| 单词 | heavenly body |
| 例句 | Orthodox teaching was that the moon, being a heavenly body, was a perfectly smooth, round sphere. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Nicholas thought the earth was a heavenly body which from a distance would shine like a star, an idea which caught Montaigne’s attention. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It not only explained mathematically the orbits of heavenly bodies, but also identified the attractive force that got them moving in the first place–gravity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In 1471 Regiomontanus worked out a procedure for measuring the parallax of heavenly bodies and so their distance from the Earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Thus Nicholas made the earth into a heavenly body, but simultaneously he made the sun into a terrestrial one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Clavius was wrong—there are no eccentrics and epicycles—but he was right to claim that he could predict the future movements of the heavenly bodies with a high degree of reliability. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, the beauty that belongs to heavenly bodies is different from the beauty that belongs to earthly bodies.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Twenty-one hours on the surface of the Moon for two astronauts in the lunar lander, while the service module circled the heavenly body in a parking orbit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I thought they were heavenly bodies that gave off light and heat and energy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Earth seems steady, solid, immobile, while we can see the heavenly bodies rising and setting each day. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Beautiful and otherworldly—glowing green and moving like water, calm and ethereal, looking precisely like heavenly bodies might look. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And the second part, the ‘heavenly name created in jest’? Well, the planet Mars is in space, making it a heavenly body. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Ptolemy’s model provided a reasonably accurate system for predicting the positions of heavenly bodies in the sky. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But then an unidentified "heavenly body" shows him just how much his presence means to those around him. George Clooney on 'Downton Abbey'? Just a sneak peek 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z That means the light we see from stars and other heavenly bodies many hundreds or thousands or millions of light years from our eyes is very, very old. 'Hubble 3D': An out-of-this-world documentary 2010-03-18T22:02:00Z At this program at the American Museum of Natural History, children will learn about the methods and tools used to observe these heavenly bodies. Spare Times for Children Listings for Jan. 1-7 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Almost all of the works include one or more circles that represent the heavenly body invoked in the exhibition’s title, “The Moon Is Always Full.” Review | In the galleries: Acronyms as content encode a powerful commentary 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Earth's insignificance in the cosmos, the beautiful balance of heavenly bodies, sets one to wonder about creation and the problem of evil. Readers recommend: songs about space ? results 2011-08-18T14:35:12Z “It’s Launch Pad 39A, and it’s the first place humans ever left Earth and went to another heavenly body.” To Mars, Not a Moment Too Soon 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Details of the moon, and the other heavenly bodies, are, however, brought to us in books or on television. 'You may now turn over your papers' 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z It conjures a flower or a radiant heavenly body as much as it does the leafy vegetable. ‘Hedda Sterne: Printed Variations’ Review: Elevating the Everyday 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Woolf knew that questions of scale are relative — that the movements of heavenly bodies seen through a telescope are not any more mysterious or revelatory than those of subatomic particles seen through a microscope. Michael Cunningham on Virginia Woolf’s Literary Revolution 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z The 5-foot-tall songstress, whose knee-high boots did little to elongate her frame, was acutely aware that those heavenly bodies towered over her too. Ariana Grande gets smacked in face by Victoria's Secret model's wings 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z This kind of thing is bound to give Grimes and Elon Musk, and their couple’s counselor, ideas; at least until Lucy is ripped apart by more venerable heavenly bodies. ‘Medusa’s Ankles,’ a Selection of A.S. Byatt’s Wildly Imagined Stories Across Three Decades 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Together, they frolic and jam and whirl, and before long they’re levitating, gyrating against an expanse of shimmery stars as they orbit each other like heavenly bodies. ‘Inu-oh’ Review: Dazzling Anime Meets Medieval Epic 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z To the mystification of skeptics, the farming calendar is determined by the heavenly bodies: growers harvest when the moon is full and sap rises in plants, mirroring the tides. In Tuscany, Farms Embrace Nature — and Visitors 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Yet the artist’s fascination with adolescence plays as both parody and critique: Imhof’s scratchy way of rendering figures, clouds, and heavenly bodies, especially compared with the precision of the paintings, seems faux, if not sarcastic. Anne Imhof, Dancing in the Ruins 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Lit from above, it appeared to float like a heavenly body over its pedestal. Seoul’s Hundred Faces 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Almond’s exhibition suggests that a fascination with time and space, and with the heavenly bodies that help us measure both, is, well, universal. Darren Almond's Ghostly Photography at London's White Cube Gallery 2014-01-30T05:00:00Z The search for other planetary systems in the cosmos is, after all, a quest for heavenly bodies that resemble our own. Head in the Stars, Feet on the Ground 2011-02-14T15:38:34Z As the sages tell us, heavenly bodies compel every body: celebrity bodies, financial bodies, philanthropist bodies, political bodies. The Scene Inside the Met Gala 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Aristotle, for example, thought that heavenly bodies were made of a theoretical form of matter called aether and naturally moved in circles. Mistranslation of Newton’s First Law Discovered after Nearly 300 Years 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z In this model of the universe, the earth was distinct from the other heavenly bodies. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Ritual practices were tied to the complicated Maya calendar, and gods could act in certain ways depending on the time of year and the location of certain heavenly bodies. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z As the planets and the sun orbit listeners’ and viewers’ “head,” each heavenly body emerges with a distinct pitch and instrument that corresponds with their motions—for example, Jupiter features a rumbling bass trombone. Audio Astronomy Unlocks a Universe of Sound 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z But Newton was the first to propose an exact mathematical form and to use that form to show that the motion of heavenly bodies should be conic sections—circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z He began with several assumptions that were common in his time, such as the idea that the motions of the heavenly bodies must be made up of combinations of uniform circular motions. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Whatever you called it, Earth’s shadow draped over the moon Sunday, a reminder our world is one of many in harmony with other heavenly bodies. A Total Lunar Eclipse in Prime-Time 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z The ancient Mesopotamians held that the gods were visible in the sky as heavenly bodies like stars, the moon, the sun, and the planets. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Unlike the ancient Romans, Mayan mathematicians used a zero in their calculations and accurately measured the movement of heavenly bodies. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z This principle has been used extensively to find the masses of heavenly bodies that have satellites. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z “I didn’t think I would be able to go to space. I used to like the starry sky and heavenly bodies. I feel fortunate to have this opportunity and to finally fulfill my dream.” Japanese billionaire launches into space, plans cash giveaways and a zero-gravity haircut 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z "I didn't think I would be able to go to space. I used to like the starry sky and heavenly bodies. I feel fortunate to have this opportunity and to finally fulfil my dream." Japan billionaire Maezawa to fulfil childhood dream with space flight 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z If astrophysicists hope to fully understand regions where heavenly bodies mingle in throngs, they must confront the “three-body problem.” Physicists Edge Closer to Taming the Three-Body Problem 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z An astronomical conjunction occurs when any two heavenly bodies appear to pass or meet each other as seen from Earth. Jupiter and Saturn’s Great Conjunction Is the Best in 800 Years—Here’s How to See It 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z There tended to be a different rule for each heavenly body and a general lack of simplicity. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z For alchemical image-makers, one solution was to invoke analogies with other dynamic aspects of creation, from human reproduction to the motion of heavenly bodies. Elixirs for times of plague and bullion shortage 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Here’s a quick guide to identifying Orion, Scorpio, Ursa Major and all your favorite heavenly bodies with the naked eye. 50 life skills you can learn online — for free! — during self-quarantine 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Aldrin, seated next to Neil Armstrong, became the first person to celebrate a religious sacrament on a heavenly body outside Earth. Moon landing: Buzz Aldrin took Holy Communion, read this Bible verse on lunar surface 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Rather, it takes on a reddish glow from refracted light as the heavenly bodies move into position - hence the “blood moon” moniker. 'Super Blood Wolf Moon' to get star billing in weekend lunar eclipse 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z On Christmas Eve 1968 they became the first human beings to orbit another heavenly body. Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman’s journey started in Indiana 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Although Copernicus erroneously assumed the heavenly bodies orbited the sun in perfect circles, he correctly moved the Earth from its presumed location in the center of the universe to a relatively insignificant backseat. Chasing Copernicus in Poland 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Ancient Greek philosophers, to whom the circle embodied geometric perfection, assumed the orbits of heavenly bodies must be circular. Beauty Does Not Equal Truth, in Physics or Elsewhere 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z In light of Hipparchus and Ptolemy’s extraordinarily successful predictive theories, the goal of astronomy was to find the right combination of circles to describe the motion of the heavenly bodies around the Earth. Physics Needs Philosophy / Philosophy Needs Physics 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The physicist, said to be worried the market was getting out of hand, supposedly quipped that he “can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of the people.” Look Out, Bitcoin Has Lost Its Tether 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Images of the impact are expected to shed light on how craters are formed on heavenly bodies. Japan’s new asteroid probe reaches its target after 3.2-billion-kilometer journey 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z “Many nights I spent in the backyard with my dad, displaying what I considered great patience as my father searched for interesting heavenly bodies to show my siblings and I in his telescope,” remembers Adrianna. Why we’re attracted to a total solar eclipse 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z We know that Monday’s total solar eclipse will not be caused by a bear biting the sun, a dragon swallowing it or an X-rated get-together between heavenly bodies. ‘There’s no power on Earth that can stop this’ 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z But what could one do to mark the first time human beings landed on another heavenly body? Christmas Eve in Space and Communion on the Moon 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Its slightly elliptical orbit never comes closer than 350 million kilometres to Earth, meaning that the heavenly body called Freddiemercury poses no imminent danger to the planet. Rock star: asteroid named after Freddie Mercury to celebrate singer's 70th birthday 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z But the proposed Moon Express mission is more complex, raising new questions about international treaty obligations and protection of heavenly bodies. U.S. Set to Approve Moon Mission by Commercial Space Venture 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z The medieval mathematicians of Oxford, toiling in torchlight in a land ravaged by plague, managed to invent a simple form of calculus that could be used to track the motion of heavenly bodies. Clay tablets reveal Babylonians discovered astronomical geometry 1,400 years before Europeans 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z “I was born and raised in the city. I haven’t seen many heavenly bodies.” Strangers on the Street Find a Connection in the Stars 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z He reportedly said: “I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” Overvalued in Silicon Valley, but Not the Word That Must Not Be Uttered 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z A story later told by the Roman historian Cicero claimed that the general who sacked Syracuse brought back to Rome a mechanical brass sphere created by Archimedes that modeled the movements of heavenly bodies. Tacoma professor tackles mystery of ancient, astronomical device 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Throughout human history, comets have been distant, mysterious heavenly bodies. Rosetta mission lands its probe on a comet and makes history Nuage is French for cloud and the forms in the individual pieces replicate the swirling of these heavenly bodies. Graff's Nuage Jewelry Collection Inspired By Clouds And Flowers 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The reason us Earthlings get a glimpse of the red Moon is because of the Earth’s atmosphere, which appears to lift the images of the two heavenly bodies above the horizon by atmospheric refraction. Rare Blood Moon Eclipse Will Be Visible In The US 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z It’s a question of astronomy and celestial mechanics, the inexorable movement of the heavenly bodies. Despite the cool air, summer officially arrives I theorized that a means of instant long distance communication was possible by manipulating the magnetic fields of heavenly bodies like planets. Scientists Report Finding Reliable Way to Teleport Data 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z In line with global rules for naming heavenly bodies, the planet goes by the official name of Kepler-10c. Monstrous rocky planet nicknamed 'Godzilla of Earths' 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z In response, the IAU issued an equally finger-wagging press release, reminding everyone concerned that it’s the only organization authorized to issue official names for heavenly bodies. Martian Smackdown: Groups Feud Over Crater Naming 2014-03-12T15:59:16Z Because a good spacecraft is a terrible thing to waste, astronomers are looking for new heavenly bodies for the spacecraft to observe. Scientists Work to Keep New Horizons Busy after It Maps Pluto 2013-04-21T18:45:00.347Z Astronomers point high-powered telescopes at the same heavenly bodies from different perspectives around the world, and most of the collected data is publicly available on the Internet, said Gendler. Space Photographer Brings Amazing Night Sky Views Down to Earth 2013-03-29T21:15:00.343Z We didn't descend on earth from some heavenly body somewhere. Rooney has learned from mistakes 2012-10-11T22:02:53Z Nought occurred to disturb his observations till, in a work on the Solar Spots, he explained the movements of the earth and of the heavenly bodies according to Copernicus. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z The heavenly bodies, or rather the parts composing them, do not move with constant accelerations towards each other, but "attract each other," directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z He finds in the Pyramid a greater wonder still in a measure for determining the distance of the earth from the sun, which is the unit for calculating the distances of the heavenly bodies! From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z These heavenly bodies, as being unstable and corruptible, were females. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z The earth itself is occasionally, if not always, self-luminous, as are other of the heavenly bodies. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Jesus spoke of the earth as if it were flat, and the most important among the heavenly bodies. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Accordingly, if liquids have no form of their own with us on earth, they have, perhaps, a form of their own on the moon, or on some smaller and lighter heavenly body. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z This expedition is noteworthy for having been the first on record where longitudes were taken by observation of the heavenly bodies. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; - so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z From the one, these Ionians probably gained knowledge of certain periodic movements of some of the heavenly bodies; and from the other, a few rules of mensuration, perchance a little crude science. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z He learned to make calculations, and used to investigate with much curiosity and intelligence the motions of the heavenly bodies. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z This presents a definite mechanical explanation of the development and formation of the heavenly bodies, and in particular those composing the solar system. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Magnetic ~, the angular distance of a heavenly body, when on the horizon, from the magnetic east or west point as indicated by the compass. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z What evidence has the present state of our solar system and the other systems of heavenly bodies revealed to us by the telescope to offer us in proof of their consciousness or sentience? A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z He was the first to state clearly that the motions of the heavenly bodies must be regarded as a mechanical problem, and he approached in a remarkable manner the discovery of universal gravitation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z They were turned also into trees and plants of every kind,—some into heavenly bodies, others into remarkable stones and rocks, just as, in the Bible, Lot’s wife was turned into a pillar of salt. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z All was founded on mere appearance combined with the philosophical notion that the circle being the only perfect curve, all motions of heavenly bodies must take place in earth-centered circles. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The man who is baptized into the kingdom of heavenly bodies by grinding the lenses right, is enabled to learn many new facts concerning the nature and motions of celestial bodies; and thus receives intelligence. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z And the inspired Psalmist saith of the heavenly bodies, that 'Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.' Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z But having no timepieces, they were unable to ascertain their longitude by observation of the heavenly bodies, and had to rely on dead reckoning alone. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z In this second cycle, as I have just stated, light and darkness, heat and cold, opposing winds, heavenly bodies appear as heroes and leading actors. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z The priests were the astronomers, and the temples had a deep religious significance, with a ceremony of exceeding magnificence wherever observations of heavenly bodies were undertaken, whether of sun or stars. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z For instance, men from earliest times observed the heavenly bodies and the regularity of their motions. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z Naturally astronomers and men of science have never asked themselves the question, how a heavenly body could be fixed in space. The Sun changes its position in space therefore it cannot be regarded as being "in a condition of rest" 2012-03-08T03:00:10.827Z When the Astronomer had observed her long enough, he confirmed her inward consciousness of a separate existence and peculiar union with the heavenly bodies. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The heavenly bodies are the spirits of deceased Esquimo, or of some of the lower animals. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Newton was the greatest of astronomers who, since the revival of learning, had observed the motions of the heavenly bodies and sought to find out why they moved. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The great Greek philosopher, Hipparchus, after observing the movements of the heavenly bodies, suggested that the earth was not exactly in the middle of the circles. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z The heavenly bodies make their monthly, and annual, and cyclical revolutions, but their eternal order finds no correspondence in his chaotic experience. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The heavenly bodies occur frequently in heraldry, and include the Sun, ‘in his glory,’ or ‘eclipsed;’ the Moon, ‘incressant,’ ‘in her complement,’ ‘decressant,’ and ‘in her detriment,’ or eclipse; stars and comets. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z In astronomy the declination is the angular distance, as seen from the earth, of a heavenly body from the celestial equator, thus corresponding with terrestrial latitude. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The Egyptian records carry us back many thousands of years, and we find that in Egypt, as in other early civilizations, observation of the heavenly bodies may be embraced in three pretty distinct stages. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The ancient philosophers had proposed the idea that the sun attracts all heavenly bodies, but the suggestion had not been accepted by the world at large. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z Galileo, when he swept the sky with his telescope, traced the finger of God in every movement of the heavenly bodies. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z For the arms of princes it was necessary to go a step higher, namely, to the heavenly bodies, Sol, Luna, Mars, &c. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z Geology laughs at Genesis, and astronomy has concluded that Joshua knew but very little of the motions of heavenly bodies. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z To inquire what the heavenly bodies are, seemed to Herschel worthy of his keenest attention also. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z This result indicated not only the universality of the law of gravitation, but also the probability that all heavenly bodies are in motion. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z The man who thought the world was flat, and who had a way of accounting for the movement of the heavenly bodies, had what he was pleased to call a philosophy. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z This is Mr. Glaisher’s own statement of the appearance of this wonderful heavenly body. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z It describes what the heavenly bodies were for—they were not only to give light upon the earth—they were also for signs, for seasons, for days, and for years. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z The system of spheres of Eudoxus did not satisfy him, so he devised a method of representing the paths of the heavenly bodies by perfectly uniform motion in circles. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z By the application of these principles, it was shown, towards the middle of the last century, that the chemical composition of the heavenly bodies may be determined. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z In astronomy the term is given to the passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Orrery, or′ėr-i, n. an apparatus for illustrating, by balls mounted on rods and moved by clockwork around a centre, the size, positions, motions, &c. of the heavenly bodies. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z This was a high and massive tower in seven stages, each coloured with an emblematic tint indicating the heavenly body with which each stage was associated. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z The moon's distance from the earth is easier and simpler to be ascertained than that of any other heavenly body, because it is the nearest. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z It has been determined that all heavenly bodies are in motion, and that their velocities are great compared with our ordinary conceptions of motion. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z The inhabitants of Chaldea, part of the once famous Babylonian Empire, were at this time very learned in Astronomy: that is, they studied the stars, and the motions of the heavenly bodies. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z This distance is important because the knowledge of all the phenomena of all the heavenly bodies, except those of the moon, depend directly or indirectly on its value. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z I know it was a heavenly body of some kind. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z On the fourth day the Almighty fixed all the heavenly bodies, and the yearly seasons, and commanded that they should be for a sign, for days, and for years. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z This earth, and all heavenly bodies, are simply suspended in the all-and-ever-present ocean of ether. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z The former corresponded to the subjective appearances in the assumption that all heavenly bodies revolved around the earth, but proved to be very complicated when confronted with the task of mastering these movements with figures. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z What more natural then than to regard the changes which occur among the forms of matter on this earth as intimately connected with the changes which occur among the heavenly bodies? Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z There is a representation of the heavenly bodies in their fullest splendour; also a fine statue of Jonah by Raphael. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z Then three days went forth without any measure of times; for the heavenly bodies were not created before the fourth day. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z The word has given rise to some confusion, having been applied, by Comte and other writers, to the worship of the heavenly bodies and of the great features of Nature. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Was that because the heavenly bodies act freely and are eclipsed only at their own spontaneous desire, when and how they please? Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z This only arose when astronomy began to be seriously studied, and the exact position of the heavenly bodies to be determined, which created the necessity for strictly accurate means of measuring linear and angular magnitudes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Astronomy is thus the classified arrangement of all known truths concerning the heavenly bodies. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Hence it is just as impossible that two divinely-inspired penmen could clash, as that two heavenly bodies, while moving in their divinely-appointed orbits, could come into collision. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z The pool near which she lived being very clear, the stars and other heavenly bodies often gazed into it to behold their own images. Folk-Tales of the Khasis 2011-11-01T02:00:19.730Z Therefore they would not be killed by the cold of interstellar space on their way from one heavenly body to another, and could become the seeds of life on another hitherto inanimate star. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z The sun, the stars, and all the other heavenly bodies are moving, often with enormous speed. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z He accounts for the phases of present motion in heavenly bodies, not for the primal cause of the actual movements or intrinsic properties they possess. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z The Sun Of all the heavenly bodies the one most often mentioned and employed for poetic purposes by Chaucer is the sun. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z It may be added that the period in which the heavenly bodies perform their revolutions is regulated by the number seven. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z Armil′la, in arch�ology, a bracelet: one of the coronation ornaments: the regalia.—Armillary sphere, an instrument constructed to show the motions of the heavenly bodies. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Jeans divides the heavenly bodies into five main types. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Likewise the mutual attraction of the heavenly bodies is not a property solely of their material part, but an expression in which both the force-spheres and the matter collected thereon take part. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z But one is tempted to think that he, like Dante, thought of the heavenly bodies in their spheres as the ministers and instruments of a Providence that had foreseen and ordained all things. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z In fact, I think I may say without violating any confidence, that it is the initial point from which the right ascensions and the longitudes of the heavenly bodies are measured. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z Comet, kom′et, n. a heavenly body with an eccentric orbit, having a definite point or nucleus, a nebulous light surrounding the nucleus, and a luminous tail preceding or following the nucleus.—adjs. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z We have seen that a disturbance of this balance in one of the heavenly bodies may lead to profound changes in another far away. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z He proved that the new star must lie among the most distant of the heavenly bodies, and this fact did not agree with Aristotle's view that the heavens are perfect, and therefore never change. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z The arrangement of the heavenly bodies with regard to one another at various times was supposed to exert undoubted power over the course of terrestrial events. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z We have seen that the stronger our telescopes the more stars, star-clusters, and nebul� we see, and we cannot doubt that there are still countless heavenly bodies quite unknown to us. Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science 2011-10-03T02:00:33.003Z 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 If heavenly bodies should approach the earth closely enough so that their gravitational stresses caused crustal deformation, all life would presumably be destroyed. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z He was the first to apply the telescope to the study of the heavenly bodies. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z Besides mentioning the heavenly bodies in time references and figurative allusions, Chaucer also employs them often in descriptions of day and night, of dawn and twilight, and of the seasons. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z One of the most interesting questions arising in a study of the heavenly bodies is whether or not any of them besides the earth are inhabited. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z After losing £20,000 on a vast Ponzi scheme known as the South Sea Bubble in 1720, Newton observed: "I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people." How Math Whizzes Helped Sink the Economy [Book Excerpt] 2011-09-22T21:45:00.253Z They are ascertained by a combination of actual measurement of the highest Mathematical geography. precision on the surface and angular observations of the positions of the heavenly bodies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The first part treats on the artificial sources of high degrees of heat and light; the second on Spectrum Analysis in its application to the heavenly bodies. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z Certain positions of the heavenly bodies with regard to one another could cause heavy rains. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z He speculated upon the reasons for its falling, and ultimately concluded that the same force which causes an apple to fall from a tree holds the heavenly bodies in their places. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Belief in the world's flatness commits him who holds it to thinking in certain specific ways of other objects, such as the heavenly bodies, antipodes, the possibility of navigation. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z The motions of the earth as a planet must be taken into account, as they render possible the determination of position and direction by observations of the heavenly bodies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Their entire system of religion was directed to the adoration of the heavenly bodies. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z I. Most of the terms at present used to describe the movements of the heavenly bodies were used in Chaucer’s time and occur very frequently in his writings. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z Computations of this kind were necessarily involved in research connected with the movements of the heavenly bodies. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z An economic map of these relations, graphically displayed, would not be less confusing than an astronomical map which exhibited the manifold and intersected orbits of the heavenly bodies. The life and teaching of Karl Marx 2011-09-03T02:00:19.203Z Whatever is ascertainable by telescope, spectroscope or chemical analysis, regarding the constitution of other heavenly bodies, has a geological bearing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z To such an union, from which no children are born, man brings Understanding, woman brings Will; they become one being—one flesh on earth; then, after putting on the heavenly body, they go to heaven. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Right ascension, corresponding to terrestrial longitude, is the angular distance of a heavenly body from the vernal equinox measured on the celestial equator eastward to the hour circle passing through the body. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z Every heavenly body is endowed with the power of attraction; that is, it attracts every other body in the same manner that a magnet attracts iron. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z They, doubtless, did not have much information as to the movements of the heavenly bodies, or of the names of insignificant towns, hamlets, or rivers on the eastern or western coast of Africa. Insanity Its Causes and Prevention 2011-08-29T02:01:05.400Z With respect to distant objects, a child is of course freer to speculate, and, as we know, his ideas of the heavenly bodies are wont to be odd enough. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z We were wandering and full of errors, and only the instruments for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies showed us our position. