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Common terms and phrasesA B C D Aldebaran angle of position appear ascension and declination astronomical axis Bayer called catalogue centre Cephei Ceti colour comet cone constellations contains cube Cygni degree described diameter diurnal motion double stars Draconis earth ecliptic ellipse equal equator equatorial figure fixed stars Flamsteed globe gnomonic projection Greenwich heavens hemisphere Herschel Hipparchus horizon hour circle Hydra hyperbola instrument latitude latter Leonis longitude look magnitude mean solar measuring meridian Messier method micrometer Minoris minutes move nebulae north polar nutation objects opposite orbit Orionis parallel pass Pegasi Piazzi's planisphere pole portion preceding precession proper motion Ptolemy represented revolution right ascension screw side sidereal sidereal day small circle small star solar day solstice map south polar maps spectator sphere straight line suppose surface telescope Tycho Brahe Ursas Majoris vernal equinox Virginis visible whole wire Popular passagesPage 27 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to' be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are designated by the characters °, ', ". Thus 23° 14' 35" is read 23 degrees, 14 minutes, and 35 seconds. Page 92 - To imitate the motions of the planets in the above-mentioned orbits, Mercury must describe its own diameter in 41 seconds; Venus in 4 minutes 14 seconds ; the Earth in 7 minutes ; Mars in 4 minutes 48 seconds ; Jupiter in 2 hours 56 minutes; Saturn in 3 hours 13 minutes; and Uranus in 2 hours 16 minutes. Page 92 - On it place a globe, two feet in diameter ; this will represent the Sun ; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit ; Venus a pea, on a circle of 284 feet in diameter ; the Earth also a pea, on a circle of 430 feet ; Mars a rather large pin's head, on a circle of 654 feet ; the Asteroids, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000 to 1200 feet; Jupiter a moderate-sized orange, in a circle nearly half a mile across... Page 92 - Mars a rather large pin's head, on a circle of 654 feet; Juno, Ceres, Vesta, and Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000 to 1200 feet; Jupiter a moderate-sized orange, in a circle nearly half a mile across; Saturn a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile; Uranus a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half, and Neptune a good-sized plum on a circle about two miles and a half in diameter. Page 105 - Figs. 11—12. of large stars, into which the central cluster would be seen projected, and (owing to its greater distance) appearing, like it, to consist of stars much smaller than those in other parts of the heavens. Page 105 - ... of large stars, into which the central cluster would be seen " projected, and (owing to its greater distance) appearing, like it, to " consist of stars much smaller than those in other parts of the heft" vens. Can it then be that we have here a real brother system, " bearing a real physical resemblance and strong analogy of structure Page 92 - As to getting correct notions on this subject by drawing circles on paper, or still worse, from those very childish toys called orreries, it is out of the question. Page 127 - PRACTICAL GEOMETRY, LINEAR PERSPECTIVE, and PROJECTION; including Isometrical Perspective, Projections of the Sphere, and the Projection of Shadows, with Descriptions of the Principal Instruments used in Geometrical Drawing, &c. By THOMAS BRADLEY. In 8vo., with Eight Engravings on Steel, and more than 300 on Wood. Price, in cloth boards, 7*. Page 53 - Imagine that Jupiter, fearing to come too nigh unto her teeth, layde holde on her tayle, and thereby drewe her up into the heaven ; so that shee of herself being very weightie, and the distance from the earth to the heavens very great, there was great likelihood that her taile must stretch. Other reason know I none. Page 127 - Information was by this means obtained of the actual experience of a large number of societies, embracing several thousand members, taken indiscriminately from all parts of England, while passing through in the aggregate 24,323 years of life, principally between the age 20 and the age 70. We will not give the intricate and ingenious process by which the following table was deduced from the societies... Bibliographic information
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