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" ... seconds of time ; then part of the Sun's disc appeared all of a sudden, as bright as Venus was ever seen in the night ; nay, brighter ; and in that very instant gave a light and shadow to things as strong as the Moon uses to dod. "
The Principles of Hydrostatics: Designed for the Use of Students in the ... - Page 227
by Samuel Vince - 1820 - 151 pages
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The Elements of Astronomy: Designed for the Use of Students in the University

Samuel Vince - Astronomy - 1811 - 260 pages
...bright; and that its getting out of the eclipse was preceded by a blood-red streak of light, from its left limb, which continued not longer than six or...seconds of time ; then part of the sun's disc appeared, [* 0n SV, SL, let fall the perpendiculars TO, up. Then Vn, />L, are the differences of SV, So, and...
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A Complete System of Astronomy, Volume 1

Samuel Vince - Astronomia - 1814 - 602 pages
...bright ; and that its getting out of the eclipse was preceded by a blood-red streak of light, from its left limb, which continued not longer than six or...time ; then part of the sun's disc appeared, all on a sudVOL. i. 3 c den, as bright as I'cintx was ever seen in the night ; nay brighter, and in that very...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 3

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 894 pages
...very bright : that his getting out of the eclipse was preceded by a blood-red streak of light from his left limb, which continued not longer than six or seven seconds of time ; then part of the sun's disk appeared all on a sudden, brighter than Venns was ever seen in the night j and in that very instant...
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MacMillan's Magazine, Volume 19

Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1869 - 610 pages
...observing that " his getting out of his eclipse was pre' ceded by a blood-red streak of light ' from his left limb, which continued ' not longer than six or...time ; then part of the sun's disc ' appeared all of a sudden as bright as ' Venus was ever seen in the night, — ' nay, brighter ; and in that very...
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Contributions to Solar Physics: I. A Popular Account of Inquiries Into the ...

Sir Norman Lockyer - Natural history - 1874 - 734 pages
...observing that "his getting out of his eclipse was preceded by a blood-red streak of light from his left limb, which continued not longer than six or...of time; then part of the sun's disc appeared all of a sudden as bright as Venus was ever seen in the night — nay brighter ; and in that very instant...
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A Handbook of Descriptive Astronomy

George Frederick Chambers - Astronomy - 1877 - 968 pages
...which continued not longer than 6 or 7 seconds of time; then part of the Sun's disc appeared all of a sudden, as bright as Venus was ever seen in the...instant gave a light and shadow to things as strong as the Moon uses to doc." c Phil. Trant., vol. xxv. p. 2240. 1706. On this communication Flamsteed remarks...
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A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy: The sun, planets, and comets

George Frederick Chambers - Astronomical instruments - 1889 - 736 pages
...which continued not longer than 6 or 7 seconds of time ; then part of the Sun's disc appeared all of a sudden, as bright as Venus was ever seen in the...instant gave a light and shadow to things as strong as the Moon uses to dod." d Phil. Trant., vol. xxv. p. 2240. 1706. On this communication Flamsteed remarks...
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A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy: The sun, planets, and comets

George Frederick Chambers - Astronomical instruments - 1889 - 758 pages
...which continued not longer than 6 or 7 seconds of time ; then part of the Sun's disc appeared all of a sudden, as bright as Venus was ever seen in the...very instant gave a light and shadow to things as Btrong as the Moon uses to dod." d Phil. Trait?., vol. xxv. p. 2240. 1706. On this communication Flamsteed...
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Astronomy of To-day: A Popular Introduction in Non-technical Language

Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage - Astronomy - 1909 - 426 pages
...He says the sun's " getting out of his eclipse was preceded by a blood-red streak of light from its left limb, which continued not longer than six or...of time ; then part of the Sun's disc appeared all of a sudden, as bright as Venus was ever seen in the night, nay brighter ; and in that very instant...
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The Month: A Magazine and Review Vol. III

Various - 1871 - 568 pages
...of the sun, " that his getting out of the eclipse was preceded by blood-red treaks of light from the left limb, which continued not longer than six or seven seconds of time." Flamstead, commenting on this description in a letter to the Royal Society, remarks that the captain...
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