A Compendium of Natural Philosophy: Being a Survey of the Wisdom of God in the Creation, Том 3Thomas Tegg and Son, 1836 |
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Сторінка 353 - On it place a globe, two feet in diameter; this will represent the Sun; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit; 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...
Сторінка 129 - For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth ; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. He sealeth up the hand of every man ; that all men may know his work.
Сторінка 353 - Earth also a pea, on a circle of 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; 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 and a half in diameter.
Сторінка 184 - But at that day all such doing shall be laid aside, for the knowledge of the glory of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea...
Сторінка 353 - 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, from those very childish toys called orreries, it is out of the question.
Сторінка 129 - And God said, let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself upon the earth, and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and the herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind, and God saw that it was good.
Сторінка 353 - 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 ; Juno, Ceres, Vesta, and Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of from...
Сторінка 132 - Let us first consider this as it relates to the vegetable part of the creation. What a profusion of beauty and fragrancy, of shapes and colours, of smells and tastes, is scattered among the herbs and flowers of the ground, among the shrubs, the trees, and the fruits of the field ! Colouring in its original glory and perfection triumphs here ; red, yellow, green, blue, purple, with vastly more diversities than the rainbow ever knew, or the prism can represent, are distributed among the flowers and...
Сторінка 244 - Of these cemeteries, no remains can now be seen. Ray also says, " that ancient writings make mention of a wood a mile and a half to the east of Dunwich, the site of which must at present be so far within the sea...
Сторінка 126 - ... in other affairs of their puny life : allow the brutes to be as rational and as cunning as you could...