The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, A Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 1R. Wilks, 1815 |
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... equal to the 720th part of the whole circumference , a quantity forming a mean between the two limits which Archimedes as- signed , a few years afterwards , to this diameter , by an ingenious method , according to which the solar ...
... equal to the 720th part of the whole circumference , a quantity forming a mean between the two limits which Archimedes as- signed , a few years afterwards , to this diameter , by an ingenious method , according to which the solar ...
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... equal to 1.7119 feet , according to some measures lately made with great precision , which gives 684.76 feet , for the value of the stadium of Alexandria . As it is probable this stadium was that of Ptolemy , the circumference of the ...
... equal to 1.7119 feet , according to some measures lately made with great precision , which gives 684.76 feet , for the value of the stadium of Alexandria . As it is probable this stadium was that of Ptolemy , the circumference of the ...
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... equal to the error of Hipparchus in the length of the year . In the time of Hipparchus , the tropical year was 365.24234 : this great astronomer supposed it 365.24667 ; the difference is 433 " , and during this interval the sun ...
... equal to the error of Hipparchus in the length of the year . In the time of Hipparchus , the tropical year was 365.24234 : this great astronomer supposed it 365.24667 ; the difference is 433 " , and during this interval the sun ...
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... equal areas in equal times . Kepler extended these results to all the planets , and published from this theory , in 1626 , the Rudolphine tables , for ever memorable in astronomy , as being the first founded on the true laws of the ...
... equal areas in equal times . Kepler extended these results to all the planets , and published from this theory , in 1626 , the Rudolphine tables , for ever memorable in astronomy , as being the first founded on the true laws of the ...
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... equal in length to more than thirty - one thousand miles . Both together must certainly have extended above fifty thousand . The idea of its being occasioned by a volcanic explosion , violently driving away a fiery fluid , which on its ...
... equal in length to more than thirty - one thousand miles . Both together must certainly have extended above fifty thousand . The idea of its being occasioned by a volcanic explosion , violently driving away a fiery fluid , which on its ...
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Page 246 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 245 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with' violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 245 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 335 - There my uncle, having drunk a draught or two of cold water, threw himself down upon a cloth which was spread for him, when immediately the flames, and a strong smell of sulphur, which was the forerunner of them, dispersed the rest of the company, and obliged him to rise. He raised himself up with the assistance of two of his servants, and instantly fell down dead ; suffocated, as I conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapour, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty...
Page 334 - ... mountain, that the cinders, which grew thicker and hotter the nearer he approached, fell into the ships, together with pumice-stones, and black pieces of burning rock : they were likewise in danger, not only of being aground by the sudden retreat of the sea, but also from the vast fragments which rolled down from the mountain, and obstructed all the shore. Here he stopped to consider whether he should return back again ; to which the pilot advising him, ' Fortune,' said he, ' befriends the brave...
Page 334 - ... which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches, occasioned, I imagine, either by a sudden gust of air that impelled it, the force of which decreased as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itself, being pressed back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner. It appeared sometimes bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders.
Page 338 - ... when there is no moon, but of a room when it is shut up and all the lights extinct. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men, some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own fate...
Page 334 - As he was coming out of the house he received a note from Rectina, the wife of Bassus, who was in the utmost alarm at the imminent danger which threatened her ; for, her villa being situated at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, there was no way to escape but by sea ; she earnestly entreated him, therefore, to come to her assistance.
Page 338 - Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family ; some wishing to die from the very fear of dying ; some lifting their hands to the gods ; but, the greater part imagining that the last and eternal night was come, which was to destroy the gods and the world...
Page 245 - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.