The Architecture of the Heavens, Том 80J.W. Parker, 1850 - Всего страниц: 242 |
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... - -THE DOUBLE STARS . - MULTIPLE SYSTEMS 133 CHAPTER V. - GRAND MOTION OF THE SUN , AND OF SINGLE STARS . - PROBABLE SYSTEM OF OUR ENTIRE GALAXY.— QUESTION AS TO THE NATURE OF FORCE . · . 193 xxii CONTENTS . PART III . PSYCHE , OR ...
... - -THE DOUBLE STARS . - MULTIPLE SYSTEMS 133 CHAPTER V. - GRAND MOTION OF THE SUN , AND OF SINGLE STARS . - PROBABLE SYSTEM OF OUR ENTIRE GALAXY.— QUESTION AS TO THE NATURE OF FORCE . · . 193 xxii CONTENTS . PART III . PSYCHE , OR ...
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... force always springing from a proximate equality among numbers so very large , and whose origins are independent . In no portion of the finite universe , need we expect absolute or unvaried uniformity . One law AND THEIR RELATIVE ...
... force always springing from a proximate equality among numbers so very large , and whose origins are independent . In no portion of the finite universe , need we expect absolute or unvaried uniformity . One law AND THEIR RELATIVE ...
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... forces that sustain it ? Here , again , we are amid darkness , perilous almost as night . But we forget not that over this great universe law stretches its sure dominion , and that the reason of man is framed to discern it , —aid ...
... forces that sustain it ? Here , again , we are amid darkness , perilous almost as night . But we forget not that over this great universe law stretches its sure dominion , and that the reason of man is framed to discern it , —aid ...
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... of our abstract mechanic science - observe the planet rolling for ever through its re - entering course , notwithstanding its tendency towards the sun . Whence 74 CENTRIFUGAL FORCE . the stability of that exquisite motion.
... of our abstract mechanic science - observe the planet rolling for ever through its re - entering course , notwithstanding its tendency towards the sun . Whence 74 CENTRIFUGAL FORCE . the stability of that exquisite motion.
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John Pringle Nichol. 74 CENTRIFUGAL FORCE . the stability of that exquisite motion ? What signify the FACTS there , unless that - as in the special instance of the magnet - Nature is the unfolding of great POLAR forces , one which ...
John Pringle Nichol. 74 CENTRIFUGAL FORCE . the stability of that exquisite motion ? What signify the FACTS there , unless that - as in the special instance of the magnet - Nature is the unfolding of great POLAR forces , one which ...
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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,...