 Jupiter a moderate-sized orange, in a circle nearly half a mile across; Saturn a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile...  Astronomy - Page 287by Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 422 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1833 - 468 pages
...Ceres, Vesta, and Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000 to 1200 feet; Jupiter a moderate sized orange, in a circle nearly half a mile across; Saturn...upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile aud a half in diameter. As to getting correct notions on this subject by drawing circles on paper,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1836 - 396 pages
...mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, on a circle of fourfifths of a mile ; and Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a...notions on this subject by drawing circles on paper, it is out of the question. To imitate the motions of the planets in the abovementioned orbits, Mercury... | |
 | Mrs. L. H. Tyler - 1837 - 302 pages
...mile across ; Saturn a small orange on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; and Uranus a full-sized cherry or small plum, upon the circumference of a...toys called orreries, it is out of the question." (270.) The analogical evidence of the earth's annual motion arising from the revolution of these bodies... | |
 | Christian Tract Society - 1838 - 80 pages
...in a circle nearly half a mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, on a circle four-fifths of a mile j and Uranus, a full sized cherry, or small plum, upon...a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter." — Treatise on Astronomy, by Sir JOHN FW HERSCHEI, p. 287. B 13 " Yet, mamma," said Mary, after a... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1838 - 266 pages
...Saturn, a small orange, on a circle of four fifths of a mile in diameter, and Herschel a full-sized cherry or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter. " To imitate the motions of the planets in the above mentioned orbits, Mercury must describe its own... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1838 - 266 pages
...orange, in a circle of four fifths of a mile ; and Uranus (Herschel) a full sized cherry, or small plumb, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter." To imitate the motions of the planets, in the above Suppose the sun be represented by a ball of two... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...Vesta, Pallas, grains of sand in orbitsoffrom 1000 to 1200 feet— Jupiter a moderate sized orange on a circle nearly half a mile across — Saturn a small...a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter. To imitate the motions of the planets, in the above mentioned orbits, Mercury must describe its own... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1839 - 422 pages
...mile across ; Saturn, a small orange on a circle of four fifths of a mile ; and Uranus, a full-sized cherry or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter." t Whewell's Bridgewater Treatise, pp. 273, 274. which it consists, we may imagine that we make perceptible... | |
 | 1839 - 272 pages
...a mile across; Saturn a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile; and Uranus a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter." • See Saturday Maga»ine, Vol. XII., p. KB. But when the student of Astronomy shall have come to... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1840 - 382 pages
...Ceres, Vesta and Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000 to 1200 feet; Jupiter, a moderate sized orange, in a circle nearly half a mile across ; Saturn,...circle more than a mile and a half in diameter.' As the different members of this system are particularly described under the proper heads we shall only... | |
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