 | Thomas Keith - 1811 - 388 oldal
...The last transit of Venus was in 1769, and there will not happen another of them till the year 1874. The time which this planet takes to revolve on its...atmosphere is very considerable ; that it has probably inequalities on its surface, but that it requires a better eye than his, or the assistance of better... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 376 oldal
...is a little reddish. Some spots have been observed upon its surface, from which its rotation round its axis, and the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit, have been determined. This planet sometimes appears gibbous, but never horned, like the moon, which shews that... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 370 oldal
...is a little reddish. Some spots have been observed upon its surface, from which its rotation round its axis, and the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit, have been determined. This planet sometimes appears gibbous, but never horned, like the moon, which shews that... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1822 - 1008 oldal
...The last transit of Venus was in 1769, and there will not happen another of them till the year 1874. The time which this planet takes to revolve on its...planet, published in the Philosophical Transactions lor 1793, concludes, that the time of this planet's rotation on its axis is uncertain, and that the... | |
 | John Imison - 1822 - 528 oldal
...is a little reildish. Some spots have been observed* upoh its surface, from which its rotation round its axis, and the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit, have been determined. Ceres Ferdinandea is a very small planet, situated next without Mars ; it was discovered... | |
 | Sarah S. Cornell - 1857 - 420 oldal
...from the equator to the poles, where it altogether ceases. The revolution of the earth about the sun, and the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit, cause the change of seasons. The extremities of the earth's axis are called the poles of the earth.... | |
 | John George Hodgins - 1858 - 142 oldal
...the sun. The daily rotation of the earth produces day and night. Its annual revolution round the aun, and the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit, cause the change of seasons known as Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. 3. The other Heavenly Bodies... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - 1861 - 414 oldal
...from the equator to the poles, where it altogether ceases. The revolution of the earth about the sun, and the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit, cause the change of seasons. The extremities of the earth's axis are called the poles of the earth.... | |
 | Charles Frederick Winslow - 1865 - 78 oldal
...Greenland is in superficial extent, the earth would instantly feel the disturbance of its equilibrium, and the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit would become sensibly aifected. The physical results, and changes in distribution of organic life,... | |
 | William Denton - 1872 - 348 oldal
...Greenland is in superficial extent, the earth would instantly feel the disturbance of its equilibrium; and the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit would become sensibly affected. The physical results and changes in distribution of organic life that... | |
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The time which this planet takes to revolve on its axis, and the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit, have been given by different astronomers ; but Dr. Herschel, from a long series of observations on this planet, published in the Philosophical... 
