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... passes . - Multitude of Stars it contains . - Sir W. Herschel's Observations on this Zone . - Estimate of the number of Stars it may contain.- Number of visible Stars in the Heavens . - Distances of some of the Stars in the Zone ...
... passes . - Multitude of Stars it contains . - Sir W. Herschel's Observations on this Zone . - Estimate of the number of Stars it may contain.- Number of visible Stars in the Heavens . - Distances of some of the Stars in the Zone ...
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... pass the boundary of the planetary system , and attempt to explore the orbs which lie beyond it , we have to travel , as it were , through dark and pathless regions ; we have to traverse an immense interval , which has hitherto baffled ...
... pass the boundary of the planetary system , and attempt to explore the orbs which lie beyond it , we have to travel , as it were , through dark and pathless regions ; we have to traverse an immense interval , which has hitherto baffled ...
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... the bands of Orion ; " and the space they occupy is exactly three degrees in length . The line passing through these three stars points to the Pleiades , or seven stars , on the one side , and 18 VIEWS OF THE FIRMAMENT .
... the bands of Orion ; " and the space they occupy is exactly three degrees in length . The line passing through these three stars points to the Pleiades , or seven stars , on the one side , and 18 VIEWS OF THE FIRMAMENT .
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... passes through the up- permost of these stars , which is called Mintika . They are situated about eight degrees west from the solstitial colure , or that great circle which passes through the poles of the heav- ens , and the first ...
... passes through the up- permost of these stars , which is called Mintika . They are situated about eight degrees west from the solstitial colure , or that great circle which passes through the poles of the heav- ens , and the first ...
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... passes through the middle of this constellation . From the 21st of June till the 23d of July , the sun passes through this sign , but the stars of which it is composed are then invisible , being overpowered by the superior brightness of ...
... passes through the middle of this constellation . From the 21st of June till the 23d of July , the sun passes through this sign , but the stars of which it is composed are then invisible , being overpowered by the superior brightness of ...
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Страница 37 - Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name: that strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Страница 324 - All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord ; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power ; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Страница 281 - Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth...
Страница 278 - Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Страница 274 - He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Страница 43 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn...
Страница 322 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Страница 87 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Страница 276 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone ; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their hosts, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Страница 273 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.