On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Notes, Commentaries, and Illustrations |
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... Saturn vary in breadth , and are sometimes even invisible ; the belts of Jupiter and the zones of Mars have motions ... Saturn's ring . May , 1828 , there were 22 or 23 spots visible at the same time . Some have imagined that these spots ...
... Saturn vary in breadth , and are sometimes even invisible ; the belts of Jupiter and the zones of Mars have motions ... Saturn's ring . May , 1828 , there were 22 or 23 spots visible at the same time . Some have imagined that these spots ...
Page 226
... Saturn ; and Piazza , Olbers , and Harding , to discover Ceres , Pallas , Juno , and Vesta . Herschel was the first also to gaze on myriads of suns ! " Range where we will , in water , earth , and air , God is in everything , and ...
... Saturn ; and Piazza , Olbers , and Harding , to discover Ceres , Pallas , Juno , and Vesta . Herschel was the first also to gaze on myriads of suns ! " Range where we will , in water , earth , and air , God is in everything , and ...
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... SATURN , when beheld from our globe with his at- tendants through a telescope , appears to occupy a space of the heavens not larger than a Spanish dol- lar . Instead of one moon , he has seven ; all pre- senting varied appearances , and ...
... SATURN , when beheld from our globe with his at- tendants through a telescope , appears to occupy a space of the heavens not larger than a Spanish dol- lar . Instead of one moon , he has seven ; all pre- senting varied appearances , and ...
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