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... parallax ; and , there- fore , any error that might occur in measuring it will amount to only one - fifth of that error on the horizontal parallax that may be deduced from it ; and it is on the ground of this parallax that the distance ...
... parallax ; and , there- fore , any error that might occur in measuring it will amount to only one - fifth of that error on the horizontal parallax that may be deduced from it ; and it is on the ground of this parallax that the distance ...
Page 440
... parallax being so small as about eight and a half seconds , rendered it for some time difficult to arrive at an accurate determina- tion on this point , till the transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769. From the calculations founded upon the ...
... parallax being so small as about eight and a half seconds , rendered it for some time difficult to arrive at an accurate determina- tion on this point , till the transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769. From the calculations founded upon the ...
Page 455
... parallax ; but to enter minutely into such particulars hemisphere of the moon . This boundary is would afford little satisfaction to general readers . Description of the surface of the Moon , as seen through telescopes . Of all the ...
... parallax ; but to enter minutely into such particulars hemisphere of the moon . This boundary is would afford little satisfaction to general readers . Description of the surface of the Moon , as seen through telescopes . Of all the ...
Page 461
... parallax ; and this distance , com- pared with its apparent angular diameter , gives its real or linear diameter . The mean horizontal parallax is fifty - seven minutes , thirty - four seconds , and the mean apparent diameter thirty ...
... parallax ; and this distance , com- pared with its apparent angular diameter , gives its real or linear diameter . The mean horizontal parallax is fifty - seven minutes , thirty - four seconds , and the mean apparent diameter thirty ...
Page 483
... parallax . A parallax denotes the change of the apparent place of any heavenly body , caused by being seen from different points of view . This may be illustrated by terrestrial objects as follows : Suppose a tree 40 or 50 yards distant ...
... parallax . A parallax denotes the change of the apparent place of any heavenly body , caused by being seen from different points of view . This may be illustrated by terrestrial objects as follows : Suppose a tree 40 or 50 yards distant ...
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Page 655 - Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Page 654 - Let them praise the name of the LORD; For his name alone is exalted: His glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 550 - And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Page 653 - He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth ; he maketh lightnings for the rain ; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
Page 571 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Page 675 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Page 652 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 786 - Besides, the Jews and other ancient nations as well as modern Europeans have adopted the division of the week into seven days, and have named them from the seven planets : now if we increase the number of the planets this whole system falls to the ground.
Page 730 - 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.
Page 653 - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.