| 单词 | celestial globe |
| 例句 | He was the first person in Greece to make a sundial, a map of the known world and a celestial globe that showed the patterns of the constellations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The stargazer sits before a celestial globe, his fingers spanning the constellation Pegasus. Cultured Traveler: Hunting for Looted Art in Paris 2010-11-20T06:30:00Z Or perhaps a dense display of 50 terrestrial and celestial globes from the 16th to the 20th centuries at Daniel Crouch Rare Books. Worlds Within Worlds Mix It Up at the Winter Show 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The rock sits on the south side of the nave at the heart of a stained glass design covering three lancet windows, depicting a vast cosmos of colorful swirls and dark celestial globes. The coolest ways to celebrate the Apollo 11 anniversary around D.C. this week 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Her left hand sits on a celestial globe, probably a cue to her reverence for Newton's theory of universal gravitation. 15 Works of Art Depicting Women in Science 2014-03-07T21:00:00Z Behind these are Zoroaster and Ptolemy, one with a terrestrial, the other with a celestial globe, addressing two figures which represent Raphael and his master Perugino. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z There they produced terrestrial and celestial globes, the latter showing as many as 5,000 stars. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z Besides books, the two halls contained three hundred statues, some ancient and some modern; and in the vestibule were astronomical and mathematical instruments, with a large celestial globe in the centre supported by two genii. King Matthias and the Beggar Boy 2011-07-24T02:00:11.047Z Mrs. B. They are the fixed stars; which the ancients, in order to recognise them, formed into groups, and gave the names of the figures, which you find delineated on the celestial globe. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z A celestial globe, as we know, presents us with a singular menagerie, rich in curious monsters placed in inconceivable positions. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Propelled by an unseen force, a celestial globe mounted on a nickeled standard, rolled forth. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z He specialized in terrestrial and celestial globes and microscopes. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z He wrote treatises on Fortifications, on Mechanics, on Gnomonics, on the laws of motion, on the celestial globe, which were copied by his pupils, and sent by them far and wide over Europe. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z According to Plutarch, Aganice, the daughter of Sesostris, King of Egypt, tried to predict future events by the aid of celestial globes and by the study of the constellations. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z On the broad steps of a temple stand Ptolemy, with the terrestrial and Hipparchus with the celestial globe. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses These are difficulties that meet even children when they examine a ‘celestial globe.’ Custom and Myth New Edition Simple inspection of a celestial globe will illustrate this. Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. As for his magnetic experiments to show physically that the earth moved, and his unbridled speculations on the "animae" of the celestial globes, one is inclined to agree with Bacon's estimate of his magnetic philosophy. The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors The best picture in the room is a portrait by an unknown painter of Tycho Wing, the astronomer, holding a celestial globe. Old and New London Volume I The wonderful Chaldeans too had mapped out the same story among the eternal stars, their great designs being still traceable on the celestial globes of our common schools. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 Thus it happens that our celestial globes are just as queer menageries as any globes could be that were illustrated by Australians or American Indians, by Bushmen or Peruvian aborigines, or Eskimo. Custom and Myth New Edition There was, if I remember rightly, a frontispiece representing some of the characters, their heads, arms, bodies, and legs being dotted over with stars, as seen in a celestial globe. Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Also it must have been shielded by the moon, to some extent, against the constant small atmospheric leakage most celestial globes are subject to. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Below the platform was an enclosed chamber containing the automatically rotated celestial globe which so wonderfully agreed with the heavens. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass A modern celestial globe is covered over with figures from pole to pole, but the majority of these are of quite recent origin and belong to the Modern period of astronomy. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture They had a celestial globe, an observatory, and noted the movements of heavenly bodies more than four thousand years ago. Birdseye Views of Far Lands The globular stones on the gate of Durn are still to be seen, on which he mapped out the figuring of the terrestrial and celestial globes. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland At these I spent many hours, studying the stars by the aid of the celestial globe. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville From India there are only two references, very closely related and appearing in the best known astronomical texts in connection with descriptions of the armillary sphere and celestial globe. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass But it is significant that if we take a celestial globe, arranged so as to represent the heavens for the time 2,700 b.c., and for north latitude 40°, we find several striking relations. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Looking beyond the moon, into the length and breadth of the universe, we find countless celestial globes with every conceivable variety of temperature and of constitution. The Story of the Heavens Astrology has the celestial globe in her hands, and below her feet, Atlas. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi URANIA, the muse of Astronomy, stands erect, and bears in her left hand a celestial globe. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome We have already noted that the armillary spheres and celestial globes described just before these extracts are more similar in design to Chinese than to Ptolemaic practice. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass Dr. Winckler seems to have been unaware of the elementary fact that a celestial globe necessarily shows its figures "inside out." The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Behind these are Zoroaster, Ptolemy, one with a terrestrial, the other with a celestial globe, addressing two figures, which represent Raphael and his master Perugino. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Several pleasant evenings were devoted to a study of the heavens with the aid of the celestial globe. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 The Holy Scriptures are an entirely modern addition to the symbol, like the terrestrial and celestial globes on the columns of the portico. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Sends the two clocks, or rather perhaps the celestial globe and the water-clock. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator We look up to the sky, to see the actual constellations from within the sphere; we look down upon a celestial globe from without, and hence see the designs upon it as in the looking-glass. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture A. The lights of the celestial globe and also their influence, by which every matter exists on the surface of the earth or globe. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge A gray uniformity had thus come to overspread everything; and with the exceptions of a cracked celestial globe, and the end of a worm-eaten old ladder, there was nothing to catch the attention. Idolatry A Romance Thus it happens that our celestial globes are just as queer menageries as any globes could be that were illustrated by Australians or American Indians, by Bushmen or Peruvian aborigines, or Eskimo. Custom and Myth Relatively the organising forces of matter have been much more violent in the interior of the moon than in the interior of the celestial globe. The Moon-Voyage "And yet she insists," M. Grandissime was asking Frowenfeld, standing with his leg thrown across the celestial globe, "that I knocked her down intentionally?" The Grandissimes His instruments included armillae like those which had been used in Alexandria, and other armillae designed by himself—sextants, mural quadrants, large celestial globes and various instruments for special purposes. History of Astronomy There was, however, thrown into a back yard by itself, a celestial globe of bronze, of about 3 feet in diameter. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 A celestial globe brought into Greece from Egypt. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) I am very ignorant in astronomy, as ignorant as Segrais or the lady, and could wish to ask many questions; as Whether our celestial globes must not be infinitely magnified? The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Raise your eyes toward the celestial globes, turn them towards earth and the sea. Socrates His bare principle of the laws of gravitation accounts for all the apparent inequalities in the course of the celestial globes. Letters on England There was, no doubt, a rumour that a Dutchman had observed southern stars from the island of Sumatra, and certain stars were indicated in the southern heavens on a celestial globe. Great Astronomers In astronomy, they not only made catalogues, but maps of the stars visible in their skies, giving to those of the larger magnitudes the Arabic names they still bear on our celestial globes. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science If this power of gravitation or attraction acts on all the celestial globes, it acts undoubtedly on the several parts of these globes. Letters on England |
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