| 单词 | celestial sphere |
| 例句 | Brahe’s caution about committing himself to this, the dissolution of the celestial spheres, is probably what had caused the delay in publication. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The celestial sphere shivered too, rocking dizzily on his muscular shoulders. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z The Copernican model got rid of Ptolemy’s celestial spheres, and with them, the idea that the universe had a natural boundary. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This would certainly have presented difficulties for the theory of the celestial spheres, and was regarded by contemporaries as being closer to the Tychonic than the Ptolemaic system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Their model of the universe involved the "celestial spheres" creating a kind of harmony as they moved in circles dictated by the same arithmetical relationships as musical harmonies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “The Lord of Destruction is surrounded by a celestial sphere that can only be shattered by an immortal device like those weapons.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But from a terrestrial perspective, the celestial sphere appears essentially unchanging. Will the Universe Ever Stop Expanding? 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z This pairing hums with a soft energy, attuned perhaps to the same celestial spheres that Gouverneur hoped to crack open. AU Museum spotlights two of the D.C. art scene’s keenest observers 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z But there’s no need to be perfectly versed in every detail of the celestial sphere. How to watch meteor showers 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z In his only surviving work, Hipparchus criticized earlier astronomical writers for not caring about numerical accuracy in their visions of orbits and celestial spheres. First Known Map of Night Sky Found Hidden in Medieval Parchment 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Today, we know that it is not the celestial sphere that turns as night and day proceed, but rather the planet on which we live. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Warne floated the ball, hung it in the air, made it spin like a celestial sphere. 'Adulation and scandal... but arguably cricket's best ever bowler' - Warne obituary 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z For millennia, bright lights sprinkled across our celestial sphere have guided great explorers, passed on storied traditions, and lent insight into the nature of our universe. Swarms of satellites are blocking the gaze of astronomers 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z For centuries, astronomers thought that Earth was at the centre of the Universe, and explained Mars’s motion by suggesting that planets moved in small circles, called epicycles, in the celestial sphere. AI Copernicus ‘discovers’ that Earth orbits the Sun 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z But even more than that, the prism window connects the museum’s earthbound home to the celestial sphere, underscoring the link between nature and spirit that is a central part of indigenous peoples’ beliefs. The must-sees on the National Mall 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z This long-exposure photo shows trails left by stars as a result of the apparent rotation of the celestial sphere around the south celestial pole. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z All were crucial instruments in earlier days of scientific inquiry — a model of a celestial sphere and two sophisticated measurement tools. Think smartphones are astonishing? Discover the ‘high tech’ devices of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z There, astronomers say, gleaming stars fill the celestial sphere like yellow, red, and bluish-white holiday lights, some nearly as big as the moon, and a few of them bright enough to read by. Starry Nights: Planets Discovered Orbiting Sun-Like Stars 2012-09-21T13:35:31Z A glowing, celestial sphere descended into the middle of a giant central umbrella structure, igniting the ‘big bang’, of which Hawking has written extensively. In pictures: London 2012 Paralympic Games opening ceremony 2012-08-29T23:23:24Z This construction assumes that the sun describes daily a small circle about the pole of the celestial sphere, and ignores any diurnal variation in the declination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z On any given day, we can think of the Sun as being located at some position on the hypothetical celestial sphere. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Roll on, Eternity, thy years, Around the vast celestial spheres! Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z On the celestial spheres, or “globes,” used by the ancient astronomers, a portion of the southern heavens of a roughly circular form surrounding the South Pole was left blank. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The Almagest comprises in all thirteen books, the first two of which deal with the simpler observations of the celestial sphere, its own motion and the apparent motions of sun, moon, and planets upon it. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Item, two globes of Mercator’s best making: on the celestial sphere Dee, with his own hand, had set down divers comets, their places and motions, according to his individual observation. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z As the celestial sphere rotates, the objects on it maintain their positions with respect to one another. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Some authors distinguish, in the Sufi voyage, seven stages, corresponding to the degrees in the celestial sphere, in order to have the soul received there after death. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Astronomers call this expanse of the heavens with its myriad bright stars the celestial sphere or the star sphere, and have imagined upon its surface various systems of circles. