 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...of the heavenly bodies belonging to it is as evident. We will now, says the Doctor, retreat to onr own retired station in one of the planets attending...the appearances from this contracted situation let ns begin with the naked eye. The stars of the first magnitude, being in all probability the nearest,... | |
 | 560 pages
...that our Sun is actually one of the heavenly bodies belonging to it. " We will," says the doctor, " retreat to our own retired station in one of the planets...let us begin with the naked eye. The stars of the first magnitude, being in all probability the nearest, will furnish us with a step to begin our scale;... | |
 | James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 684 pages
...will now, says the Doctor, in one of his papers on this subject, retreat to our own retired situation in one of the planets, attending a star in the great...let us begin with the naked eye. The stars of the first magnitude being in all probability the nearest, will furnish us with, a step to begin our scale;... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...most salutary remedies for the decay of the whole are prepared.' The author next proceeds, and says, ' We will now retreat to our own retired station, in one of the planets attending a star in its great combination with numberless others ; and, in order to investigate what will be the appearances... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 384 pages
...is actually one of the heavenly bodies belonging to it is as evident. We will now, says the Doctor, retreat to our own retired station in one of the planets...the appearances from this contracted situation, let ua begin with the naked eye. The stars of the first magnitude, being in all probability the nearest,... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 382 pages
...is actually one of the heavenly bodies belonging to it is as evident. We will now, says the Doctor, retreat to our own retired station in one of the planets...let us begin with the naked eye. The stars of the first magnitude, being in ail probability the nearest, will furnish us with a step to begin our scale... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1822 - 440 pages
...that our Sun is actually one of the heavenly bodies belonging to it. ' We will,' says the doctor, ' retreat to our own retired station in one of the planets...let us begin with the naked eye.— The stars of the first magnitude, being in all probability the nearest, will furnish us with a step to begin our scale... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 894 pages
...theoretical view of the heavens, which has been taken from a point not less distant in time than in space, we will now retreat to our own retired station, in one of the planets attending a star in its great combination with numberless others : and in order to investigate what will be the appearances... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1826 - 254 pages
...contained in this stratum, and its secondary branch. 6. In another paper on the same subject, he says, — We will now retreat to our own retired station in...let us begin with the naked eye. The stars of the first magnitude, being, in all probability, the nearest, will furnish us with a step to begin our scale... | |
 | S. Treeby - Astronomy - 1826 - 244 pages
...theoretical view of the heavens, which has been taken from a point not less distant in time than in space, we will now retreat to our own retired station, in one of the planett attending a star in its greatest combination with numberless others : and, in order to investigate... | |
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We will now retreat to our own retired station in one of the planets attending a star in the great combination with numberless others; and in order to investigate what will be the appearances from this contracted situation, let us begin with the naked... 
