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Σελίδα 90
... eclipses : and it comprehends also a knowledge of the natural causes on which all celestial phenomena depend . Hence it is as much a branch of physics as of mathematics , and comprehends the theory of the universe . SECT . II . HISTORY ...
... eclipses : and it comprehends also a knowledge of the natural causes on which all celestial phenomena depend . Hence it is as much a branch of physics as of mathematics , and comprehends the theory of the universe . SECT . II . HISTORY ...
Σελίδα 91
... eclipses ; and that they were , long before that , acquainted with the true length of the solar year , the method of observing meridian altitudes of the sun by the shadow of a gnomon , and of deducing from thence his de- clination and ...
... eclipses ; and that they were , long before that , acquainted with the true length of the solar year , the method of observing meridian altitudes of the sun by the shadow of a gnomon , and of deducing from thence his de- clination and ...
Σελίδα 92
... eclipses made at Babylon above 720 years A. A. C .; and Aristotle informs us that they had many occultations of the planets and fixed stars by the moon ; a cir- cumstance which led them to conceive that eclip- ses of the sun were to be ...
... eclipses made at Babylon above 720 years A. A. C .; and Aristotle informs us that they had many occultations of the planets and fixed stars by the moon ; a cir- cumstance which led them to conceive that eclip- ses of the sun were to be ...
Σελίδα 93
... eclipses of the sun and moon . 24. The science was farther cultivated and ex- tended by his successors Anaximander , Anaxi- menes , and Anaxagoras ; but especially by Pytha- goras , who , about A. A. C. 577 , brought from Egypt the ...
... eclipses of the sun and moon . 24. The science was farther cultivated and ex- tended by his successors Anaximander , Anaxi- menes , and Anaxagoras ; but especially by Pytha- goras , who , about A. A. C. 577 , brought from Egypt the ...
Σελίδα 94
... eclipses , & c . as had been made by the Egyp- tians and Chaldeans , and calculated all that were to happen for 600 years : he discovered that the fixed stars changed their places , having a slow motion of their own from west to east ...
... eclipses , & c . as had been made by the Egyp- tians and Chaldeans , and calculated all that were to happen for 600 years : he discovered that the fixed stars changed their places , having a slow motion of their own from west to east ...
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Σελίδα 415 - And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and: behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Σελίδα 419 - Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What...
Σελίδα 72 - An agreement that by its terms is not to be performed within a year from the making thereof; 2.
Σελίδα 269 - For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast; but it is most untrue that it should have any character at all of the divine nature ; except it proceed, not out of a pleasure in solitude, but out of a love and desire to sequester a man's self for a higher conversation...
Σελίδα 2 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore...
Σελίδα 64 - Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.
Σελίδα 318 - He is an evening reveller, who makes His life an infancy, and sings his fill; At intervals, some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues.
Σελίδα 317 - ... suage, With solemn touches troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish, and doubt, and fear, and sorrow, and pain From mortal or immortal minds. Thus they, Breathing united force, with fixed thought...
Σελίδα 211 - Salisbury plain, and fall into rank and file in the exact order of an army ? And, yet, this is much more easy to be imagined than how the innumerable blind parts of matter should rendezvous themselves into a world.
Σελίδα 2 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate.