| 单词 | precession of the equinoxes |
| 例句 | But modern astrologers have forgotten about the precession of the equinoxes, which Ptolemy understood. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The conjunction of the sun with Sirius alters somewhat with differences in latitude and the precession of the equinoxes. South Carolina editorial roundup 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z He only hit the jackpot when he took into account the orbit around the Sun, and the long variations caused by the precession of the equinoxes. Lacunae 2013-09-12T13:51:33.783Z But this was not so in Virgil’s time, when—on account of the precession of the equinoxes—the equinoctial point had already entered Pisces, in which constellation it still remains. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z This enabled him to ascertain the motion of the equinoxial points, and his value of the constant of precession of the equinoxes is exceedingly accurate for a first determination. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z If so, he must have had a knowledge of their astronomical Cycle of two thousand one hundred and sixty years, which completed the period of the precession of the equinoxes. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z As to the cause of the pulsations, they cannot have been due to the precession of the equinoxes nor apparently to any allied astronomical cause, for the time intervals are too short and too irregular. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z “I mean before the precession of the equinoxes had changed the position of the stars; it was so very long ago—” “Please don’t talk to me.” Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z But owing to the precession of the equinoxes, this point has now moved back into Pisces. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Even the tides and precession of the equinoxes and Bradley's nutation were accounted for and explained. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Owing to the precession of the equinoxes, however, the vernal equinoctial point, which was formerly in this constellation, has now advanced into the constellation Pisces, as we saw above. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z Hence arises what is known as the precession of the equinoxes, that is, a steady change in the season at which the earth is in perihelion, or nearest to the sun. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z This phenomenon is called the precession of the equinoxes. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The al-Aalam mentioned above was also an able astronomer, and in addition to numerous observations made at Baghdad, he determined with great care the precession of the equinoxes. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z This is called the precession of the equinoxes. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Hipparchus and other thinkers had discovered the fact of the precession of the equinoxes, though there was no adequate theory to account for it until Copernicus formulated his "motion of declination." The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z More than a "few thousand years" ago the Sumerians had observed the precession of the equinoxes; at "the dawn of history" in Germany, Augustus cried vainly to Varus, "Give me back my legions." The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z Does the precession of the equinoxes have any effect upon the seasons or upon the climate of different parts of the earth? A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Owing to the precession of the equinoxes the sign Aries no longer corresponds with the constellation Aries, which it did 2000 years ago. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Owing to the precession of the equinoxes it is longer than a tropical or sidereal year by 25 minutes and 2.3 seconds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" These are not upon the surface, but they are as real and as capable of being accurately noted as the amount of the rain-fall, or the precession of the equinoxes. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology The final theory for accounting for the ice age is attributed to what is termed the precession of the equinoxes. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. The combined effect of the precession of the equinoxes and of the excentricity of the earth's orbit. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras A hundred years later Hipparchus determined more exactly the length of the solar year, and the eccentricity of the ecliptic, discovered the precession of the equinoxes, and even undertook a catalogue of the stars. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Indeed, his great discovery of the precession of the equinoxes was essentially founded on the discussion of the Alexandrian observations on Spica Virginis made by Timochares. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The Marxist presents dramatically what after all may come methodically and unromantically, a revolution as orderly and quiet as the precession of the equinoxes. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism You must remember that there has been a precession of the equinoxes since the time of Atlantis, with a consequent shift in the earth's axis. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 Does not the secular variation in excentricity of the earth's orbit, combined with the precession of the equinoxes, afford a key? Pioneers of Science The precession of the equinoxes is slowly progressive, or rather retrogressive; the nutation of the pole oscillatory in a period of about eighteen years. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition It considers the precession of the equinoxes, the discovery of Hipparchus, the full period for which is twenty-five thousand years. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition It is as much outside 97 our control as the precession of the equinoxes. Waiting for Daylight Dr. Pratt insists on another of Walsh's notions, namely, that the precession of the equinoxes is caused by the motion of the solar system round a distant central sun. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II Hipparchus had, by most sagacious interpretation of certain observations of his, discovered a remarkable phenomenon called the precession of the equinoxes. Pioneers of Science The movement is of the kind exemplified—although with inverted relations—in the precession of the equinoxes. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The space of time in which the earth passes through her orbit—distinct from and longer than the tropical year, owing to the precession of the equinoxes. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. A time will come as certainly as the precession of the equinoxes, when the literary method of historical research will be laid aside as out of date, in the case of all original work. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria Could not Dr. Alexander write a Sabbath-school book, without filling it full of such phrases as "right ascension," "declination," "precession of the equinoxes," "radius vector," and the like? Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity That is to say, the precession of the equinoxes is seen to be dependent on, and caused by, a slow conical movement of the earth's axis. Pioneers of Science Oratory is a collaboration—let him wax eloquent about the precession of the equinoxes, and prate of Plato and Pythagoras if he wished—no one could understand him! Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists A movement which some stars are found to possess, independent of the apparent change of place due to the precession of the equinoxes, the accounting for which is as yet only ingenious conjecture. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Would the precession of the equinoxes be also unaffected? Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence When in the state of extreme ellipticity, the precession of the equinoxes will cause the hemispheres in turn each to have their winter and summer alternately near and far from the sun. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography This slow movement forward of the goal-post is called precession—the precession of the equinoxes. Pioneers of Science Hence, to the man who does not know, cube root is infinitely high and, as such, is as far away from his comprehension as the fourth dimension or the precession of the equinoxes. The Vitalized School The change produced in the right ascension or declination of a star by the precession of the equinoxes and proper motion of the star taken together. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The most beautiful astronomical discovery of antiquity, is that of the precession of the equinoxes. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Thirdly, the variations in the eccentricity of the earth's orbit, combined with the precession of the equinoxes and the rotation of the apsides, may be regarded as operative. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography The earth's equatorial protuberance, being acted on by the attraction of the sun and moon, must disturb its axis of rotation in a calculated manner; and thus is produced the precession of the equinoxes. Pioneers of Science From the inclination of its axis, there result the precession of the equinoxes and the many differences of the seasons, both simultaneous and successive, that pervade its surface. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library The anastrous signs, or twelve portions of the ecliptic which the signs anciently occupied, but have since deserted by the precession of the equinoxes. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. I have stated at the commencement of this Notice, that it is to D'Alembert we owe the first satisfactory mathematical explanation of the phenomenon of the precession of the equinoxes. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men The heavens change by a subtiler movement than the precession of the equinoxes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 The cause of the nodding is completely accounted for by the theory of gravitation, just as the precession of the equinoxes was. Pioneers of Science I. The Hindus were acquainted with the precession of the equinoxes, as may he easily seen from their work on Astronomy, and from the almanacs published by Hindu astronomers. Five Years of Theosophy Every day there is a regular "precession of the equinoxes"—luncheons, dinners, and soirées galore. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 By reason of the precession of the equinoxes, it is not always the same groups of stars, the same constellations, which are perceived in the heavens at the same season of the year. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men "And the precession of the equinoxes?" she asked, turning back to her magazine. Mince Pie The earth's equatorial protuberance, being acted on by the attraction of the sun and moon, must disturb its axis of rotation in a calculated manner; and thus is produced the precession of the equinoxes. Pioneers of Science Upon the precession of the equinoxes they erect a fabric of retrograde chronology, and set a clock to geologic time. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 His figures of speech, his tropes, his witticisms, take rank with the law of gravity and the precession of the equinoxes. Emerson and Other Essays By reason of the precession of the equinoxes, the pole does not always occupy the same place in the starry vault. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Hipparchus, ancient astronomer, born at Nicæa; flourished in the 2nd century B.C.; discovered among other things the precession of the equinoxes, determined the place of the equinox, and catalogued 1000 fixed stars. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge This comes from the precession of the equinoxes.” The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Newton’s method of calculating the precession of the equinoxes, already referred to, is as beautiful as anything in the Principia. History of Astronomy They doubtless regarded it as a matter of course, instead of a thing to occur but once in a precession of the equinoxes. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 London is like nature in its vastness, simplicity, and deliberation, and if it hurried or worried, it would be like the precession of the equinoxes getting a move on, and would shake the earth. London Films It does not appear that any correction was made for refraction of light, or the precession of the equinoxes. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 But the discovery which shows, beyond all others, that Hipparchus possessed one of the master-minds of all time was the detection of that remarkable celestial movement known as the precession of the equinoxes. Great Astronomers In connection with Hipparchus’ great discovery it may be mentioned that modern astronomers have often attempted to fix dates in history by the effects of precession of the equinoxes. History of Astronomy This important phenomenon is described as the precession of the equinoxes. A History of Science — Volume 1 The precession of the equinoxes produced a new avatar; a new sign arose in the heavens; and a new saviour was born to save mankind. The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature This was Vega, in the constellation Lyra, a star which, according to the precession of the equinoxes, will take the place of our pole-star 12,000 years hence. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space Hipparchus traced out this phenomenon, and established it on an impregnable basis, so that all astronomers have ever since recognised the precession of the equinoxes as one of the fundamental facts of astronomy. Great Astronomers He actually calculated the amount; and so he explained the cause of the precession of the equinoxes discovered by Hipparchus about 150 B.C. History of Astronomy To abolish it entirely, as certain fevered reformers propose, would be as difficult as to abolish the precession of the equinoxes. In Defense of Women Bradley's discovery ranked in importance with that of the precession of the equinoxes. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science They had detected the precession of the equinoxes. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science It considers the precession of the equinoxes, the discovery of Hipparchus, the full period of which is twenty-five thousand years. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science To the protuberant mass is due the precession of the equinoxes, which requires twenty-five thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight years for its completion, and also the nutation of the earth's axis, discovered by Bradley. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science |
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