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z It is sometimes hard to determine whether the beings prayed to are pagan gods and goddesses or heavenly bodies. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z It is also frequently applied by the prophets to the heavenly bodies, 12 and to the choirs of angels. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 2011-07-30T02:00:17.007Z The system of our government has been compared to that of the heavenly bodies, which move on, orb within orb cycle within cycle, in apparent confusion, but in real, uninterrupted, unalterable harmony. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z Many children appear like the ancients to suppose that the sky and the heavenly bodies touch the earth somewhere, and could be reached by taking a long, long journey. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z The heavenly bodies in his time were kept in boxes by an old chief. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z By it, not only the elements of the heavenly bodies have been determined, but remarkable results have been had in analysing well-known metals and discovering new ones. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The fable probably originated from Endymion’s study of astronomy requiring him to pass the night on a high mountain, to observe the heavenly bodies. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Can I not read The destinies of all, mapped out for thee By the great heavenly bodies? Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z At our next meeting I shall endeavour to give you an explanation of the motion of the heavenly bodies. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z It was fortunate that we did so, for thenceforward thickening weather and overcast skies prevented any observation of the heavenly bodies, and "dead reckoning" was our only means of knowing the ship's position. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z It is designed for taking observations of heavenly bodies and recording mechanically the parts of the astronomical triangle used in navigation and like work. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Sukyman received him with great honor; and people fell on their faces before him, for those slaves consider him almost a god and related to the heavenly bodies. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Know we not By the aspect of the heavenly bodies All events that are about to happen? Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z The interruption of the light of the sun, or of some other heavenly body, by the intervention of an opaque body. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z In Mexico, the worship of the sun and other heavenly bodies was practiced, sacrifices of men and women with white faces and hair being particularly acceptable. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z The practical use of the invention when turned to the heavenly bodies served to confirm the truth of the discovery. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The diurnal motion of the heavens is represented on the fifth; and lastly, on the sixth, appears the Watering-pot, the Sun-Horse, and the sign of the course of the heavenly bodies. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z We all know that the heavenly bodies have their revolutions, some of which no doubt are irregular, while others are more in conformity with certain settled rules. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z The time required for the revolution of one of the heavenly bodies in its orbit. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Profs. Proctor and Herschell seem to believe that most of the heavenly bodies are inhabited. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z So accurate are the movements of the heavenly bodies that even with our limited knowledge we can compute, after the departure of most of these bodies, the time of their return to a minute. An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 2011-06-06T02:00:07.650Z The last depends on the proper motions of the moon and planets about the earth and sun respectively, by reason of which those heavenly bodies occupy varying positions among the stars. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The compasses showed a slightly increasing deviation from their old coincidence with the polar star, and no one doubted, any longer, that the fault was in the heavenly body. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z By gravity a stone falls to the earth, and by it the heavenly bodies tend towards each other. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z And one of them has pointed out two hundred instances in which gravitation is set aside and ignored in the motion of the heavenly bodies. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Explanation offered by Smith of the apparent enlargement of heavenly bodies near the horizon 174 81. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z The adoration of the heavenly bodies was the earliest form of religion among the pastoral population that came down from the mountains of Kurdestan to the plains of Babylon. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z It was very unfortunate, but they could not be got, for instance, to like the heavenly bodies. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z That vast expanse, or space, in which the heavenly bodies are situated. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Nor will it ever cease to do so, however our opinions of the structure and nature of the heavenly bodies may alter. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z The magnitude of this diminution is not sufficient to promote the acceptance of elevation of the eyes as a primary cause of the illusion in respect to the heavenly bodies. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z The ancients also believed that the sun and the other heavenly bodies were nourished by the waters—partly the fresh water of the rivers, and partly the salt water of the sea. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z There is a wide gulf between this and the tender star-idylls of Lithuania, and a gulf still wider divides it from the 43 neighbourly familiarity with which the southerner addresses the heavenly bodies. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The height in degrees of the sun, or any heavenly body, above the horizon. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z He thinks the facts of science will not sustain the conclusion that many of the heavenly bodies are inhabited; certainly not with moral and intellectual beings like man. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z It is certain that these heavenly bodies do appear much larger when they are rising or setting than when they are nearer the zenith. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z He says, "the larger the mass of water that is spread round the earth, so much more easy is it to conceive how the vapours arising from it are sufficient to nourish the heavenly bodies." Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z We can, to a varying degree, determine the physical conditions prevailing upon the heavenly bodies, and we can ascertain whether these physical conditions would be favourable, unfavourable, or fatal to the living organism. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z The science which treats of the motion and other phenomena of the sun, the planets, the stars, and the other heavenly bodies. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z We necessarily conceive Space as being infinite in its extent: however much space the heavenly bodies occupy, there is space beyond them: if they are not there, space is there nevertheless. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z Kepler had proved that the movements of the heavenly bodies were just such as would occur under the action of central attractive forces and of centrifugal force. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z We find it, as is well known, in the earliest of Hebrew writings, but without the mark which gives reason for the number seven, that is the names of the seven heavenly bodies. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z THE SUN The Sun is, of all the heavenly bodies, the most impressive, and has necessarily, at all times, attracted the chief attention of men. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z But he also had the authority of St. Thomas for believing, if he desired to do so, that the heavenly bodies do influence the bodies of men, and so indirectly their passions and their conduct. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z But we are more especially concerned with the Numbers of the heavenly bodies. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z The energy of a heavenly body or of a cannon-shot, and that of heat or of electrical action, are illustrations of the two classes. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z His chief observations, however, were not so closely related to geography as to the relation of the earth with the heavenly bodies. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Of the other heavenly bodies, the planet Mars is the one that we see to best advantage. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z Doppler's Principle, the principle by which the motions of heavenly bodies in the line of sight can be determined spectroscopically. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The cult of the heavenly bodies was not the source of polytheism; indeed, there are systems of polytheism in which it has never existed at all. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z His conception of the universe rested upon the plain contrast, which strikes the unsophisticated observer, between the unembarrassed and regular movements of the heavenly bodies and the disordered agitations of sublunary things. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z First, that the motions of the heavenly bodies were uniform; second, that their orbits were perfect circles. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Ceres, when viewed through a large telescope, is just able to present a perceptible disc; Jupiter offers the largest shown by any heavenly body after the Sun and Moon. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z The appearance of the moon as seen through a telescope destroyed the Aristotelian notion of the perfection of heavenly bodies. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z The identification of the official gods with the heavenly bodies belongs to an age when the official religion had already been crystallised into shape, and a map of the heavens had been made. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z But we only have to consider that it provided a natural explanation of the continued and untiring motion of the heavenly bodies. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z To these reasons Azurara, quite characteristically, adds a sixth, which he calls the root from which they all proceeded—the influence of the heavenly bodies, and he essays to prove it by the Prince's horoscope. The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. I 2011-04-02T02:00:10.597Z Their religious ceremonies were connected with the cosmic forces and the heavenly bodies. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z He too emphasized the beauty and perfection of the circle and of the sphere in geometry, forms which became fixed for 2000 years as the fittest representations of the perfection of the heavenly bodies. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z Here it will be noticed that, as in Genesis, the heavenly bodies are regarded as already in existence. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z An eclipse being thus the decease of one of those heavenly bodies, people must, of necessity, observe pollution for the period during which the eclipse lasts. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Moses asserts that there is an expanse extending from earth to distant heights, in which the heavenly bodies are placed: Recent discoveries lead to the supposition of some subtile fluid medium in which they move. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z He undertook, with equal refinement and frankness, to play off on the Count a good map-card of the spots which were thickly sown in the heavenly body of this Jupiter. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z The theory of the eccentric was based on the idea that heavenly bodies Following circular orbits revolved-14- around a center that did not coincide with that of the observer on the earth. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z And from this the further inference is obvious: Arabian and West Semitic “Sabaism,” with its worship of the heavenly bodies, was not indigenous. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z "It seems, therefore, to be a grievous wrong to place the earth, which is a sink of impurity, among the heavenly bodies, which are pure and divine things." Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Was not this known movement of the heavenly bodies similar to the theoretic movement of the atom? The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Thus, because the heavenly bodies were "perfect," they must move in circles and uniformly. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z By saying that the heavens are moved and the earth is at rest, all phenomena of the heavenly bodies can be solved. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z The earliest form of idolatry was supposed to have been a worship of the heavenly bodies. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z No one can doubt that the law of gravity is essential to the preservation and comfort of the world, and to the harmonious motions of the heavenly bodies. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Orbit, the cavity in which the eye is located; the path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z His sole aim is to give the law of the heavenly bodies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z When she listened once more, the vicar had left Napoleon, though he was still dealing with the heavenly bodies. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z ELLIPTICITY, in astronomy, deviation from a circular or spherical form; applied to the elliptic orbits of heavenly bodies, or the spheroidal form of such bodies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z When we look up to the heavenly bodies, we see them directed and controlled, along with the earth, by those laws, which vary not, by an iota, from century to century. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Astronomy dealt with the courses of the heavenly bodies, and was seldom kept free from astrology. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z From this we should infer that she desired to repeat the observations on the heavenly bodies that had created such a sensation in the learned world, and which had given occasion for such acrimonious controversy. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z It is, in fact, a part of a parabola, which, as we shall see later, is a kind of orbit in which comets and some other heavenly bodies move. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Each tries to touch on every aspect of the heavenly body it explores, from the role of the body in culture to the latest scientific findings. Two new books explore the history and culture of the moon and the sun 2011-01-04T04:50:07Z Confident am I that atmospheric changes, apparently quite as anomalous and irregular as the movements of the vital and intellectual principles, rest on mathematics as certainly as do the revolutions of the heavenly bodies. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z While he thus keeps watch of all on board, Staff Commander Moriarty, R. N., comes on deck, with instruments in hand, to look after the heavenly bodies, and reckon the ship's latitude and longitude. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z There is still a third work of this ill-fated woman that deserves notice—namely, her Astronomical Canon, which dealt with the movements of the heavenly bodies. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z The stars are bright heavenly bodies, fixed in the firmament of heaven by the word of the Most High. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z He may be on terms of easy familiarity with the movements of the heavenly bodies, yet fail to understand the right way of dealing with refractory stokers. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z There will be the heavenly bodies, governed by the same laws as at present, and offering a noble field for examination. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Maimonides, as quoted by Parkhurst, says that the first idolaters regarded the heavenly bodies as messengers or mediators of a supreme, infinite, invisible Being. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z "I am very blessed," Jenrette, 74, told us Tuesday from his home in Myrtle Beach, where he was on the porch "looking at the heavenly bodies on the beach." Rita and John Jenrette: Where are they now? 2010-07-21T04:00:00Z And as God makes use of the heavens and heavenly bodies, as instruments of vengeance against the wicked, so he employs them sometimes as means of protection and blessing to the righteous. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Its rotunda’s ceiling is decorated with Jupiter, Mercury and Venus reigning in the skies: the first heavenly bodies you see. Museums Special Section: The Thrill of Science, Tamed by Agendas 2010-03-18T04:34:00Z Then this earth was thought to be the centre and the principal body of the creation, immovably fixed, with the heavenly bodies, generally thought to be of diminutive size, revolving around it every twenty-four hours. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z He tells Deborah to let Skloot carry the “burden” of the cells from now on, explaining that the cells have become heavenly bodies, immortal angels. 2010-02-05T17:19:00Z The Kepler Telescope, launched in March, discovered the two new heavenly bodies, each circling its own star. 2010-01-06T20:35:00Z By comparison with their analogues in the laboratory it can be determined whether, in which direction, and how much, lines of recognized origin are displaced in the spectra of the heavenly bodies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" But it was in its divinisation of the elemental powers and heavenly bodies that this religion probably obtained its most powerful hold on an age profoundly fatalist and superstitious. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The heavenly bodies were looked upon as little more than shining points, or at most a few yards, or by the most daring fancies a few miles, in extent. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z The earth and the heavenly bodies are formed from mud, the product of fire and water, from which springs also man, at first in his lower forms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Az�imuth of a heavenly body, the arc of the horizon comprehended between the meridian of the observer and a vertical circle passing through the centre of the body. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis ASTROPHYSICS, the branch of astronomical science which treats of the physical constitution of the heavenly bodies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Astral Spirits, spirits formerly believed to people the heavenly bodies or the aerial regions. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Yet even in astronomy, it is not many years since the mutual disturbances among the heavenly bodies were supposed to be the certain precursors of ruin to the system. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z It was, as the etymology of the word implies, the science of the stars, though it was cultivated with due reference to the influence of these heavenly bodies on human fate and human constitutions. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Why are we not heavenly bodies, void of desire, pure and ethereal? The Wish A Novel The circles in which the heavenly bodies appear to revolve are then vertical. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" As the circles were supposed to remain immovable, every heavenly body passed through each of the twelve houses every twenty-four hours. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli When Newton brought to light the principle of gravitation, and showed how it controls and keeps in harmonious movement the heavenly bodies, he developed the great mechanical power by which the universe is governed. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z How beautifully shone the little friendly stars, those small heavenly bodies, from their homes in the clear blue sky! The Nightrider's Feud Nor is it confident with reason that the heavenly bodies of the Peripateticks should attend on a centre so decadent and perishable as that of the Earth. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments The unceasing diurnal motion of the image of any heavenly body relative to the cross threads of a telescope makes a direct accurate measure of any co-ordinate except the declination almost impossible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The later seventeenth-century herbals are marked by a return to the belief in the influence upon herbs of the heavenly bodies, but it is a travesty rather than a reflection of the ancient astrological lore. The Old English Herbals It showed men how to understand certain passages of sacred writ respecting the earth and heavenly bodies which they had before misinterpreted. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z They did not create the heavenly bodies, and cannot give them boundaries; besides, we need not take the falling of the stars literally. The Progressionists, and Angela. The sky, which they regard as solid, the heavenly bodies, and the ocean were in being before the habitable earth. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II Use of Photography.—Before the development of photography, there was no possible way of making observations upon the heavenly bodies except by the eye. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Among the heavenly bodies there are fifty-six spheres. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The earth, as we have seen on a former occasion, is described as immovable, in the centre of the universe, and the heavenly bodies as revolving round it diurnally. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z All forces, all sympathies, revolve about money as the heavenly bodies revolve about the sun. The Progressionists, and Angela. People who think there is no fun or relaxation among the heavenly bodies certainly have not studied their habits. Cordwood The science is concerned with the heavenly bodies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Man, as the possessor of reason, is also divine, but the heavenly bodies infinitely more so. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The word used is not the same as that employed in the first verse to describe the creation of the world; and the passage, rightly understood, implies the previous existence of the heavenly bodies. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z We are firmly convinced that papal decrees can no more stop the onward march of civilization than they can arrest the heavenly bodies in their journeys about the sun. The Progressionists, and Angela. In the present more philosophical era, it would hardly be allowable to have recourse to the same method, and call on Juno, Pallas, Apollo, or Minerva for a name to our new heavenly body. Astronomical Discovery The heavenly bodies are composed of like matter with that which we find to make up our globe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Botany is the knowledge of plants, astronomy of the heavenly bodies, geology of the rocks of the earth's crust. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy And who can say that some of the vast periods which geology discloses may not have been commensurate with those intervening between catastrophes among the heavenly bodies as the result of the universal resisting ether? The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z He could partly perceive how we ‘weigh the sun,’ and ascertain the component elements of the heavenly bodies, by the aid of spectrum analysis. Custom and Myth New Edition In those troublous days Fergus was the toiling Atlas upon whose wiry shoulders rested the full weight of that heavenly body. Hempfield A Novel The long-lived conception of a series of crystal spheres, acting as the vehicles of the heavenly bodies, and attuned to divine harmonies, seems to have originated with Pythagoras himself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The heavenly bodies are not composed of the four elements, but of a fifth, a quintessence, which is called ether. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Thus it will be seen that currents depend, like the tides, on no temporary or accidental circumstances, but on the laws which preside over the motions of the heavenly bodies. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The heavenly bodies are traced to precisely the same sort of origin; and hence, we conclude, come their strange animal names, and the strange myths about them which appear in all ancient poetry. Custom and Myth New Edition We started talking about the Star, but no one heavenly body will long satisfy him. Hempfield A Novel It would be going too far in the other direction to claim that all the elements which compose the heavenly bodies are found on the earth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The "wheel-shaped husks" containing the heavenly bodies are revolved round the earth by means of currents of air. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Astrum and stella denote the stars more in a mere physical relation, as bright heavenly bodies; sidus, more in an astronomical and astrological relation, as portentous and influencing human affairs. Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes Hence the ready invention and belief of star-legends, which in their turn fix the names of the heavenly bodies. Custom and Myth New Edition Why was the completion of the heavenly bodies so long delayed? The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science This modification certainly avoids many difficulties connected with the question of the interior heat of the earth, sun, Jupiter and probably all the larger heavenly bodies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The heavenly bodies set, but that is another word, which means to sink or to settle. The Style Book of The Detroit News Others believed in a celestial ocean, personified under the name of Nun, over which the heavenly bodies sailed in boats. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The next moment comes when the savage has made his first rough practical observations of the movements of the heavenly body. Custom and Myth New Edition The heavenly bodies are under the law of the Creator, and their function relatively to us is to give light and to give time. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science But an unlooked-for fresh opportunity was afforded by the discovery in 1898 of the singularly circumstanced minor planet Eros, which occasionally approaches the earth more nearly than any other heavenly body except the moon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Nothing else can explain the sudden movement of the heavenly bodies. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar He is, therefore, the most interesting of all the heavenly bodies to the inhabitants of the earth. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. The motions of the heavenly bodies, in every system, bear at all times the same uniform relation to each other; these expressions, therefore, are strictly just. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem It may be well, however, to think for a moment of the importance of the facts suggested by the writer of Genesis in mentioning the use of the heavenly bodies as signs of time. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science As for science, astronomy was cultivated by the Babylonians at an early period, and it is probably from them that a knowledge of the heavenly bodies and their movements spread over Asia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The knowledge of love in relation to the revolutions of the heavenly bodies is termed astronomy. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern By the motion of circulating points, we may in some measure imitate the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, forming what is called the Electrical Orrery. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments Captain Junius Robb and his crew of four were the first humans to tread the ashes of the long dead heavenly body. Moon Glow The heavenly bodies have a relation to the earth—are parts of the same plan, and, whatever other uses they were made to serve, were made for the benefit of man. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science The fundamental problem of practical astronomy is that of determining by measurement the co-ordinates of the heavenly bodies as already defined. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The attraction of heavenly bodies which causes the tide, and the attractive force of the earth, which men call weight, seemed to conspire together to aid his plans. Toilers of the Sea It includes terrestrial magnetism, the tides, meteorology as related to cosmical causes, the aurora, meteoric phenomena, and the physical constitution of the heavenly bodies generally. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Around this move the ten heavenly bodies ... the earth revolved on its own axis.... The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations These again give birth to Aether, the equivalent of the Hebrew expanse or firmament, and to Hemera, the day, and then the heavenly bodies were perfected. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science It consisted, first, in the identification, by strict numerical comparisons, of terrestrial gravity with the mutual attraction of the heavenly bodies; secondly, in the following out of its mechanical consequences throughout the solar system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" As well ascribe to chance the rotations of the seasons, or the motions of the heavenly bodies. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Nor ought we to find a discrepancy between the Babylonian and the Hebrew accounts in the creation of the heavenly bodies after the plants, related in Gen. i. 14-18. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The native idea of a dwelling in the underworld is further demonstrated by the bestowal of the symbol calli=house, upon the western horizon below which all heavenly bodies were seen to disappear. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Now this relative alteration is what we call “parallax;” and by parallax we calculate the distances of the heavenly bodies. Eureka: A Prose Poem In the first place, the movements and position of the heavenly bodies point to such occurrences as are of public import and affect the general welfare. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" One might consider Gilbert's book as a Renaissance recasting of Aristotle's De caelo with the earth in the role of a heavenly body. The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors COMPRESSION, in astronomy, the deviation of a heavenly body from the spherical form, called also the “ellipticity.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Dr. Brinton, Señor Troncoso and other authorities have already observed that the game of ball itself was intended to represent the idea of the perpetual motion of the heavenly bodies. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The mean distance of the Earth from the Moon—that is to say, from the heavenly body in our closest vicinity—is 237,000 miles. Eureka: A Prose Poem The belief in a connexion between the heavenly bodies and the life of man has played an important part in human history. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" One no longer had a central reference point for absolute space; there was no "motor essentialis" focused upon the earth but one had only the mutual motion of the heavenly bodies. The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors Right at the beginning we are invited to take a journey to the other heavenly bodies. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" As ‘lord of the lower world,’ En-lil is contrasted to a god, Anu, who presides over heavenly bodies. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Still others taught that it was in the sun or the other heavenly bodies, or underneath the earth in a subterranean region. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The position of a heavenly body is then defined by its direction and distance from the supposed observer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" To the medieval philosopher, the "generantia" of the occult powers of the loadstone are the heavenly bodies. The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors Not only must the actual number of the heavenly bodies be definite at a given time, but the total number of all existent objects, the smallest independent particles of matter. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" The record of the periodical movements of the heavenly bodies, constitutes, at the same time naturally a register of the four seasons. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Copernicus became convinced that the current theory, called the Ptolemaic, was untenable because it led to insuperable complexities in the interpretation of the observed paths of the heavenly bodies. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance When at the pole his zenith coincides with the celestial pole, and as the earth revolves on its axis, the heavenly bodies perform their apparent diurnal revolutions in horizontal circles round the zenith. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Moreover, there is a farther-ranging, though weaker, mutual action of the heavenly bodies so that one has a causal hierarchy of these specific conforming powers. The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors Eclipses are accurately recorded which occurred twenty centuries before Jesus; and the Confucian books refer continually to observations of the heavenly bodies and the rectification of the calendar. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The order in which the different living beings and the heavenly bodies are said in Genesis to have been created does not seem to be the same as that suggested by geology and astronomy. The Christian View of the Old Testament I walked with increased rapidity, and even vaulted into the air with childish eagerness as if to grasp the heavenly bodies, and accelerate their lingering progress. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 Theoretical Astronomy is that branch of the science which, making use of the results of astronomical observations as they are supplied by the practical astronomer, investigates the motions of the heavenly bodies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" And to discover this network of uniformities throughout all phenomena, in the movements of the heavenly bodies and in the living substance of the cell alike, is the primary aim of all investigation. Naturalism And Religion Clocks with complicated movements representing the positions of the heavenly bodies and the days of the week and month, allowance being made for leap year, were once the delight of the curious. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Being Camp Fire Girls of fervid imagination, the supreme invention, the beginning of old Earth’s reaching out to the heavenly bodies, gained its crowning romance from them. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl These demons are in complicity with the planets and other heavenly bodies to influence mortals. 97-102. Minor Poems by Milton Now let P be any point in space, say the centre of a heavenly body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" And as a matter of course we people it also without end with heavenly bodies, stars, nebulae, Milky Ways and the like. Naturalism And Religion Thus if we observe the heavenly bodies individually we can state merely that they have been observed to have certain motions through the sky, that they are luminous, and the like. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" “Sometimes–sometimes I’m inclined to think it will never ‘tear’; that another than I will be the first to reach the heavenly bodies.” Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl Of all the heavenly bodies, the sun excepted, the moon is the most impressive and beautiful. Volcanoes: Past and Present It is readily seen that the position of a heavenly body is completely defined when these co-ordinates are given. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Shall we attempt, then, to oppose it in this ambition, but surrender the realm of the heavenly bodies as already conquered? Naturalism And Religion The worship of the heavenly bodies, for instance, was given to man at an early stage that he might rise from a contemplation of these sublime objects to the worship of the Creator. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Later, a fifth "essence," ether, the building material of the heavenly bodies was added. A Brief History of Element Discovery, Synthesis, and Analysis Both gave the same co-ordinates in space, in terms of ascension and declination, the way astronomers locate the position of heavenly bodies. The Egyptian Cat Mystery 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" According to the natives, these bewildering vicissitudes are ruled by the movement of the heavenly bodies. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) For example: Names of heavenly bodies in the domain of astronomy. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century What had at first been feigned of the heavenly bodies had now assumed an air of personality, and had become attributed to heroes and gods. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition As the divers casks are holding Wines of various sorts and flavours, So comprise the heavenly bodies Various spiritual natures. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. Theoretical Astronomy, which may be considered as an extension of geometrical astronomy and includes the determination of the positions and motions of the heavenly bodies by combining mathematical theory with observation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The aviator is often as much dependent on compass and heavenly bodies to shape his course as the sailor hundreds of miles away from land. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret An optical instrument employed in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. Noah Webster American Men of Letters The stars and other heavenly bodies it looked upon as mere meteors or manifestations of fire. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition When it was designed by Christopher Wren, the general belief was that such buildings should be lofty, that the observer might be raised toward the heavenly bodies whose motions he was to watch. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Rubidium, caesium, thallium, indium and gallium were first discovered by means of this instrument; the study of the rare earths is greatly facilitated, and the composition of the heavenly bodies alone determinable by it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" The heavenly bodies that hang over our heads wherever we go, and “in their untroubled element shall shine when we are laid in dust, and all our cares forgotten,” affect us in the same way. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature It says nothing about the forces of nature, the laws of nature, the classifications of natural history, or the size, positions, distances, and motions of the heavenly bodies. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 “As easy as falling off a log, once you begin to notice the heavenly bodies, and their relations to each other,” Jack told him. Jack Winters' Campmates The second theory is that of a cycle in human affairs, which controls the rise and fall of empires by a law similar to that of the seasons and the revolutions of the heavenly bodies. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Having reached their limit of fact in regard to the movement of the heavenly bodies, their imagination related the stars to human conduct, and astrology became an essential outcome. History of Human Society It could not, we regret to say, be ascertained, in the absence of a psychoanalysis, whether in this case the heavenly body represented to the moon walker some definite person or not. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study On the food required by the heavenly bodies cf. Five Stages of Greek Religion The theory of Pythagoras was that the distances between the heavenly bodies were determined by the laws of musical concord. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Such an absurdity could be related and credited only by people who conceived of the sky as a solid vault, not far distant, wherein all the heavenly bodies were stuck. Arrows of Freethought Likewise they employed the word "azimuth" and many other terms which show a more definite knowledge of the relation of the heavenly bodies. History of Human Society I will now, especially upon the subject of moon walking, cite an author who shows a very unusual preference for this heavenly body. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study The spectacle of the vast and ordered movements of the heavenly bodies are compared by him in a famous fragment with the marching forth of Homer's armies before Troy. Five Stages of Greek Religion Science reduces the distances of heavenly bodies from our earth to figures, but they are so immense as to be simply bewildering. Due South or Cuba Past and Present These heavenly bodies are supposed to signify growth. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference Thus they sought to show the control of mind forces on earth, and, indeed, of all natural forces by the heavenly bodies. History of Human Society The heavenly body effects a sexual excitement not only through its light, but indeed also through sexual phantasies which are bound with it. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study True ancestor of the clock is to be found among the highly complex astronomical machines which man has been building since Hellenic times to illustrate the relative motions of the heavenly bodies. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass We have constructed an Orrery of Ebony, which we mean to exhibit at the next great cattle-show, displaying, in their luminous order, the orbs and orbits of all the heavenly bodies. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Sailors, in very ancient times, were without compasses and charts, and when voyaging guided themselves by studying the situations and motions of the heavenly bodies. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated They had a sacred feeling for the heavenly bodies, and worshipped the sun as the creator and ruler of the universe. History of Human Society The astronomical views of the Puranas make the heavenly bodies turn round it.' Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The Great Gods.—The great gods of Babylonia belong to the elements and to the heavenly bodies. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems That the names of heavenly bodies will furnish metaphorical names to the uncivilized, is manifest. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I Because of the fact that a position at sea was found by observing the heavenly bodies, Code had become interested in astronomy, and had learned to chart them on a sky map of his own. The Harbor of Doubt The influences of the elements were supposed to be similar to the influence of the heavenly bodies over men. History of Human Society Eros, Nat knew, was distinguished among them from the fact that it had an eccentric orbit, which brought it at times nearer Earth than any other heavenly body except the Moon. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 The word has given rise to some confusion, having been applied by Comte and other writers to the worship of the heavenly bodies and of the great features of nature. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems In compliment to this Lord Orrery’s patronage, Graham, an ingenious watchmaker, named after his lordship a piece of mechanism which exhibits the movements of the heavenly bodies. A Walk from London to Fulham One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Nature They specialized in chemistry and astronomy, all measurements being applied to the heavenly bodies. History of Human Society He supposes an objector admits the size as proved, but demurs as to the importance of these heavenly bodies. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India Finally Babylonian religion is more and more directed to the heavenly bodies. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems When men began to study the heavenly bodies with the newly invented telescope, new ideas naturally sprang up. The Meaning of Evolution Some are born dull-witted, conservative, insensitive, unimaginative—they cling passive to the old planet, content to be whirled round in the purposeless dance of the heavenly bodies. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war While the exact knowledge of the heavenly bodies had been developed to a certain degree, the science of star influence, or astrology, was cultivated to a still greater extent. History of Human Society The insect took it and showed it to his companions; so far as I was able to judge expressions, they were amazed to find that we had knowledge of the heavenly bodies. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 He asserted the immortality of the soul, and said that it partook of the divine nature, because, like the heavenly bodies themselves, it contained in itself the principle of motion. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero In this theory, also, the suggestion comes from the heavenly bodies. The Meaning of Evolution These charts are really no more than large sheets of ground glass, ruled in both directions with fine black lines, representing all relatively close heavenly bodies by green lights of varying sizes. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 But next we come to Venus, our beautiful bright neighbour, who approaches nearer to us than any other heavenly body except the moon. The Children's Book of Stars Although amateurs have played a conspicuous part in telescopic discovery among the heavenly bodies, yet every owner of a small telescope should not expect to attach his name to a star. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers The universe itself they considered as a large sphere, and the intervals between the heavenly bodies they thought were determined according to the laws and relations of musical harmony. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The other suggestive heavenly body was our sister planet, Saturn. The Meaning of Evolution The phenomena of the heavenly bodies, to an enlightened and intelligent mind, furnish the most grand and sublime spectacle in nature; to the ignorant and superstitious, the most awful. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Yet he was old, if we measure time, as scholars should, not by the motion of the heavenly bodies, but the succession of ideas. The History of Dartmouth College But it was only one hundred and fifty or two hundred miles in diameter—the smallest heavenly body known at the time of its discovery. Pioneers of Science He groaned out, "My dear lady, that particular conjunction of the heavenly bodies will not occur again for 2,645 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 2 days." Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 It is the simplest reference to the heavenly bodies that is made in Scripture, or that, indeed, could be made. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture A hitherto lost treatise of Aristotle on the composition and movements of the heavenly bodies. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The cone, as Father Bresciani observes, was more graceful to the eye, more easy of construction, more durable, and, perhaps, connected with some mysterious ideas of Eternity, or the circling course of the heavenly bodies. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. It has always been known that the moon was the nearest of the heavenly bodies; and some rough notion of its distance was current. Pioneers of Science In 1765 Mesmer secured widespread attention by advancing the theory that heavenly bodies influence human beings by means of a subtle fluid which he called "animal magnetism." Introduction to the Science of Sociology A double purpose for the two great heavenly bodies is indicated here,—first, the obvious one of giving light; next, that of time measurement. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture In it the philosopher writes about the movement of heavenly bodies, the sun, the stars, and the planets, and their relations with one another. