The gallery of nature: a tour through creation, 第 28 巻1860 |
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... inhabitants at the North Pole , to them one half of the firmament would never set , and the other half would never rise . The polar star would be their zenith , and appear quite stationary , with all the other stars in view revolving ...
... inhabitants at the North Pole , to them one half of the firmament would never set , and the other half would never rise . The polar star would be their zenith , and appear quite stationary , with all the other stars in view revolving ...
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... inhabitants of that region , yet the references made by subsequent historians show- ing their devotion to the study of the heavens , and the reputation assigned to them for such pursuits by the unanimous voice of antiquity , long after ...
... inhabitants of that region , yet the references made by subsequent historians show- ing their devotion to the study of the heavens , and the reputation assigned to them for such pursuits by the unanimous voice of antiquity , long after ...
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... inhabitants . The exactness with which some of the pyramids have been made to face the four cardinal points has engendered the suspicion that they were designed for an astronomical use ; and authorities may be cited , who state , that ...
... inhabitants . The exactness with which some of the pyramids have been made to face the four cardinal points has engendered the suspicion that they were designed for an astronomical use ; and authorities may be cited , who state , that ...
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... was similarly commemorated by the inhabitants of the border counties as the Black Saturday ; and a third in 1652 gave rise to the expression the moment of entire obscuration arrives . of Mirk Monday 60 SCENERY OF THE HEAVENS .
... was similarly commemorated by the inhabitants of the border counties as the Black Saturday ; and a third in 1652 gave rise to the expression the moment of entire obscuration arrives . of Mirk Monday 60 SCENERY OF THE HEAVENS .
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... inhabitants , as obtains with reference to our globe and its population . Mercury is at the mean distance of thirty - seven millions of miles from the sun , and performs an orbital revolution in about 88 days , travelling at the rate of ...
... inhabitants , as obtains with reference to our globe and its population . Mercury is at the mean distance of thirty - seven millions of miles from the sun , and performs an orbital revolution in about 88 days , travelling at the rate of ...
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ancient animals appearance astronomical Atlantic atmosphere basalt beds bodies carboniferous cause cavern celestial centre climate clouds coal coast colour comet constellation continent dark depth diameter direction distance districts earth ecliptic elevation equator Europe exhibits extending feet felspar Flamstead formation globe gneiss granite heat heavens height Herschel Hipparchus hornblende hundred hyæna immense inhabitants island Jupiter lake land latitude light limestone lunar magnitude mass miles moon motion mountains nature nearly night northern observed occur ocean old red sandstone orbit Orinoco passing perihelion period phenomena plains planets pole present Ptolemy Pyrenees rain regions remarkable rise river rocks round sand sandstone Saturn seen shore side Silurian snow solar southern species spot square miles stars strata stratum stream summit supposed surface telescope temperature terrestrial trees tropical valley vapour vast vegetation velocity visible volcanic whole wind winter zone
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681 ページ - Thou hast spread thy wing, and sheltered us from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.
544 ページ - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
72 ページ - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
563 ページ - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
714 ページ - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
320 ページ - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
256 ページ - And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called Marah.
203 ページ - Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? God ! — let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains echo, God ! God!
684 ページ - Where glistening streamers waved and danced, The wanderer's eye could barely view The summer heaven's delicious blue ; So wondrous wild, the whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream.
5 ページ - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears— soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony...