 | English literature - 1822 - 850 pages
...stars in that quarter will appear to recede from each other, while those in the opposite quarter will seem gradually to approach ; in the same manner as, when walking through a forest of trees, those to which we are advancing appear to open, while those behind us appear gradually to... | |
 | James Mitchell - Mathematics - 1823 - 666 pages
...must appear to recede from eacli tlier, while those in the opposite egion M mi gradually approach' ng, in the same manner as when walking through a forest, the trees o which we advance are contantly widening, while the disance of those which we leave bend is gradually... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1825 - 151 pages
...approach each other. Now observation shows that the stars in one region of the heavens do actually appear to recede from each other, while those in the opposite region appear to draw nearer together. Hence we seem to have evidence little short of demonstration, that... | |
 | George Miller - 1826 - 864 pages
...constellation must appear to recede from each other, that those in the opposite part of the heavens must appear to approach : in the same manner, as when walking through a forest, the trees to which we advance are constantly widening, while the distance of those which we leave behind, is... | |
 | John Farrar - Astronomy - 1827 - 456 pages
...space, directed towards any quarter of the heavens, it is obvious that the stars in that quarter must appear to recede from each other, while those in the...opposite region would seem gradually to approach, in (he same manner as when walking through a forest, the trees toward which we advance are constantly... | |
 | Child rearing - 1840 - 460 pages
...directed towards any particular quarter of the heavens, it is obvious that the stars in that quarter must appear to recede from each other, while those in the opposite region, which .the sun is leaving behind, must seem gradually to approach, in the same manner as when we walk... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Educational sociology - 1850 - 586 pages
...directed towards any particular quarter of the heavens, it is obvious that the stars in that quarter must appear to recede from each other, while those in the opposite region, which the sun is leaving behind, must seem gradually to approach, in the same manner as when we walk... | |
 | David Brewster - Astronomy - 1854 - 334 pages
...to one quarter of the heavens, in consequence of which the stars to which he was approaching would appear to recede from each other, while those in the opposite region from which he was moving would appear to approach one another ; and he illustrated this idea by supposing... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1857 - 878 pages
...directed towards any particular quarter of the heavens, it is obvious that the stars in that quarter must appear to recede from each other, while those in the opposite region, which the sun is leaving behind, must seem gradually to approach, in the same manner as when we walk... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Astronomy - 1859 - 424 pages
...tm*i»>--e» of >iu ii a the- 1"arter °' tne heavens, it is aovioua that the stars m that quarter must ojj. appear to recede from each other, while those in the...approach, in the same manner as when walking through a [west, the trees toward which we advance are constantly separating, white the distance of thosewhich... | |
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... is leaving behind, must seem gradually to approach, in the same manner as when we walk through a forest, the ranges of trees to which we advance are constantly widening in their apparent distance from each other, while the distance of those we leave... 
