazement . No wonder , indeed , that the rude tube of GALILEO sufficed to unveil the spots of the Sun ; 46 HERSCHEL AND LORD ROSSE . changed the face of.
... effected , even by an inferior instrument , must cease to be matter of amazement . No wonder , indeed , that the rude tube of GALILEO sufficed to unveil the spots of the Sun ; 46 HERSCHEL AND LORD ROSSE . changed the face of.
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40 ERIDANI 61 CYGNI amid apparent magnitudes appear arrangements assuredly astronomer bed of stars belt binary systems bodies CENTAURI central centre chart circular cluster comparatively compression connexion considerations constitution course density depths diagram disc discern distance double stars ellipse energy existence extraordinary fact farther foregoing galaxy globular cluster gorgeous grand heavens hypothesis idea illustration imagined immense indicate infer inquiry instance instrument INTERNAL STRUCTURE irregular light Lord ROSSE luminaries magnitude majestic mass Milky mirror MIZAR motion mysterious naked eye nature NEBULA OF ORION number of stars object observation Octavo optical orbits orbs Parsonstown pass peculiar period phenomena planet planetary planetary nebula PLEIADES portion position present probability proper motions proximity R.Dale refer reflector regions remarkable remote scheme seemed seen separate shape singular Sir JOHN HERSCHEL skies space speculation sphere spherical splendour starry stellar stratum STRUVE stupendous supposed telescope tion unfolding universe velocity zone
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Стр. 96 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion ? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season ? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may g°> And say unto thee, Here we are ? Hast thou an arm like God ? Or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Стр. 109 - Whilst fly and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind! Why do we then shun death with anxious strife? If Light can thus deceive, wherefore not Life?
Стр. 96 - I think I may safely say, that there can be little, if any, doubt as to the resolvability of the nebula.
Стр. 109 - MYSTERIOUS Night! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue. Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And lo! creation widened in man's view.
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Стр. 83 - ... we therefore either have a central body which is not a star, or have a star which is involved in a shining fluid, of a nature totally unknown to us.
Стр. 104 - We are not at liberty to argue that at one part of its circumference our view is limited by this sort of cosmical veil which extinguishes the smaller magnitudes, cuts off the nebulous light of distant masses, and closes our view in impenetrable darkness; while at another we are compelled by the clearest evidence telescopes can afford to believe that star-strewn...
Стр. 63 - Oh ! how the spell before my sight Brings nature's hidden ways to light : See ! all things with each other blending— Each to all its being lending — All on each in turn depending — • Heavenly ministers descending—- And again to heaven up-tending — Floating, mingling, interweaving — Rising, sinking, and receiving Each from each, while each is giving On to each, and each relieving Each, the pails of gold, the living Current through the air is heaving ; Breathing blessings, see them bending,...