 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1859 - Liczba stron: 424
...the an- The appa. eient astronomers found them variable in their apparent diam- »nt ainmeearliest circumstance which drew his attention to astronomy,...considerable star, through the shaft of a chimney.'' — Herichel'i Astroncmtjf. CHAP. vi. eters, and angular motions; so muck so, that it was impossible... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1851 - Liczba stron: 382
...profondes , parait agrandi, à cause de l'obscurité et de l'humidité de l'air. » (10) [page 63]. «We have ourselves heard it stated by a celebrated...circumstance which drew his attention to astronomy, was thé regular appearance, at a certain hour, for several successive days, of a considerable star, through... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt - 1866 - Liczba stron: 646
...regenbakken beschouwd , grooter schijnt wegens de donkerheid en de vochtige lucht." (21) Bladz. 64. w We have ourselves heard it stated by a cele«brated...Optician, that the earliest circumstance which drew lus //attention to astronomy, was the regular appearance, at a certain n hour , for several successive... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1867 - Liczba stron: 780
...profondes, paraît agrandi, à cause de l'obscurité et de l'humidité de l'air. » (10) [page 63]. « We have ourselves heard it stated by a celebrated...circumstance which drew his attention to astronomy, was the rcgular appearance, at a certain hour, for several successive days, of a considerable star, through... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1868 - Liczba stron: 232
...darkness and the damp air." *- " We have ourselves heard it stated by a celebrated optician that tho earliest circumstance which drew his attention to...considerable star, through the shaft of a chimney." — John Herschel, Outlines of Aslr., $ 61. The chimney-sweepers whom I have questioned agree tolerably... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1870 - Liczba stron: 446
...be= trautet, gröfjer erfd^eine Wegen ber SDunfeltieit uub feuchten Suft. -í l (@. 46.) „We hare ourselves heard it stated by a celebrated Optician,...considerable star, through the shaft of a chimney." '.íoíiii «rtitfji'l, outlines of Astr. § 61. Site SRoucdfangf ehrer, bei benen ¡ri) iuul)i|efuifd)l,... | |
 | 1893 - Liczba stron: 652
...found great difficulty iu reconciling the statement or its reverse with the truth. The words " and we have ourselves heard it stated- by a celebrated...considerable star, through the shaft of a chimney." This " celebrated optician's" tale is the only direct evidence of the visibility of a star in the daytime... | |
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... we have ourselves heard it stated by a celebrated optician, that the earliest circumstance which drew his attention to astronomy was the regular appearance, at a certain hour, for several successive days, of a considerable star, through the shaft... 
