| 单词 | self-luminous |
| 例句 | It was not in keeping with the prejudices of the time to explain the phases or eclipses of the Moon by the relative geometry of the Earth, the Moon and the self-luminous Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What would we feel on its seething self-luminous surface, or immersed in its heart of nuclear fire? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 These studies of radiation and internal condition of the stars again bring up the question of the original source of that supply of radiant energy continually squandered by all self-luminous bodies. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The glow-worm, however, is self-luminous, as is shown by the fact that it emits light in the dark, the light itself being slightly coloured if compared with that of day. Colour Measurement and Mixture 2012-02-27T03:00:13.987Z The diamond, especially when coloured, is highly phosphorescent, that is to say, after exposure to brilliant illumination it emits the rays which it has absorbed, and thus becomes self-luminous in the dark. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z But if an object can be made self-luminous, then it can be seen, whatever its size, if the magnifying power of the microscope be great enough. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z Now he arises to the work of creation, and myriads of self-luminous suns, each with his retinue of rejoicing planets, begin their eternal march around his throne. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z Its oblately spheroidal form is such as would be assumed by a rotating mass of matter in the transition from a vaporous and self-luminous or liquid condition to one of cool and dark solidity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z How intensely beautiful that dawn was! with the pine-woods steeped in the deepest purple—here and there a faint, gauzy mist, looking self-luminous, marking the course of some mountain brook through the forest. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z That the universe began in extreme cold, not heat, that the suns are not hot, but are self-luminous, perfected worlds, and like our earth, except greater and more prolific in life and power. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z An opaque object, unless it be self-luminous, which few things are, can only be seen by reflected light. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z A similar case will be noted in a photographic dark-room illuminated by red light upon observing the self-luminous dial of a watch or clock. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z But I think the opinion that the greater part of the light is self-luminous, like the nebul�, generally prevails. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z It is two suns, self-luminous, revolving around each other, and neither able to throw upon its mate the burden of its shining. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Nature, the all-wise and mysterious necromancer, makes nothing but electric machines from the infinitesimal atom to the self-luminous perfected dynamos—the suns and stars. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z So this ultra-microscope, as it is called, is really an ordinary microscope of the highest power possible, with an added apparatus for making the tiny particles which are being sought for self-luminous. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z We look first at the nebulæ; for here we probably find matter in its most chaotic and attenuated form, constituting self-luminous, diffused masses of vapor. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Nor does this quality of being self-luminous at all determine the degree of condensation of a star. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z I have more than once had a solid self-luminous body placed in my hand by a hand which did not belong to any person in the room. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Not floating in the frigid ether of space, but, if my hypothesis is correct, they will be celestial residents in the self-luminous, all-life-giving sun. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z II. it will be stated that we see all objects by a reflected light, except those that are self-luminous, such as the sun or any other source of light. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. It must be understood that the above argument distinctly assumes that the different parts of the object are self-luminous, or at least that the light proceeding from the various points is without phase relations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" This science shows us that this world was once certainly in a molten state, and very probably, at a still earlier date, may have been dissipated into self-luminous vapor, like the nebul� or the comets. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z There are self-luminous suns, exceeding in number all computation. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 I contend that the suns are the self-luminous, perfected worlds of the universe; worlds like our world, only larger and more prolific in life and power than the planetary worlds. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z That our Moon is strongly self-luminous, we see at her every total eclipse, when, if not so, she would disappear. Eureka: A Prose Poem I turn on my side and see a cluster of self-luminous objects including a light switch. The Lost Kafoozalum We know of none, except in being self-luminous; and this they have in common with the nebul�, which, as we have seen, are not centres of inhabited systems. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z There is no division of night and day, objects being self-luminous and light being perpetual. Elementary Theosophy I am a firm believer in the inhabitability of the sun, and that it is a perfected, self-luminous world—a world like our world, only vastly larger and more prolific in life and power. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z She is no doubt vividly self-luminous, although less so than Mercury: while the luminosity of Neptune may be comparatively nothing. Eureka: A Prose Poem If it is self-luminous, it seems more fit to produce a star by its condensation, than to depend upon the star for its own existence. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works Here are we on a small globe, swinging round a far mightier and a self-luminous globe, in company with seven other planets, many of which, including ourselves, are attended by satellites or moons. The Children's Book of Stars It is unlikely that they will prove to be self-luminous. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers At these awful distances from one another the stars are scattered in space, and were they not brilliantly self-luminous and glowing like our sun, they would be hopelessly invisible. Pioneers of Science The central body around which planets are in motion is self-luminous, whereas the planetary body around which a satellite revolves is not. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language He further adds that this self-luminous matter ‘seemed more fit to produce a star by its condensation than to depend on the star for its existence.’ The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The fundamental proposition wrought out in it was that "all self-luminous bodies in the celestial space are composed either of swarms of meteorites or of masses of meteoric vapour produced by heat." A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Spectrum analysis has shown that there is a vast quantity of self-luminous gaseous matter in space, incapable of being reduced into stars, however powerful the telescope through which it is observed. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville Clouds shine by the light of the sun, which they reflect to us; nebulæ shine with no borrowed light; they are self-luminous. The Story of the Heavens Astern was a white, self-luminous wake that narrowed to a point in the distance before it had lost its phosphorescent glow. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility The spectroscope was largely brought into play with the immediate result of showing that the Corona was to be deemed a sort of atmosphere of the Sun, not self-luminous, but shining by reflected light. The Story of Eclipses They were now perceived to be self-luminous, and to be formed, to a large extent, of glowing gas. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition In the first experiment, the somnambule saw a finger upon a plate, which was self-luminous, and seemed to be writing. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal The beautiful evening star is often such a very conspicuous object that it may seem difficult at first to realise that the body is not self-luminous. The Story of the Heavens Not only were the trees thus apparently self-luminous, but when birds chanced to be flying amongst them, they had the appearance of sparks of molten silver flitting to and fro. Rivers of Ice I should have been in total darkness except, as I have told you before, that everything, even the blackness itself, seemed to be self-luminous. The Girl in the Golden Atom It was, indeed, certainly not self-luminous, a satellite projected upon it in transit having been seen to show as bright as upon the dusky equatorial bands. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The interior of Jupiter is very hot, but the planet is not self-luminous. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The brilliance of the moon arises solely from the light of the sun, which falls on the not self-luminous substance of the moon. The Story of the Heavens The fixed stars are self-luminous bodies, similar to our sun, only immensely distant from us. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity But what of the stars, proved by the spectroscope to be self-luminous, intensely hot, and formed of the same chemical elements that constitute the sun and the earth? The New Heavens Even self-luminous paint was used for various purposes at the front, as well as for illuminating watch-dials and the scales of instruments. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization This argument, offered by Herschel in favour of the system which transforms comets into self-luminous bodies, has not, as we may perceive, much force. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Suppose that the sun and the multitude of stars, properly so called, are each and all self-luminous brilliant bodies, what is the great distinction between the sun and the stars? The Story of the Heavens And the glow of their sandy bodies, self-luminous, continued even beneath the stars. Four Weird Tales Hot coals, red-hot stoves, gas flames, and candles shine by their own light, and are self-luminous. General Science Wooden buttons two or three inches in diameter covered with self-luminous paint could be fixed wherever desired and thus serve as landmarks. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization The whole thing stood out with stereoscopic clearness, and seemed as though self-luminous, although it shed no light on its surroundings. Austin and His Friends Hence we learn that the ring nebula must shine by some light of its own, and now we have to consider how it can be possible for such material to be self-luminous. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Some spots may be slightly self-luminous, but not the part of the planet we see. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work We know that these objects are not self-luminous, because they are not visible at night unless a lamp or gas is burning. General Science Self-luminous arrows and signs directed troops and trucks at night and even stretcher-bearers have borne self-luminous marks on their backs in order to identify them to their friends. