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... respect , are con- stantly ready to assert it , on the fullest conviction . " If we , " says the pious and learned Dr. Watts , " look upward with David to the worlds above us ; if we consider the Heavens as the work of the finger of God ...
... respect , are con- stantly ready to assert it , on the fullest conviction . " If we , " says the pious and learned Dr. Watts , " look upward with David to the worlds above us ; if we consider the Heavens as the work of the finger of God ...
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... respect to arrangement , it appears to the Authour to have been customary for the great facts of Astronomy to be stated too early , that is , long before the mind is prepared to give them admission . The truths in Astronomy , as laid ...
... respect to arrangement , it appears to the Authour to have been customary for the great facts of Astronomy to be stated too early , that is , long before the mind is prepared to give them admission . The truths in Astronomy , as laid ...
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... respect to Z , the zenith of a spectator in north latitude : E Q denotes the equator , N and S the north and south poles , Æ C the ecliptic crossing the equator at an angle of 23 ° 28 ′ ( Art . 38. ) ; a b , r R , & c . paral lel ...
... respect to Z , the zenith of a spectator in north latitude : E Q denotes the equator , N and S the north and south poles , Æ C the ecliptic crossing the equator at an angle of 23 ° 28 ′ ( Art . 38. ) ; a b , r R , & c . paral lel ...
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... During the short days , the effect of the sun is less , both with respect to the intensity of the rays , their direction , and the time of their conti- 53. The change of seasons to an inhabitant of any 28 Equinoxes and Solstices .
... During the short days , the effect of the sun is less , both with respect to the intensity of the rays , their direction , and the time of their conti- 53. The change of seasons to an inhabitant of any 28 Equinoxes and Solstices .
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... respects . It may be remarked too , that the severest frosts usually take place after the days have begun to ... respect of the earth , is in both the same . place being known , and consequently the elevation of the Seasons , and ...
... respects . It may be remarked too , that the severest frosts usually take place after the days have begun to ... respect of the earth , is in both the same . place being known , and consequently the elevation of the Seasons , and ...
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aberration altitude aphelion apparent motion apparent semidiameter appear ascertained astronomers axis azimuth calculation centre circle co-sine co-tang comet conjunction consequently deduced degree described determined diameter difference disc diurnal motion earth ecliptic ellipsis epicycloid equal errour excentricity eye's fixed stars given greater greatest equation Greenwich heavenly bodies heavens heliocentric hence horary motion horizon horizontal parallax hour angle inclination inferiour interval jupiter known latitude longitude lunar eclipses magnitude mean anomaly mean distance mean motion mercury meridian method moon moon's nearly node noon obliquity observations opposition orbit parallax parallel passing perihelion perpendicular planet pole PROB proportion radius ratio refraction respect revolution right ascension right-angled satellites saturn shadow shew shewn sine solar star's subtracted sun's declination superiour supposed tang tangent telescope tion triangle true anomaly true place tude velocity venus vertical whence zenith distance
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Página 484 - Shot through vast masses of enormous weight ? Who bid brute matter's restive lump assume Such various forms, and gave it wings to fly ? Has matter innate motion ? then each atom, Asserting its indisputable right To dance, would form an universe of dust...
Página 487 - This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God...
Página 140 - The qualities of bodies, which admit neither intensification nor remission of degrees and which are found to belong to all bodies within the reach of our experiments, are to be esteemed the universal qualities of all bodies whatsoever.
Página 489 - As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things. He is utterly void of all body and bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen, nor heard, nor touched ; nor ought he to be worshipped under the representation of any corporeal thing. We have ideas of his attributes, but what the real substance of anything is, we know not.
Página 489 - Whence also He is all similar, all eye, all ear, all brain, all arm, all power to perceive, to understand, and to act ; but in a manner not at all human, in a manner not at all corporeal, in a manner utterly unknown to us.
Página 488 - He is eternal and infinite, omnipotent and omniscient; that is, his duration reaches from eternity to eternity; his presence from infinity to infinity; he governs all things, and knows all things that are or can be done.
Página 36 - Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, And turneth the shadow of death into the morning, And maketh the day dark with night: That calleth for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth : The Lord is his name: That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, So that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Página 36 - Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; the Lord is his name; that strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Página 126 - Systems in many respects resemble machines. A machine is a little system, created to perform, as well as to connect together, in reality, those different movements and effects which the artist has occasion for. A system is an imaginary machine invented to connect together in the fancy those different movements and effects which are already in reality performed.
Página 127 - The machines that are first invented to perform any particular movement are always the most complex, and succeeding artists generally discover that, with fewer wheels, with fewer principles of motion, than had originally been employed, the same effects may be more easily produced.