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The ancient inhabitants of the Earth regarded the heavenly bodies with veneration and awe, erected temples in their honour, and worshipped them as deities. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Book v. treats of the formation of the earth and the heavenly bodies, the origin of life, and the progress of civilization. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors We observe these factors in the natural process of the stars, by which the different heavenly bodies exert certain influences over each other, which we ascribe either to the force of attraction or to gravity. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Yarēach is the word always used where the moon is classed among the heavenly bodies; as when Joseph dreamed of the sun, the moon, and the eleven constellations; or in Jer. viii. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture In those youthful days my proprietorship in this heavenly body seemed to me as well established as in a Fifth Avenue lot, and was quite as tangible. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century It is employed in observing the passage of the heavenly bodies across the observer’s meridian. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' 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 I am quite certain, if we had kept a direct course long enough, we would have reached the moon or some of the heavenly bodies. The Land of Thor They neither worshipped the heavenly bodies nor were dismayed at their signs. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture To explain the heavenly bodies they sometimes try to make little systems or images of the sun and the planets; but they are never able to show the sizes and distances correctly. Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly To an uninstructed observer, the apparent motion of the heavenly bodies round the Earth would naturally lead him to conclude that, of the two theories, the Ptolemaic was the correct one. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Like Plato, he acknowledged the divinity of the heavenly bodies on the ground that they must have a soul since they had independent motion. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Every hour of the day has its duty; and their motions are as punctual as that of the heavenly bodies. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge It would not be safe, therefore, to assume that reference is intended to any particular heavenly body, because a deity is mentioned that has been on occasions identified with that heavenly body. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The mechanical contrivances by which it was attempted to explain the movements of the heavenly bodies were clumsy and prosaic when compared with the great discovery of Newton. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In The occasions on which he describes the heavenly bodies, or alludes to them in association with other phenomena, testify to the felicity of his thoughts and to the greatness of his poetic genius. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' In that case, it is said, he may very well have considered, for instance, the heavenly bodies as deities. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Let me, however, pause for a moment, to remark the peculiar character of the language in which we are first introduced in the Mosaic narrative to the heavenly bodies,—sun, moon, and stars. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Merodach is represented as setting in order the heavenly bodies. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture They belong, however, to our Earth, and I must now pass on to the heavenly bodies. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In Galileo made many other observations of the heavenly bodies with his telescope, all of which he describes as having afforded him ‘incredible delight.’ The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Xenocrates set up as gods, in the first place, the heavenly bodies. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity It had been twice confirmed by actual exploration of the skies, and had produced, in the recognition of Vesta, the first recorded instance of the premeditated discovery of a heavenly body. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The making of the calendar is in all nations an astronomical problem: it is the movements of the various heavenly bodies that give to us our most natural divisions of time. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture But as we look down from mountains and see the clouds floating far below us, we almost seem as if we were looking down on earth from one of the heavenly bodies. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In The inauspicious influences of the heavenly bodies are described by Milton as contributing to the general disarrangement of the happy condition of things that existed before the Fall. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' They supposed the heavenly bodies to be divine, but all the rest, namely, the anthropomorphic gods, were nothing to them. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity We have now to speak of the discovery and application to the heavenly bodies of a totally new method of investigation. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition This is the legitimate use of the heavenly bodies, just as the worship of them is their abuse, for the division of time—in other words, the formation of a calendar—is a necessity. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Comte mentioned as a problem, which it was impossible that man could ever solve, any attempt to determine the chemical composition of the heavenly bodies. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In It is, however, our intention to deal only with those passages in the poem in which allusion is made to the heavenly bodies, and to incidents and occurrences associated with astronomical phenomena. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' A point of view like that of Aristotle would, I suppose, hardly have been called atheism among the ancients, if only because the heavenly bodies were acknowledged as divine. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity First in order of time came the art of observing the returns, and measuring the places, of the heavenly bodies. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition But as there are many heavenly bodies and several natural divisions of time, the calendars in use by different peoples differ considerably. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture But although she is so small the Moon is not only, next to the Sun, by far the most beautiful, but also for us the most important, of the heavenly bodies. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In He was also the first to observe the effect of the refraction of light in causing the apparent displacement of a heavenly body from its true position. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The very assumption that the heavenly bodies were divine would contribute to that effect; this, as we have seen, was a point on which the popular view laid great stress. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity But the science of the nature of the heavenly bodies is one only in the beginning of its career. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Midnight is not marked by the peculiar position of any visible heavenly body; it has, in general, to be registered by some mechanical time-measurer. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Nor is it only as regards the magnitude and distances of the heavenly bodies that we are lost in amazement and admiration. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In Having once ascertained the distance between the Earth and the Sun, astronomers were enabled to determine with greater facility the distances of other heavenly bodies. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The theory that the gods are really natural objects—elements or heavenly bodies—is occasionally taken into account too. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity With the transit, the really fundamental task of astronomy—the determination of the movements of the heavenly bodies—is mainly accomplished; while the investigation of their nature and peculiarities is best conducted with the equatoreal. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Other times and seasons are marked out by the revolutions and conjunctions of the heavenly bodies. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Comets may almost be regarded as the ghosts of heavenly bodies. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In The annual parallax of a heavenly body is the angle subtended at that body by the radius of the Earth’s orbit. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Consequently we cannot suppose him to have believed in the divinity of the heavenly bodies in Aristotle's sense, though no direct statement on this subject has come down to us. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The sun is not the only one of the heavenly bodies by which the magnetism of the earth is affected. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The third great natural division of time is the year, and, like the day and the month, it is defined by the relative apparent movements of the heavenly bodies. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The Moon is the nearest, and being the nearest, appears to us, with the single exception of the Sun, the largest, although it is in reality one of the smallest, of the heavenly bodies. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In We use the word disk for the face or surface of a heavenly body which appears to have some size. Harper's Young People, December 2, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly It is an aggregation of unstable elements, changing with every change in the temperature, and every movement of the heavenly bodies. Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883 The heavenly bodies are perceived, when carefully watched and measured, to be pushed forward out of their true places, in the direction of the earth's motion, by a very minute quantity. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Modern astronomy began a little more than three centuries ago with the invention of the telescope and Galileo's application of it to the study of the heavenly bodies. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The question has often been asked whether any of the heavenly bodies are inhabited, and as yet it is impossible to give any certain answer. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In Moreover, the heavenly bodies in Southern latitudes have so different an appearance from those seen at the North, that they were frequently in doubt as to the points of the compass. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier It claims that for one to be born under the dominant influence, or spell, of one of the heavenly bodies is for him to be its slave ever afterwards. India, Its Life and Thought The development given to the refracting telescope by this extraordinary man was indispensable to the progress of that fundamental part of astronomy which consists in the exact determination of the places of the heavenly bodies. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Men were not content to observe the heavenly bodies for what they were; they endeavoured to make them the sources of divination. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The distances of the heavenly bodies are ascertained by what is known as "parallax." The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In Thanks to such information, his client could fix upon some happy conjunction of the heavenly bodies, or at least avoid a moment when their influence would be on the side of disaster. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 Astronomer: one who studies the stars or heavenly bodies. The History of London The proper motion of these bodies is so rapid as to render the usual devices for keeping a heavenly body steadily in view quite inapplicable. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The references to the heavenly bodies in Scripture are not numerous, and deal with them either as time-measurers or as subjects for devout allusion, poetic simile, or symbolic use. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture |
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