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Pagina vi
... Stars The Zodiacal Light 391 393 Aurora Borealis The Rainbow Halos 395 395 396 Winds : Trade Winds Phenomena of the Sea . 396 On the Means of Drawing up Sea - water from great Depths , and of ascertaining in what proportion the two ...
... Stars The Zodiacal Light 391 393 Aurora Borealis The Rainbow Halos 395 395 396 Winds : Trade Winds Phenomena of the Sea . 396 On the Means of Drawing up Sea - water from great Depths , and of ascertaining in what proportion the two ...
Pagina 3
... stars , into groups of suns moving round each other in " mystic dance ; " and he demonstrates that those laws of gravitation , which regulate the fall of bodies on the earth , are universal laws , which are obeyed in the remotest system ...
... stars , into groups of suns moving round each other in " mystic dance ; " and he demonstrates that those laws of gravitation , which regulate the fall of bodies on the earth , are universal laws , which are obeyed in the remotest system ...
Pagina 12
... stars , showed them to be suns , like that which forms the centre of our system , and when it was found that they were arranged in groups circling round each other , the argument from analogy was carried further , and the probability ...
... stars , showed them to be suns , like that which forms the centre of our system , and when it was found that they were arranged in groups circling round each other , the argument from analogy was carried further , and the probability ...
Pagina 34
... Stars ; open the Gate of Amenti ; the good Region of OSIRI ; " the man's name . On the outside , in front of the case or coffin , was represented , immediately beneath the face , some ornamental figures , composing a kind of breastplate ...
... Stars ; open the Gate of Amenti ; the good Region of OSIRI ; " the man's name . On the outside , in front of the case or coffin , was represented , immediately beneath the face , some ornamental figures , composing a kind of breastplate ...
Pagina 98
... stars , and by which each star is made to describe about 15 degrees of the circle , which is its apparent path , every hour . Hence , whilst an observer is changing his place and his latitude , the star which he has observed will itself ...
... stars , and by which each star is made to describe about 15 degrees of the circle , which is its apparent path , every hour . Hence , whilst an observer is changing his place and his latitude , the star which he has observed will itself ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 82 - The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Pagina 484 - And, lastly, We do hereby, for Us, our heirs and successors, grant and declare that these our Letters Patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things valid and effectual in the law, according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and shall be...
Pagina 13 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end
Pagina 275 - I do not now maintain, I think it right, as one of my last acts before I quit this Chair, thus publicly to read my recantation. We ought, indeed, to have paused before we first adopted the diluvian theory, and referred all our old superficial gravel to the action of the Mosaic flood.
Pagina 275 - Our errors were, however, natural, and of the same kind which led many excellent observers of a former century to refer all the secondary formations of geology to the Noachian deluge.
Pagina 484 - AND LASTLY, WE do hereby, for Us, our Heirs, and Successors, grant and declare, That these our Letters Patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall be in and...
Pagina 328 - ... have so far affected the rays of Light, that a corresponding difference from the eyes of existing Crustaceans would have been found in the organs on which the impressions of such rays were then received. Regarding Light itself also, we learn from the resemblance of these most ancient...
Pagina 484 - ... proficiency in that department of knowledge in which he is about to graduate ; and he shall receive from the said Chancellor a certificate, under the seal of the said University of Bombay, and signed by the said Chancellor or ViceChancellor, in which the particulars so stated shall be declared.
Pagina 275 - We ought, indeed, to have paused, before we first adopted the diluvial theory, and referred all our old superficial gravel to the action of the Mosaic Flood. For of man, and the works of his hands, we have not yet found a single trace among the remnants of a former world entombed in these ancient deposits.
Pagina 81 - ... an education in which the individual is cultivated, not as an instrument towards some ulterior end, but as an end unto himself alone ; in other words, an education, in which his absolute perfection as a man, and not merely his relative dexterity as a professional man, is the scope immediately in view.