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z So with the moving clusters: their component stars may be widely separate on the celestial sphere, but equality of their motions affords a clue to their association in groups. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Altazimuth, alt-az′i-muth, n. an instrument devised by Sir G. B. Airy for determining the apparent places of the heavenly bodies on the celestial sphere. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Only meteors—brief “shooting stars” that flash into view for just a few seconds—move appreciably with respect to other objects on the celestial sphere. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In the preceding figure let q be the point in which the northern extremity of the axis of the instrument produced meets the celestial sphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z In descriptions of the earth’s relation to the celestial sphere it is customary to disregard altogether the earth’s diameter which is comparatively infinitesimal. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z As the horizon cuts the celestial sphere in two, we see at anyone time only one-half of the Milky Way, spanning the dome of the sky as a cloudlike arch. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Pray, who told Aristotle that there were intelligences that moved the celestial spheres? The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; 2011-08-14T02:00:22.973Z If we extend this imaginary line outward from Earth, the points where this line intersects the celestial sphere are called the north celestial pole and the south celestial pole. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The new constellations were added one by one to the celestial sphere by the Greeks before they arranged certain of them as parts of the zodiac. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z When a star reaches the meridian in its course across the celestial sphere it is said to culminate or reach its culmination. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z The distribution of the nebul� throughout space, like that of the stars, is still under critical investigation, but the location of vast numbers of the more compact nebul� on the celestial sphere is very extraordinary. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Eclip�tic, the sun's path, the great circle of the celestial sphere, in which the sun appears to describe his annual course from west to east—really corresponding to the path which the earth describes. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z It changes position gradually on the celestial sphere, moving each day about 1° to the east relative to the stars. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The origin of astrology, like that of the celestial sphere, was in all probability in upper Asia. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z For the other measurements used by astronomers in observations of the stars still other circles on the celestial sphere must be imagined. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z When he tried to make a celestial sphere according to the Ptolemaic system, he became convinced of its falsity because of its complexities. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z In astronomy, the “celestial equator” is the name given to the great circle in which the plane of the terrestrial equator intersects the celestial sphere; it is consequently equidistant from the celestial poles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The direct evidence of our senses supports a geocentric perspective, with the celestial sphere pivoting on the celestial poles and rotating about a stationary Earth. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In the celestial spheres all the stars were situated, which were so many gods, and among them the sun, the largest and most powerful of all. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z This great circle on the celestial sphere is called the celestial equator, or, by an older name, the equatorial, the significance of which we shall see presently. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z And even though Aben-Ezra did not know of the movement of trepidation, nevertheless he interpreted this passage, "The heavens are the work of Thy fingers" as indicating the number of the ten celestial spheres. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z The line of the equinoxes is the imaginary diameter of the celestial sphere which joins them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The celestial sphere is organized into 88 constellations, or sectors. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Anaxagoras explains the apparent motion of the celestial sphere from east to west by the hypothesis of a general revolution, the interruption of which, as we have just seen, caused the fall of meteoric stones. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z A star rising due east would traverse this great circle of the celestial sphere and set due west. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z Ptolemy holds that there are 31 celestial spheres not including the bodies of the planets. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z The ecliptic itself is the great circle in which this plane meets the celestial sphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z But like the Sun, they have independent motions among the stars, superimposed on the daily rotation of the celestial sphere. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z There is also in the celestial sphere a constellation called the Little Dog and Procyon; the latter name has an obvious meaning, as appearing before the Dog-Star. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z We have still to define a great circle of the celestial sphere that is of equal importance with the celestial equator and the celestial horizon. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z This motion of the celestial pole results in a corresponding revolution of the equinox around the celestial sphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It is also defined, but not with absolute rigour, as the apparent path described by the sun around the celestial sphere as the earth performs its annual revolution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z He also reasoned that the apparent rotation of the celestial sphere could be explained by assuming that Earth rotates while the celestial sphere is stationary. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z From what people the Greeks received the celestial sphere, is a question on which more than one opinion has been formed. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The sun’s apparent path, moreover, would be in the plane of the earth’s orbit and when projected against the celestial sphere, which is infinite in extent, would appear as a great circle of that sphere. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z The conception of the co-ordinates we have defined is facilitated by introducing that of the celestial sphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The celestial spheres and their orbits have not a single center. Catholic Churchmen in Science These coordinate systems help us locate any object on the celestial sphere. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Closely associated with the Dragon both in mythology and in the celestial sphere is Hercules. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z This great circle of the celestial sphere is the ecliptic. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z This line, extended upwards, meets the celestial sphere in the zenith. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It seemed like the bridal of two angels of light, witnessed and celebrated by all the stars and constellations of the celestial spheres. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 To denote positions of objects in the sky, it is often convenient to make use of the fictitious celestial sphere. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z That the celestial sphere was a conception known to others than the Greeks is easily proved. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z For taking these measurements astronomers employ circles on the celestial sphere perpendicular to the plane of the celestial equator and passing through the poles of the heavens. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z The other two systems, including the vernal equinox, are fixed on the celestial sphere, and so seem to us to perform a diurnal revolution from east towards west. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The Queen's outline was razor-edge sharp; it was close enough to stretch across fifty-five degrees of the celestial sphere. Spillthrough Halfway between the celestial poles, and thus 90° from each pole, is the celestial equator, a great circle on the celestial sphere that is in the same plane as Earth’s equator. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z There was music as if from celestial spheres; then notes as if demons laughed in the gale. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 The zodiac is an imaginary belt of the celestial sphere, extending 8° on each side of the ecliptic, within which the orbits of the sun, moon, and planets appear to lie. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z Taking as origin the position of an observer, the direction of a heavenly body is defined by the point in which he sees it in the sky; that is to say, on the celestial sphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Then suddenly she was through—in normal space where stars shown with pinpoint brilliancy and where the celestial sphere was no longer a lazy, crazy crisscross of blurred lines. Spillthrough This is because the celestial sphere appears to turn around Earth once a day as our planet turns on its axis. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z He juggled with universal abstractions as an alchemist with the elements of the earth or an astrologist with the celestial spheres. Violence and the Labor Movement Then when Venus is at V and the earth at E, we shall see Venus projected on the celestial sphere at V1. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z As the earth revolves from west to east the celestial sphere appears to us to revolve in the opposite direction, turning on the line joining the Celestial Poles as on a pivot. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" He waited until one of the square, tumbling objects rolled by, obscuring sections of the out-of-focus celestial sphere as it whirled in its orbit. Spillthrough Thus the 360° of RA that it takes to go once around the celestial sphere can just as well be set equal to 24 hours. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z It is only necessary to lend an attentive ear to hear them, for their unspeakable harmonies elevate the soul to the celestial spheres of the infinite and of the ideal....” Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' When Venus has passed on to V′ the earth will have passed to E′ and we shall see Venus on the celestial sphere at V2. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z As he travels South, his zenith moves along the celestial sphere, and the circles of diurnal rotation become oblique to the horizon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" No power on earth or in the celestial spheres or in the intervening spaces can keep that which is our own from us. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex Imagine the celestial sphere around us as a giant ball, painted white on the inside. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z What a celestial body has it drawn out from its celestial sphere! Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India After three months from opposition Mars will be at M″ and the earth at E″, making Mars appear at M3 on the celestial sphere, its motion having changed from retrograde to direct. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z A was near to us, and appeared projected in a certain place on the celestial sphere. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works The causes which keep the celestial spheres poised, and which control their motions, are far more wonderful than any mechanical device. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The terrestrial poles, equator, and meridians will be projected as dark shadows on the celestial sphere, giving us the system of coordinates in the sky. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z To an observer of the nocturnal sky the stars appear to be very unequally distributed over the celestial sphere. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' God provides for the celestial spheres, hence they are permanent individually; but, as Alexander says in his name, Providence ceases with the sphere of the moon. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy A circle of this size on the celestial sphere has about one quarter the apparent surface of the sun, or of the full moon. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works We now take up the way in which the celestial sphere is correspondingly divided and also simple explanations of some of the more important terms used in Celestial Navigation. Lectures in Navigation We have seen that the apparent rotation of the celestial sphere could be accounted for either by a daily rotation of the sky around a stationary Earth or by the rotation of Earth itself. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Milton was not only familiar with ‘the face of the sky,’ as it is popularly called, but also knew the structure of the celestial sphere, and the great circles by which it is circumscribed. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The expression corporeal world includes the celestial spheres and all which is under them. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy The moon describes a certain orbit around the earth; that orbit lies in a certain plane, and that plane has, of course, a certain pole on the celestial sphere. The Story of the Heavens Another fact to remember is that Declination on the celestial sphere corresponds to latitude on the earth. Lectures in Navigation That is, the measurement of proper motion tells us only by how much of an angle a star has changed its position on the celestial sphere. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z It is evident that Milton possessed a precise knowledge of the configuration and size of the constellations, and of the positions which they occupy relatively to each other on the celestial sphere. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The existence of separate intelligences he proves in the same way as Ibn Daud from the motions of the celestial spheres. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy It is, in fact, the point on the celestial sphere towards which the earth would travel continuously if, at the moment, the attraction of the sun could be annihilated. The Story of the Heavens Then we will find projected on the celestial sphere not only the heavenly bodies but the imaginary points and circles of the earth's surface. Lectures in Navigation For the notion of a huge mechanism like the celestial sphere, spinning round the terraqueous globe as its pivot looked unreasonable. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History This is α Arietis, the first point in the constellation of that name, which signifies the Ram, and from which the right ascensions of the stars are measured on the celestial sphere. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' So the process continues until we reach the sphere of the moon, which is the last of the celestial spheres, and the Active Intellect, the last of the Intelligences, having in charge the sublunar world. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy The north pole of the heavens is the point of the celestial sphere towards which the northern end of the axis about which the earth rotates is directed. The Story of the Heavens Parallels of latitude, meridians of longitude, the equator, etc., will have the same imaginary position on the celestial sphere that they have on the earth. Lectures in Navigation Ptolemy himself felt the extraordinary difficulty involved in the supposition that so stupendous a fabric as the celestial sphere should spin in the way supposed. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 The alternations of generation and decay, the evolutions ever beginning over and over again, the infinite repetition of the cycles of celestial spheres—this all represents merely a certain fundamental deficit, in which materiality consists. Creative Evolution It is the fourth in order of emanations, and the composition of matter and form begins with the celestial sphere, which is the fifth in order. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy In vain the archangel Raphael presses the two amorous seraphim to come back to the celestial sphere, to abandon the two sisters, and menaces them. My Recollections of Lord Byron The Celestial Equator is marked here E Q W and like all other points and lines previously mentioned, it is the projection of the Equator until it intersects the celestial sphere. Lectures in Navigation To Copernicus it appeared that the difficulties attending the supposition that the celestial sphere revolved were vastly greater than those which appeared so weighty to Ptolemy as to force him to deny the earth's rotation. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 Aristotle himself came to the conclusion that all the celestial spheres revolve round the earth, which is placed at the centre of the universe. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Owing to this great proximity, the Moon is the best known of all the celestial spheres. Astronomy for Amateurs I may explain for the unlearned in navigation that declination of a heavenly body corresponds in the celestial sphere to the latitude of an object on the terrestrial. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life The Ecliptic is the great circle representing the path in which the sun appears to move in the celestial sphere. Lectures in Navigation See, Ráma bends his steps this way, But ere he yet a word can say, Come, fly to our celestial sphere; It is not meet he see me here. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Further, this plane of the ecliptic is to the celestial sphere what the sea-level is to the earth. Aether and Gravitation The Earth revolves round him in a year, and in consequence he seems to revolve round us, sweeping through a vast circle of the celestial sphere. Astronomy for Amateurs Soaring in the celestial spheres of philosophy, he launched his lightnings at the base conspirators crawling on the ground. �variste heard and understood. The Gods are Athirst Hence if this imaginary line passed through you it would intersect the celestial sphere at your zenith, i.e., the point in the celestial sphere which is directly above you. Lectures in Navigation It is no gigantic Atlas, as the Greeks fancied, that upholds the celestial sphere; all the constellations are kept from falling by an impalpable energy that uses no muscles and no masonry. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Milky Way is the name given to that band of light which stretches across the sky at night-time, and forms a zone or belt that completely circles the celestial sphere. Aether and Gravitation This figure forms a grand trapezium of four stars on the celestial sphere. Astronomy for Amateurs Samuel Gardner was blind in one eye and in a moment of confusion he stepped out of a receiving and discharging door in one of the warehouses into the ineffable glories of the celestial sphere. Quaint Epitaphs The Declination of any point in the celestial sphere is its distance in arc, North or South of the celestial equator, i.e., Lectures in Navigation In the fourth year, however, it suddenly becomes desirous of returning to Egypt, and says, “I will leave this celestial sphere.” Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore Above all he manifests himself in the sun, the motive power of the celestial spheres, the inexhaustible seat of light and life, the creator of all intelligence on earth. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Unconsciously to himself, he often seemed to follow her, as Dante followed the flight of Beatrice, through the ascending circles of the celestial spheres. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Egg represented the concavity of the celestial sphere enclosing all things, 663-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Your zenith distance is the distance in the celestial sphere you are from the sun. Lectures in Navigation Atmospheric envelopes appear to be common features about the celestial spheres. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Man felt himself dominated and crushed by blind forces that dragged him on as irresistibly as they kept the celestial spheres in motion. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Thus confronted, he only babbled in reply, "A celestial sphere, madam!" Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z The five apparently small planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, with the two greater ones, the Sun and Moon, constituted the seven celestial spheres. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Now we could use our eye as the center of the celestial sphere but more accurate than that is to use the center of the earth. Lectures in Navigation They may, in a word, be due to volcanic explosions occurring on this and other celestial spheres. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Shall we hesitate to weave the silk of death around our bodies when we know that we may thence issue a being worthy of a celestial sphere of action? The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future O angel new, in thy celestial sphere Let pity now thy sainted heart incline, As here below thy beauty vanquish'd mine! The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch Thou hast, moreover, asked Me concerning the nature of the celestial spheres. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh If you are in 40� N. latitude, the celestial equator would intersect the celestial sphere at a point 40� South of you. Lectures in Navigation It is probable that the spherical shape of clouds is more or less due to the same conditions as gathered the stellar matter from the ancient nebular chaos into the celestial spheres. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography The distortion, however, is necessarily enormous when the celestial sphere is presented in only six gnomonic maps. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. In what celestial sphere—what realm of thought, Dwelt the bright model from which Nature drew That fair and beauteous face, in which we view Her utmost power, on earth, divinely wrought? The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch "In the celestial spheres, flowers breathe music as well as fragrance." Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah Now all this is based upon the Pole Star being in the celestial sphere exactly over the North Pole of the earth. Lectures in Navigation Vertical circle, one that passes through the zenith and nadir of the celestial sphere. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work We shall therefore select one of these, the region included in the second map of Plate 2, and the neighbouring part of the celestial sphere. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. Their object was to behold the wondrous things of the sea not to be found in the celestial sphere. Myths and Legends of China One of them was a celestial sphere eight feet in diameter, containing all the stars known in 1650 and visible in Pekin. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 "I need hardly say that is a model of the celestial sphere," whispered Gazen, indicating the starry vault. A Trip to Venus Zenith, the point in the celestial sphere directly overhead. