Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1834 - Almanacs, English |
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are dark and unformed ; a chaos wild and dismal ! " * a hideous abyss , a horror of darkness ! Contemplate this mysterious mass , devoid of life and beauty ; a dead , inert , undigested heap ! Such was the chaos , the dark deep ...
are dark and unformed ; a chaos wild and dismal ! " * a hideous abyss , a horror of darkness ! Contemplate this mysterious mass , devoid of life and beauty ; a dead , inert , undigested heap ! Such was the chaos , the dark deep ...
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... dark hemisphere . The northern cusp had the same tapering termination , but did not encroach upon the dark part of the disc . A streak , however , of the glimmering bluish light proceeded about 8 " along the dark limb , from the point ...
... dark hemisphere . The northern cusp had the same tapering termination , but did not encroach upon the dark part of the disc . A streak , however , of the glimmering bluish light proceeded about 8 " along the dark limb , from the point ...
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... dark shadow .. 18 32.3 First total immersion to the dark shadow .. 19 36.6 Middle of the eclipse 20 19.5 ...... Last total immersion in the dark shadow 21 2.4 Last contact with the dark shadow ...... 22 6.7 Last contact with the ...
... dark shadow .. 18 32.3 First total immersion to the dark shadow .. 19 36.6 Middle of the eclipse 20 19.5 ...... Last total immersion in the dark shadow 21 2.4 Last contact with the dark shadow ...... 22 6.7 Last contact with the ...
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15th.-Illuminated disc 1st day 2d day 4th day altitude animalcules appearance Aquarii astronomers atmosphere axis beautiful birds bodies Capricorni Cassiopeia centre Cepheus Ceres colour Coma Berenices comet commenced conjunction dark Declination Delphinus diameter DIED difference of latitude distance double star earth eclipse EDWARD BLYTH Emersion feathers FIXED STARS Flamstead flowers fluid Geminorum Greatest and least greatest eastern elongation heaven Herschel horizon Immersion inferior conjunction John Herschel Jupiter least magnitude Leo Minor light MARTYR Mercury Meridian Transit months Moon morning motion nature nest night North Dec observed ox-eye perigee perihelion period PHENOMENA PLANETARUM planet remarkable Right Ascen ring rise round Saturn Second satellite seen semi-diameter shadow solar South Dec species spots sun's sweet Tauri TELESCOPIC OBJECTS thee Third satellite tion tree Uranus Ursa Ursa Major velocity Venus Vesta Virginis visible wing Wormegay young zenith