The Orbs Around Us: A Series of Familiar Essays on the Moon and Planets, Meteors and Comets, the Sun and Coloured Pairs of SunsLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 337 páginas |
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... actually changing under the eye of the observer . It is this wonderful variety in the spectra of the celestial objects which renders it so important that the student of astronomy should recognise the absolute certainty which ...
... actually changing under the eye of the observer . It is this wonderful variety in the spectra of the celestial objects which renders it so important that the student of astronomy should recognise the absolute certainty which ...
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... actually suggested , this singular mode of research . It had been pointed out , as a result of the nature of sound , that if a source of sound is approaching or receding very rapidly ( whether by its own motion or the hearer's ) , the ...
... actually suggested , this singular mode of research . It had been pointed out , as a result of the nature of sound , that if a source of sound is approaching or receding very rapidly ( whether by its own motion or the hearer's ) , the ...
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... actually that the solar hurricanes move so many miles per second , at least that they have a very enormous velocity . This brings us to the other instance , in which the phenomena of sound serve to illustrate the results of ...
... actually that the solar hurricanes move so many miles per second , at least that they have a very enormous velocity . This brings us to the other instance , in which the phenomena of sound serve to illustrate the results of ...
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... actually do ) by the aid of this instrument . But the analogy of the musical continuous gamut at once explains the mystery . We have seen that the continuous spectrum corre- sponds to the continuous gamut of sounds , the juxta- position ...
... actually do ) by the aid of this instrument . But the analogy of the musical continuous gamut at once explains the mystery . We have seen that the continuous spectrum corre- sponds to the continuous gamut of sounds , the juxta- position ...
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... the habitudes of Mars to render that planet uninhabitable by races resembling -though not actually identical with those which subsist on the earth . The chief arguments for the habitability of Jupiter are founded OTHER HABITABLE WORLDS .
... the habitudes of Mars to render that planet uninhabitable by races resembling -though not actually identical with those which subsist on the earth . The chief arguments for the habitability of Jupiter are founded OTHER HABITABLE WORLDS .
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Admiral Smyth aërolites Aldebaran analysis appear astronomers belts bodies bright lines celestial circumstances cloud colour comet constitution corona corresponding dark lines Dawes disc distance double stars doubt earth earth's atmosphere eclipse enormous envelope eruption evidence exist fact favour Fraser's Magazine Fraunhofer lines gamut globe heat heat-rays height Huggins hydrogen inhabitants Jacob Island Jupiter less light lunar Mars masses matter meteor systems meteorites miles per second millions of miles moon moon's motion observed Ocean orbit pass peculiarity phenomena photosphere planet planetary portion present Professor Tyndall prominences question radiations rays recognised reflector regarded regions remarkable researches resembling respecting Saturn Secchi seems seen shining shooting-stars sidereal solar appendage solar atmosphere solar spectrum solar system sound space spectra spectroscope spots STAR ATLAS sun's supposed surface tail telescope terrestrial theory tion Uranus vapour velocity Venus visible worlds zodiacal light zone
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Página 54 - Thou makest thine appeal to me: I bring to life, I bring to death: The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.
Página 337 - The Orbs Around Us; a Series of Familiar Essays on the Moon and Planets, Meteors and Comets, the Sun and Coloured Pairs of Suns.
Página 316 - First the flaming Red Sprung vivid forth ; the tawny Orange next ; And next delicious Yellow ; by whose side Fell the kind beams of all-refreshing Green ; Then the pure Blue, that swells autumnal skies Ethereal...
Página 287 - The inference is that the meteorite had been extruded from a dense atmosphere of hydrogen gas, for which we must look beyond the light cometary matter floating about within the limits of our solar system.
Página 337 - Other Worlds than Ours ; The Plurality of Worlds Studied under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches.
Página 221 - I have since used quinine topically in several cases of simple leucorrhea always with great success — in fact, I do not know of a single instance in which it has failed or in which quinism has been produced. It may be used in the form of douche or pessary. I adopt the latter form as being obviously the better one ; the drug has a better chance of closer and more continuous contact with the congested membrane. I prescribe...
Página 26 - It would require no inordinate thickening of the layer of vapor to double this absorption ; and it is perfectly evident that, with a protecting envelope of this kind, permitting the heat to enter but preventing its escape, a comfortable temperature might be obtained on the surface of our most distant planet.
Página 148 - Moharrem, (1202 of our era, and on the igth of October,) the stars appeared like waves upon the sky, towards the east and west ; they flew about like grasshoppers, and were dispersed from left to right; this lasted till daybreak; the people were alarmed.