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work The stranger led me slowly up the stairway and past great celestial spheres which filled the higher hallways, conducting me to a room at one corner of the great structure. The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars All the extent of the celestial sphere swarmed with stars and constellations of marvellous brilliancy, enough to make an astronomer wild! The Moon-Voyage The Russian peasants whom we met instinctively took off their frosty fur hoods and gazed wonderingly at us as we passed, as if we had mysteriously dropped down from some celestial sphere. Tent Life in Siberia Their distribution on the celestial sphere is indicated in Figure 25 by the open circles. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Colures, the four principal meridians of the celestial sphere passing from the pole, one through each equinox, and one through each solstice. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work The whole extent of the celestial sphere swarmed with stars and constellations of wonderful purity, enough to drive an astronomer out of his mind! From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon The celestial horizon is the intersection of the celestial sphere by a plane passing through the center of the earth and perpendicular to the normal. Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 In the ninth celestial sphere, Dante is favored with a manifestation of divinity, veiled, however, by three hierarchies of attending angels. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Arab scholars compiled encyclopedias describing foreign countries and peoples, constructed celestial spheres, and measured closely the arc of the meridian in order to calculate the size of the earth. Early European History Nadir, the point in the celestial sphere directly beneath our feet, opposite to zenith. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work On this circle the Sun and the planets were represented by figures whose movement showed exactly the actual place of each in the celestial sphere. Across the Zodiac The celestial sphere is that imaginary surface upon which all celestial objects are projected. Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 Great attention was always paid to the positions and the configurations presented by the celestial sphere; and it was only at favourable seasons that the solemn rites were celebrated. Thaumaturgia What wild heart-histories seemed to lie unwritten Upon those crystalline, celestial spheres! Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works He attempted to delineate the celestial sphere, and to measure time by a sun-dial. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. As projected against the celestial sphere the stars forming the two opposite streams appear intermingled, some obeying one tendency and some the other. Curiosities of the Sky The poles are the points in which the axis pierces the surface of the earth, or of the celestial sphere. Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 To the ancients the celestial sphere was a reality, instead of a mere effect of perspective, as we regard it. Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science One of these suppositions requires that the celestial sphere, bearing with it the stars and other celestial bodies, turns uniformly around an invisible axis, while the earth remains stationary at the centre. Great Astronomers We know that it is only in German poetry that we can hear the grass growing from the bosom of the earth, and the celestial spheres revolving in space. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels Now, however, we know that the term ``fixed stars'' is paradoxical, for there is not a single really fixed object in the whole celestial sphere. Curiosities of the Sky Yes, to those who would live in the celestial sphere God must be all in all. The Lily of the Valley The points in which the latter intersects the celestial sphere are called the galactic poles. Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science It is one of his chief merits to have demonstrated that the celestial sphere was so stupendous that the earth itself was absolutely insignificant in comparison therewith. Great Astronomers The creation of the fifth day, the animal world, rules over the celestial spheres. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Even the beginner in star-gazing does not have to watch it throughout the year in order to be convinced that it is, in reality, a great circle, extending entirely around the celestial sphere. Curiosities of the Sky The Zodiac is an imaginary girdle or belt in the celestial sphere, which extends about eight degrees on each side of the Ecliptic. The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature The problem of calculating the motions of the heavenly bodies and the changes in the aspect of the celestial sphere was one of the first with which the students of astronomy were occupied. Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science The earth, argued Ptolemy, lies at the centre of the celestial sphere. Great Astronomers There were other changes among the celestial spheres during the year of the flood. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 But I tell you, I have travelled, and travelled in the celestial spheres, know the signs and the planets, and their houses. Love for Love: a Comedy To Copernicus it appeared that the difficulties attending the supposition that the celestial sphere revolved, were vastly greater than those which appeared so weighty to Ptolemy as to force him to deny the earth's rotation. Great Astronomers His work mainly consisted in the determination of the places of the moon, the planets, and the stars on the celestial sphere. Great Astronomers As we have already seen, Ptolemy himself felt the extraordinary difficulty involved in the supposition that so stupendous a fabric as the celestial sphere should spin in the way supposed. Great Astronomers His instrumental means, though very imperfect, were still sufficient to enable him to measure the intervals on the celestial sphere between the planets and the stars. Great Astronomers It was only the northern half of the celestial sphere which had been fully explored. Great Astronomers |
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