 | 1833 - 468 pages
...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 ; and Uranus a full sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile... | |
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1833 - 444 pages
...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 ; and Uranus a full sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile... | |
 | 1833 - 618 pages
...grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000 to 12,000 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 ; and Uranus a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...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 ; and Uranus a full sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile... | |
 | Augustus De Morgan - Astronomy - 1836 - 144 pages
...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 circle more than a mile and a half in diameter. As to getting correct notions on this subject by drawing circles on paper, or still worse,... | |
 | Augustus De Morgan - Astronomy - 1836 - 140 pages
...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 ; and Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile... | |
 | John Wesley - Natural history - 1836 - 396 pages
...from one thousand to one thousand two hundred feet ; Jupiter, a moderate-sized orange, in a circle of nearly half a mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, on a circle of fourfifths of a mile ; and Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile... | |
 | Child rearing - 1836 - 422 pages
...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... | |
 | William Mullinger Higgins - Earth (Planet) - 1836 - 514 pages
...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 6fths of a mile ; and Uranus a full sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle... | |
 | Mrs. L. H. Tyler - Astronomy - 1837 - 302 pages
...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 ; and Uranus a full-sized cherry or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile... | |
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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... 
