Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the AlmanackSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1818 |
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... bearing this principle in view , he was able to determine that the identi1 fying of strata was most frequently capable of being effected c 2 OUTLINES OF GEOLOGY . xxix and the sublimity of the great forms of nature, ...
... bearing this principle in view , he was able to determine that the identi1 fying of strata was most frequently capable of being effected c 2 OUTLINES OF GEOLOGY . xxix and the sublimity of the great forms of nature, ...
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... determined at the Royal Observatory , with the new mural circle , with those found by Dr. Bradley in 1756. The mean obliquity for 1813 was 23 ° 27 ′ 50 ′′ ; and the mean diminution appears to be 0 " -4 . The Sun enters the sign Aquarius ...
... determined at the Royal Observatory , with the new mural circle , with those found by Dr. Bradley in 1756. The mean obliquity for 1813 was 23 ° 27 ′ 50 ′′ ; and the mean diminution appears to be 0 " -4 . The Sun enters the sign Aquarius ...
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... determined , to within at least a five hundredth part of what it really is . ' Dr. Halley then states the opinions of various astronomers relative to this distance , with his own reasons for doubting their conclusions , and then says ...
... determined , to within at least a five hundredth part of what it really is . ' Dr. Halley then states the opinions of various astronomers relative to this distance , with his own reasons for doubting their conclusions , and then says ...
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... determined by such kind of observations as these , provided Mercury were nearer the Earth , and had a greater parallax from the Sun. But the difference of these parallaxes is always less than the solar parallax which we seek ; and ...
... determined by such kind of observations as these , provided Mercury were nearer the Earth , and had a greater parallax from the Sun. But the difference of these parallaxes is always less than the solar parallax which we seek ; and ...
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... determined to within a five hundredth part at least , if the parallax be not found less than we have supposed ; for forty times twelve and a half is five hundred . ' [ To be continued . ] The Naturalist's Diary For JANUARY 1818 . Pale ...
... determined to within a five hundredth part at least , if the parallax be not found less than we have supposed ; for forty times twelve and a half is five hundred . ' [ To be continued . ] The Naturalist's Diary For JANUARY 1818 . Pale ...
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الصفحة 134 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
الصفحة 291 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
الصفحة 236 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
الصفحة 254 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
الصفحة 237 - Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass, herb yielding seed, And fruit-tree yielding fruit after her kind; Whose seed is in herself upon the earth.
الصفحة lvi - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields...
الصفحة 45 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
الصفحة 178 - With quicken'd step, Brown Night retires : young Day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn. Blue, through the dusk, the smoking currents shine ; And from the bladed field the fearful hare Limps, awkward : while along the forest glade The wild deer trip, and, often turning, gaze At early passenger. Music awakes The native voice of undissembled joy; And thick around the woodland hymns arise.
الصفحة 134 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
الصفحة 134 - Crown'd with her pail the tripping milkmaid sings ; The whistling ploughman stalks afield ; and, hark ! Down the rough slope the ponderous...