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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... fact . With special exceptions , into the nature of which we need not now enter , it may be said that all incandescent solid and fluid bodies show this continu- ous rainbow - tinted streak , and that only the light from such bodies will ...
... fact . With special exceptions , into the nature of which we need not now enter , it may be said that all incandescent solid and fluid bodies show this continu- ous rainbow - tinted streak , and that only the light from such bodies will ...
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... fact that day after day new facts are being revealed by the spectroscope , induce me to think that an explanation of the powers of the instrument on the plan referred to may be serviceable to many who daily hear the work of the ...
... fact that day after day new facts are being revealed by the spectroscope , induce me to think that an explanation of the powers of the instrument on the plan referred to may be serviceable to many who daily hear the work of the ...
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... fact . With special exceptions , into the nature of which we need not now enter , it may be said that all incandescent solid and fluid bodies show this continu- ous rainbow - tinted streak , and that only the light from such bodies will ...
... fact . With special exceptions , into the nature of which we need not now enter , it may be said that all incandescent solid and fluid bodies show this continu- ous rainbow - tinted streak , and that only the light from such bodies will ...
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... fact , distinguish it from pure orange light . And similarly of other combinations . Three or more colours corresponding ( so far as the waves of light are concerned ) to a pleasing musical chord , produce together a colour which is not ...
... fact , distinguish it from pure orange light . And similarly of other combinations . Three or more colours corresponding ( so far as the waves of light are concerned ) to a pleasing musical chord , produce together a colour which is not ...
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... fact , merely the analogue to the power which the tuning - fork gives the musician to determine the pitch of a note which he hears . For what does the tuning- fork in such a case ? It tells him that within the limits of his hearing , a ...
... fact , merely the analogue to the power which the tuning - fork gives the musician to determine the pitch of a note which he hears . For what does the tuning- fork in such a case ? It tells him that within the limits of his hearing , a ...
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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.