Astronomical Register: A Medium of Communication for Amateur Observers and All Others Interested in the Science of Astronomy, Bindi 11J. D. Potter., 1874 |
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1st Ec 1st Sh 1st Tr 2nd Ec 2nd Sh 2nd Tr 3rd Ec 3rd Sh 3rd Tr angle aperture appeared Astronomer Royal Astronomical Register BIRT bright centre clock Colonel Strange colong comet Conjunction of Moon Council crater craterlet dark diameter disc distance double stars Dunkin earth east eclipse Gassendi Greenwich Halley's method Herschel hour Illuminated portion instrument Jupiter Jupiter's Satellites libration limb Lockyer longitude lunar Lyræ marked Mars Mean Noon Mercury meteors minutes month moon's surface motion nebula November object observations Observatory Occultation Occultation of B.A.C. orbit paper photographs planet position present Proctor Professor proper motion R. A. Proctor radiant point Reappearance of ditto reflector refractor remarks result Royal Astronomical Society S. W. BURNHAM Saturn seen solar spots stations telescope Thur tion transit of Venus Tues Uranus visible zone
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Síða 273 - My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Síða 253 - If any doubt could be harboured, not as to the right of Leonardo da Vinci to stand as the first name of the fifteenth century, which is beyond all doubt, but as to his originality in so many discoveries, which, probably, no one man, especially in such circumstances, has ever made, it must be on an hypothesis, not very untenable, that some parts of physical science had already attained a height which mere books do not record.
Síða 253 - The discoveries which made Galileo, and Kepler, and Maestlin, and Maurolycus, and Castelli, and other names illustrious, the system of Copernicus, the very theories of recent geologers, are anticipated by Da Vinci, within the compass of a few pages, not perhaps in the most precise language, or on the most conclusive reasoning, but so as to strike us with something like the awe of preternatural knowledge.
Síða 35 - I could only get four comparisons with an anonymous star, it had moved forward 25-5 in four minutes, and that settled its being the right object. I recorded it as — ' Circular ; bright, with a decided nucleus, but no tail, and about 45
Síða 273 - And peace," replied the night, and echo prolonged the sound, when chanticleer awoke the dawn, and crowed with joy, " Open the portals, set wide the gates of the world ! the King of Glory approaches. Awake ! arise ! ye sons of men, give praises and thanks unto the Lord, for the King of Glory approaches.
Síða 35 - ... seven comparisons with another anonymous star ; two with one of our current Madras Catalogue Stars, and two with 7734 Taylor. This time my notes were " Circular ; diameter 75" ; bright nucleus ; a faint but distinct tail, 8' in length and spreading, a position angle from nucleus about 280°.
Síða 272 - David in his youthful days was tending his flocks on Bethlehem's fertile plains, the spirit of the Lord descended upon him, and his senses were opened and his understanding enlightened, so that he could understand the songs of the night. The heavens proclaimed the glory of God, the glittering stars formed one general chorus ; their harmonious melody resounded upon earth, and the sweet fulness of their voices vibrated to its utmost bounds. " ' Light is the countenance of the Eternal,
Síða 63 - Brothers' photograph, taken at Syracuse in 1870; but, on the other hand, the coronal features are perfectly defined on the several pictures, and the number of the photographs renders the value of the series singularly great We have in all the views the same extensive corona, with persistent rifts similarly situated. Moreover, there is additional evidence indicated by the motion of the Moon across the solar atmospheric appendages; proving, in a similar manner as in 1860 in reference to the protuberances,...
Síða 274 - The Roe of the Morning," the song of the rosy dawn. ' Often in after- times David repeated this Psalm, to thank his God for those perils of his younger days that he had overcome, and amidst the sorrows of his declining years it ever cheered his desponding soul.
Síða 63 - Eye-sketches cannot be depended on : the drawings made by persons standing side by side differ often to an extent that is most perplexing. Now photographs have, undoubtedly, as yet failed to catch many of the faint markings and delicate details ; but their testimony, as far as it goes, is unimpeachable. In 1 870, Lord Lindsay at Santa Maria, Professor Winlock at Jerez, Mr.