Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - Almanacs, English |
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... flowers that still linger and droop on the verge of the forests . Instead of the tall slender May - pole , flaunting with garlands and early flowers , and decorated with ribbons of every hue , as a signal for the evening dance , the ...
... flowers that still linger and droop on the verge of the forests . Instead of the tall slender May - pole , flaunting with garlands and early flowers , and decorated with ribbons of every hue , as a signal for the evening dance , the ...
Page 64
... flower should be contemplated before the rising of the sun , to see it in all its freshness , the sight will amply repay the early visitant . Soon after midnight , the twisted corolla begins to unfold , and by the time the sun has risen ...
... flower should be contemplated before the rising of the sun , to see it in all its freshness , the sight will amply repay the early visitant . Soon after midnight , the twisted corolla begins to unfold , and by the time the sun has risen ...
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... flower . The rudi- ment of a fruit decays , and comes to nothing in those flowers which have the filaments with it ; but in the others it becomes a globous seed vessel , terminated by a point , and contains several oblong seeds . This ...
... flower . The rudi- ment of a fruit decays , and comes to nothing in those flowers which have the filaments with it ; but in the others it becomes a globous seed vessel , terminated by a point , and contains several oblong seeds . This ...
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1st day 4th day afterwards aphelion appears ascending node astronomer beautiful Beetle birds born Butterfly CALENDAR OF BRITISH celebrated celestial comet conjunction Daniel Bernoulli dark death Declin diameter died difference of latitude Digits eclipsed disc distance early earth eclipse Emersion eminent Equation FLEMING FORM OF SATURN'S Galileo greatest heavens Herschel inferior conjunction inferior planets insects John John Herschel Jupiter Kepler labours LEACH light LINNEUS Lord LUNAR magnitude Major axis Mars MARTYR Mercury Minor axis moon morning Moth motion nature never night node o'er Observatory observed orbit Pallas perigee perihelion period planet published QUADRUPEDS remarkable RENNIE revolution Right Ascen ring of Saturn round Royal SATURN'S RING says Second satellite seen Semi-diameter shadow shining solar solar eclipse stars STEPHENS telescope TEMMINCK thee thou tion transit transits of Mercury trees Uranus Venus visible volumes vulgaris winter