 Venus a pea, on a circle 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...  A New Astronomy - Page 331by David Peck Todd - 1897 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - Astronomy - 1864 - 790 pages
...in diameter ; this will represent the Sun ; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard ?ecd, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter...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... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Physics - 1869 - 462 pages
...on the circumference of a circle 104 feet in diameter for its orbit; Venus a pea, on a circle of 234 feet in diameter; the Earth also a pea, on a circle...mile across; Saturn a small orange, on a circle of four-fifth? of a mile; Uranus a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle... | |
 | Selim Hobart Peabody - Astronomy - 1869 - 388 pages
...planets, grains of sand, on circles of from 1000 to 1200 feet; Jupiter, a moderate sized orange, on a circle nearly half a mile across; Saturn, a small...on a circle of four -fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full sized cherry, upon the circumference of more than a mile and a half; and Neptune, a good sized... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1869 - 590 pages
...circle of 654 fcet; Juno, Ceres, Vesta, and Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000 to 1200 fcet; Jupiter a moderate-sized orange, in a circle nearly...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... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1871 - 464 pages
...smaller planets by grains of sand, in orbits of from i, coo to 1,200 feet; Jupiter, a moderate sized orange, in a circle nearly half a mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, in a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1874 - 276 pages
...430 feet; 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;...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... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1874 - 502 pages
...Pallas (Asteroids), grains of sand, in orbits of from 1,000 to 1,200 feet ; Jupiter, a moderately-sized orange, in a circle nearly half a mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; and Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1874 - 332 pages
...pin's head, in a circle of 654 feet ; the asteroids, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1,000 to 1,200 feet ; Jupiter, a moderate-sized orange, in a circle...nearly half a mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, in a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, in a circle more... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1874 - 146 pages
...smaller planets by grains of sand, in orbits of from 1,000 to 1,200 feet; Jupiter, a moderate sized orange, in a circle nearly half a mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, in a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, u.pou the circu1uference... | |
 | James Reynolds (F.R.G.S.) - 1878 - 226 pages
...smaller planets by grains of sand in orbits of from 1,000 to 1,200 feet ; Jupiter, a moderate sized orange, in a circle nearly half a mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, in a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; Uranus, a full sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference... | |
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