 ... finally disappear. Nothing awakens in the traveller a livelier remembrance of the immense distance by which he is separated from his country, than the aspect of an unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, some scattered...  A Visit to Australia and Its Gold Regions - Page 11by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1853 - 202 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Naturalists - 1809 - 518 pages
...of au unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, some scattered nebulae, rivalling in splendour the milky way, and tracts of space remarkable for 54 THE SOUTHERN CROSS. their extreme blackness, give a peculiar physiognomy to the southern sky. This... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1818 - 666 pages
...stars of the first magnitude, some scattered nebulae, rivalling in splendor the milky way, and tracks of space remarkable for their extreme blackness, give...in the branches of accurate science, feel the same emotion of delight in the contemplation of the heavenly vault, as in the 19 view of a beautiful landscape,... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...of an unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, some scattered nebulae, rivalling in splendour the milky way, and tracts of...in the branches of accurate science, feel the same emotion of delight in the contemplation of the heavenly vault, as in the view of a beautiful landscape.... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1825 - 151 pages
...stars of the first magnitude, scattered nebulae, rivalling in splendour the milky way, atiH tracks of space remarkable for their extreme blackness- give...in the branches of accurate science, feel the same emotion of delight in the contemplation of the heavenly vault, as in the view of a beautiful landscape,... | |
 | William Adams (M.A.) - Voyages and travels - 1832 - 516 pages
...of an unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, some scattered nebulae, rivalling in splendour the milky way, and tracts of...This sight fills with admiration, even those who, uniristructed in the branches of accurate science, feel the same emotion of delight in the contemplation... | |
 | First steps - Astronomy - 1828 - 456 pages
...his own country, than the face of a new firmament. Groups of the largest stars, the scattered nebula! rivalling in splendour the milky way, and tracts of...space remarkable for their extreme blackness, give a peculiar aspect to the southern sky. " At the period when I was studying the heavens, not with the... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1829 - 202 pages
...the stars of the first magnitude, scattered nebuhe, rivalling in splendour the milky way, and tracks of space remarkable for their extreme blackness give...in the branches of accurate science, feel the same emotion of delight in the contemplation of the heavenly vault, as in the view of a beautiful landscape,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 720 pages
...rivalling in splendour the milky way, and tracks of space remarkable for their extreme blackness, gives a particular physiognomy to the southern sky. This...in the branches of accurate science, feel the same emotion of delight in the contemplation of the heavenly vault as in the view of a beautiful landscape... | |
 | William Adams - America - 1836 - 508 pages
...of an unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, some scattered nebulae, rivalling in splendour the milky way, and tracts of...in the branches of accurate science, feel the same emotion of delight in the contemplation of the heavenly vault, as in the view of a beautiful landscape,... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1836 - 214 pages
...the stars of the first magnitude, scattered nebula?, rivalling in splendour the milky way, and tracks of space remarkable for their extreme blackness give...a particular physiognomy to the southern sky. This sijrht fills with admiration even those, who, uninstructed in the branches of accurate science, feel... | |
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