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Página 39
... effect of their joint influence incessantly acting is to deflect it from both , and pro- A duce a curved path . The cause perpetually operating , the effect is constant ; and hence the formation of the terrestrial orbit , and the cause ...
... effect of their joint influence incessantly acting is to deflect it from both , and pro- A duce a curved path . The cause perpetually operating , the effect is constant ; and hence the formation of the terrestrial orbit , and the cause ...
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... effect is comparatively small , owing to the vastness of the solar mass . The planets likewise act upon each other ; and as their relative distances are perpetually varying , certain perturbations are caused in the system , which ...
... effect is comparatively small , owing to the vastness of the solar mass . The planets likewise act upon each other ; and as their relative distances are perpetually varying , certain perturbations are caused in the system , which ...
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... effect is precisely analagous to what takes place when a person moves or travels rapidly through a shower of rain or snow in a perfectly calm state of the atmosphere . Without locomo- tion the rain - drops or snow - flakes will fall ...
... effect is precisely analagous to what takes place when a person moves or travels rapidly through a shower of rain or snow in a perfectly calm state of the atmosphere . Without locomo- tion the rain - drops or snow - flakes will fall ...
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... effect is only produced while the depression is within 33 ' , which is rather more than the sun's greatest apparent diameter . At a further distance from the horizon , the rays pass over our heads into the upper regions of the ...
... effect is only produced while the depression is within 33 ' , which is rather more than the sun's greatest apparent diameter . At a further distance from the horizon , the rays pass over our heads into the upper regions of the ...
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... effect is perceived in other situations of the solar body , because refraction operates more feebly away from the horizon , and the difference between the refraction of the rays of light issuing from the upper and lower extremities of ...
... effect is perceived in other situations of the solar body , because refraction operates more feebly away from the horizon , and the difference between the refraction of the rays of light issuing from the upper and lower extremities of ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Alps America ancient animals appearance Asia astronomical Atlantic atmosphere beautiful bodies cause cave cavern climate clouds coast colour comet constellation continent depth diameter direction distance districts earth ecliptic elevation equator Europe exhibits extent fall feet Flamstead flow glaciers globe ground heat heavens height Herschel Himalaya Hipparchus Humboldt hundred hyæna Iceland immense inhabitants island Jupiter lake land latitude light limestone lunar magnitude mass miles moon motion mountains nature nearly night northern northern hemisphere observed occur ocean orbit Orinoco pass perihelion period phenomena plain planets present Ptolemy Pyrenees quadrupeds rain regions remarkable rise river rock sand Saturn seen shore side snow solar southern species spot springs square miles stars stratum stream summit supposed surface temperature terrestrial traveller trees tropical Uranus valley vapour vast vegetation Vesuvius visible volcanic whole wind winter zone
Passagens conhecidas
Página 681 - Thou hast spread thy wing, and sheltered us from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.
Página 544 - 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.
Página 72 - 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.
Página 563 - 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.
Página 714 - 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...
Página 320 - 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.
Página 256 - 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.
Página 203 - 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!
Página 684 - 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.
Página 5 - 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...