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Many gems also were seen there that were self-luminous, and the soil all around was decked with diamonds of diverse species. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 We merely see self-luminous bodies, but of the multitudes of objects and the elaborate systems of which these bodies are only the conspicuous points we see nothing and we know very little. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky This Space which the very gods cannot measure is full of many blazing and self-luminous worlds each above the other. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 According to his views, the innumerable quantity of stars which compose this starry zone give out a self-luminous, incandescent matter. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 The haze seems to be self-luminous, giving a soft, yellow light, so diffused that shadows are unknown. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 But amongst these vast ejections, these truncated fossil craters were embedded masses of the rare self-luminous stone that made the City of Light. The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars The disappearance of the phenomena means nothing more than the realization of the self-luminous Brahman. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 Impetuous, like your own shout, the strong one made everything tremble, the terrible, the wanderer, the mighty, Evayâmarut; strong with him you advanced self-luminous, with firm reins, golden colored, well armed, speeding along. Sacred Books of the East We see matter either agglomerated into rotating, revolving spheres of different density and size, or scattered through space in the form of self-luminous vapor. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 It is true that nebular matter, as now observed, is believed to be, partially at any rate, self-luminous. Creation and Its Records Another suggestive remark of his was to the effect that the planets must be self-luminous, as otherwise Mercury and Venus, at any rate, ought to show phases. Kepler If knowledge can be regarded as revealing itself, the self may as well be held to be self-luminous; the self and the knowledge are indeed one and the same. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 Sing forth, O Kanvas, to the sportive host of your Maruts, brilliant on their chariots, and unscathed,—they who were born together, self-luminous, with the spotted deer, the spears, the daggers, the glittering ornaments. Sacred Books of the East The nebulous particles composing this ring, and revolving round the sun in accordance with planetary laws, may either be self-luminous or receive light from that luminary. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 The self-luminous compass and level attached to each gun gave them their exact direction and elevation. The Flying Legion The plain, self-luminous with the weird lucence of the arid lands, showed ghostly. Arizona Nights Thus it is to be admitted that the self, the âtman, is the self-luminous entity. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 There are suspended in this room self-luminous bodies which enable us by their rays or lines of force to see the non-luminous bodies with which we are surrounded. Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 Distribution of matter, which is partially conglomerated into rotating p 17 and circling heavenly bodies of very different density and magnitude, and partly scattered as self-luminous vapor. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 These watches are all self-luminous, all accurately adjusted to synchronize to the second, and all will run forty-eight hours. The Flying Legion If even one of these gases was self-luminous, the field of vision must have been always illuminated. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 The category of the real, the self-luminous Brahman, and the category of the indefinite. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 The first opportunity came in 1864, when Donati observed the spectrum of a comet, and saw three bright bands, thus proving that it was a gas and at least partly self-luminous. History of Astronomy See Burners, self-luminous Lunge and Cedercreutz, determination of phosphorus in acetylene, purification, Luta burner, Lutes for holders. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power At distances so great that only the speed of light can be used as a measuring line, you discover vast numbers of self-luminous bodies, which you call stars. Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World As a result of these experiments, Dr. Siemens considers that the view hitherto held, that highly-heated gases are self-luminous, is not correct. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Vedânta explains the reason of this difficulty as due to the fact that all these indefinable forms and names can only be experienced as modes of the real, the self-luminous. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 Of Brahman whose true nature consists in eternal, free, self-luminous intelligence, the true nature cannot possibly be hidden by Nescience. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 Methods of burning acetylene under the mantle are discussed in Chapter IX.; here only self-luminous flames are being considered, but the theoretical question of heat economy applies to both processes. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power He is eternally self-luminous and unobscured,— intensely pure, the one witness of the world; not so is the individual soul,—thus a thunderbolt falls on the tree of the theory of Identity. The Tattva-Muktavali As the rising products of combustion still retain for a time the temperature of the flame, the reverse must occur if the gases were self-luminous. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Now Vedânta says that this self-luminous pure consciousness is the same as the self. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 This self-luminous consciousness, further, is eternal, for it is not capable of any form of non-existence—whether so—called antecedent non-existence or any other form. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 With the exception of the electric arc, self-luminous acetylene yields a flame of unsurpassed intensity, and yet its light is agreeably soft. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power These last appear to be suns in the closing period of existence as self-luminous bodies. Curiosities of the Sky Seneca adds his testimony to the self-luminous character of moral truth: "Whatever things tend to make us better or happier are either obvious or easily discovered." A Handbook of Ethical Theory Vedânta could not avoid the former type of illusion, for it believed that all appearance of reality in the world-appearance was really derived from the reality of Brahman, which was self-luminous in all our experiences. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 It rather is self-luminous; for to be self-luminous means to have consciousness for one's essential nature. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 Perched naked thus,—balancing in the sun, against the blue of sky or water, their slender bodies took such orange from the mellowing light as to seem made of some self-luminous substance,—flesh of sea-fairies…. Two Years in the French West Indies But we have seen that the comet is self-luminous--that is, it is in process of combustion; it emits great gushes and spouts of luminous gases; its nucleus is enveloped in a cloak of gases. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel Then this Strange majestic-looking creature, whose face, as I remember it, was extraordinarily beautiful, and whose eyes were like self-luminous stars, vanished. A Romance of Two Worlds As soon as the adhi@s@thâna, the ground, the reality, the blissful self-luminous Brahman is completely realized the illusions disappear. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 And to be essentially intelligent means to be self-luminous. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 Who with stags and spears, and with thunder and lightning, self-luminous, were born. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 The Mind is not self-luminous, since it can be seen as an object. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man Those who hold that this Earth of ours was once self-luminous are also right; for it was indeed so when first projected from the Electric Ring. A Romance of Two Worlds To take such a principle and to derive from it the mind, matter, and indeed everything else except the pure self-luminous Brahman, would hardly appeal to our reason. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 Here 'not dependent on other means' means 'self-luminous'; and 'pervading' means 'being of such a nature as to enter, owing to excessive minuteness, into all non-sentient things.' The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 Who, borne by spotted deer, were born self-luminous, with weapons, war-cries and decorations. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 A gigantic, self-luminous sphere was hanging in the sky, occupying nearly the whole of it. A Voyage to Arcturus The name of the hero Autolykos means simply the "self-luminous"; but it was more frequently interpreted as meaning "a very wolf," in allusion to the supposed character of its possessor. Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology Moreover such is the nature of ajñânas that they are knowable only by a false identification of them with the self-luminous Brahman or âtman. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 Nor can you say 'Brahman'; for Brahman is nothing but self-luminous intelligence, and hence contradictory in nature to Nescience, which is avowedly sublated by knowledge. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 He seemed a small, self-luminous cloud at first, brooding on his sombre throne; his brain case must have measured many yards in diameter. The First Men in the Moon The way was lighted by the self-luminous snow and rocks. A Voyage to Arcturus That this self-luminous Reality possesses no other attribute to be learned from scripture is admitted; for according to your opinion also scripture sublates everything that is not Brahman and merely superimposed on it. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 But apart from pure consciousness these cannot be manifested or known, for it is pure consciousness alone that is self-luminous. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 It, moreover, is impossible to ascribe to Brahman, whose nature is constituted by eternal free self-luminous intelligence, the consciousness of Nescience; for what constitutes its essence is consciousness of itself. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 The text thus declares the one Brahman which is self-luminous and free from all difference. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 Ahead, where these rays did not shine, Haunte was guided by the self-luminous nature of the rocks, grass, and trees. A Voyage to Arcturus It is self-luminous consciousness itself which constitutes the so-called 'knower.' The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 They were green and self-luminous, and looked terrifying. A Voyage to Arcturus Further, on the theory of Brahman being mere non-differenced light it would be difficult to prove that Brahman is self-luminous. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 |
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