 THE sun revolving on his axis turns, And with creative fire intensely burns ; Impell'd the forcive air, our earth supreme Rolls with the planets round the solar gleam. First Mercury completes his transient year, Glowing,. refulgent, with reflected glare...  Scientific Dialogues - Page 206by Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 260 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Chatterton - 1803 - 556 pages
...muse with tattefd fragments grac'd, Shall read your cares to rest. D. Vox. I. E The COPERNICAN SYSTEM. The sun revolving on his axis turns, And with creative fire intensely burns; Impell'd the forcive air, our earth supreme, Rolls with the planets round the solar gleam ; First Mercury compleats... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 682 pages
...His Muse with tatter'd fragment! .srrac'd, Shall read yuur cares to rest. D. THE COPERMCAN SYSTEM. THE Sun revolving on his axis turns, And with creative fire intensely burns; Inipell'u the forcive air, our Earth supreme, Rolls with the planets runmi the solar gleam; First .Mercury... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1816 - 316 pages
...some greater, and some larger ; called Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Herschel. The Sun revolving on his axis turns, And with creative fire intensely burns ,• First Mercury completes his transient year, Glowing, refulgent, with reflected glare; Bright fr.niis... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1818 - 178 pages
...of their effects ; and in the sum of happiness that arisç s from it. THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND ZODIAC. THE Sun revolving on his axis turns, And with creative fire intensely burns ; First Mercury completes his transient year, Glowing, refulgent, with reflected glare j Bright Venus... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1822 - 658 pages
...$bme greater, an'd some less ; called Mercu»y, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Herschel. The Sun revolving on his axis turns, And with creative fire intensely bums ; First Mercury completes his transient year, Glowing, refulgent, with reflected glare ; Bright... | |
 | Solomon Piggott - Suicide - 1824 - 422 pages
...him to soar into the heavens, and contemplate the laws of the universe : — THE COPERNICAN SYSTEM. * The Sun revolving on his axis turns, And with creative fire intensely burns : Impell'd the forcive air, our earth, supreme, Rolls with the planets round the solar gleam : First, Mercury completes... | |
 | George G. Carey - Astronomy - 1825 - 274 pages
...which he set wood on fire at the distance of 150 feet, and melted lead at 145 feet. OF THE PLANETS. The Sun revolving on his axis turns, And with creative fire intensely burns ; First Mercury completes his transient year, Glowing, refulgent, with reflected glare ; Bright Venus... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Astronomy - 1828 - 262 pages
...system of the world which you have been describing ? Tutor. It was conceived and taught by Pythagoras to his disciples, 500 years before the time of Christ....axis turns, And with creative fire intensely burns; Inipcll'il the forcive air, our earth supreme Rolls with the planets round the solar gleam: First Mercury... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1829 - 278 pages
...describing? Tutor. It was conceived and taught by Pythagoras to his disciples, 500 years before the lime of Christ. But it seems soon to have been disregarded,...generally adopted by men of science : The sun revolving on bis axis turns, And with creative fire intensely burns ; Impell'd the forcive air, our earth supreme... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1841 - 578 pages
...which you have been describing ? T. It was conceived and taught by Pythagoras to his disciples 600 years before the time of Christ. But it seems soon...is at length generally adopted by men of science. CONVERSATION VI. OF THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH. T. Having, in our last conversation, given you a description... | |
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