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 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 568 Seiten
...different ways of using the lamp-micrometer. . • . As to the mountains in Venus, I may venture to say that no eye, which is not considerably better than...instruments, will ever get a sight of them ; though from the analogy that obtains between the only two planetary globes we can compare, (the moon and the... | |
 | George G. Carey - 1825 - 274 Seiten
...great density of its atmosphere ; and, he adds, that no eye which is not considerably better than his, or assisted by much better instruments, will ever get a sight of them. Some astronomers have imagined that they perceived a satellite near Venus ; but this has since been... | |
 | James Ryan - 1827 - 408 Seiten
...atmosphere : as to the mountains of Venus, no eye, he says, which is not considerably better than his, or assisted by much better instruments, will ever get a sight of them : and that the apparent diameter of Venus, at the mean distance from the Earth, is 18.8"; whence it... | |
 | 1831 - 418 Seiten
...regard to the mountains in the planet Venus, no eye, he says, which is not considerably better than his, or assisted by much better instruments, will ever get a sight of them. PHILIP GAKRET. TIME.—THE PERISHING NATIONS. Roll back the billowy tide of time;—unroll the mouldering... | |
 | Thomas Squire - 1836 - 332 Seiten
...atmosphere. In regard to the mountains of Venus, no eye, lie says, which is not considerably better than his, or assisted by much better instruments, will ever get a sight of them. MARS. 44. THE telescopic view of this planet presents a more diversified appearance than any of the... | |
 | Edward Singleton Holden, Charles Sheldon Hastings - 1881 - 132 Seiten
...than as given in the paper [ of SCHROETER. 3 216 As to the mountains in Venus, I may venture to say that no eye which is not considerably better than...better instruments, will ever get a sight of them. 217 The diameter of Venus at the mean distance of the earth is 18".79. 218 The appearance of 'the luminous... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1881 - 806 Seiten
...power than aa given in the paper [of SCHROETER.] 216 As to the mountains in Venus, I may venture to say that no eye which is not considerably better than mine, or assisted by much better instruments, vrill ever get a sight of them. 217 The diameter of Vtnus at the mean distance of the earth is 18".79.... | |
 | Agnes Mary Clerke - 1895 - 246 Seiten
...sarcastic terms. " As to the mountain^ in Venus," he wrote, " I may venture to say that do eye wh'cn is not considerably better than mine, or assisted...better instruments, will ever get a sight of them." He rightly inferred, however, the presence of an extensiye^_atmospjiere from the bending of the sun's... | |
 | Hector Macpherson - 1906 - 266 Seiten
...rose to five or six times the height of Chimborazo. As to these, said Herschel, " I may venture to say that no eye which is not considerably better than...better instruments, will ever get a sight of them." Herschel demonstrated the existence of an extensive atmosphere round Venus. " The analogy between Mars... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1881 - 848 Seiten
...given in the paper [of Sen UOKTKR. ] 216 As to the mountains in Venus, I may venture to say that im eye which is not considerably better than mine, or...better instruments, will ever get a sight of them. 217 The diameter of Venus at the mean distance of the earth is 18". 79. 218 The appearance of the luminous... | |
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