 | John Millard - 1813 - 704 pages
...several classes or orders. Those which appear largest, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next in lustre, stars of the second magnitude ; and so...which are the smallest visible to the naked eye.- This distribution having been made long before the invention of telescopes, the stars which cannot... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 pages
...orders. Those which appear largest, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next in lustre, tturs of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest visible to the naked eye. This distribution having been made long before the invention of telescopes, the stars which cannot... | |
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 pages
...those which appear the largest, are called stars ef thejirst magnitude ; the next in size, are called stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the least, discoverable by the naked eye. Those which are seen by the help of glasses only, are called... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - 1815 - 228 pages
...or orders. Those which app ,ar largest, are called stars of the first magnitirle ; the nexs to them in lustre, stars of the second magnitude : and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible to the bare eye Thr stars are likewise distinguished into constellations, which^s... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - 1815 - 598 pages
...Those, which appear largest, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next to them in brilliancy, stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible to the naked eye. Those which cannot be distinguished by the naked eye, are called... | |
 | John Greig - 1816 - 224 pages
...classes : those which appear largest, are of the first class or magnitude ; the next to them in lustre, of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest visible to the naked eye. The stars are commonly represented in the following manner : fija Represents Stars of the 1st Magnitude.... | |
 | William Philipps - 1817 - 292 pages
...orders. The largest, or those which appear so, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next to them in lustre, stars of the second magnitude, and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible without a glass. This distribution was made long before the invention of teleseopes... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...distributed into several classes: the largest are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next to them in lustre, stars of the second magnitude; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible to the naked eye. This distribution having beep made. long before the invention of... | |
 | 1823 - 894 pages
...or•ftieiun. ders. Those which appear largest are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next to them in lustre, stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible to the naked eye. This distribution having been made long before the invention of... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 406 pages
...and largest are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next to them in size and lustre, are called stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that can be discerned by the bare eye. Some of the most remarkable stars have names given them, as... | |
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Those which appear largest, are called stars of the first magnitude ; the next to them in lustre, stars of the second magnitude ; and so on to the sixth, which are the smallest that are visible to the bare eye. 
