The parent's guide to a liberal ... education; containing a selection of questions. [With] Prospectus of the course of education pursued by ... Robert Simson ... at Colebrooke house academy |
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Sivu 9
... planets are , which God calls heaven . What is meant by its being placed in the midst of the waters ? The firmament is placed betwixt the waters in the planets and on the earth , and thus divides the waters from the waters . How is the ...
... planets are , which God calls heaven . What is meant by its being placed in the midst of the waters ? The firmament is placed betwixt the waters in the planets and on the earth , and thus divides the waters from the waters . How is the ...
Sivu 14
... planets . How many are there of them ? Seven ; Mercury , Venus , the Earth , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Herschel . Any others ? Yes ; four others , called Asteroids : Ceres , Pallas , Juno , Vesta . How do you distinguish a planet from a ...
... planets . How many are there of them ? Seven ; Mercury , Venus , the Earth , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Herschel . Any others ? Yes ; four others , called Asteroids : Ceres , Pallas , Juno , Vesta . How do you distinguish a planet from a ...
Sivu 15
... planet may be easily distinguished from a star by its superior magnitude and greater bright- ness . How do you distinguish one planet from another ? Mercury from his resemblance to a bright diamond near the sun's disk , Venus from her ...
... planet may be easily distinguished from a star by its superior magnitude and greater bright- ness . How do you distinguish one planet from another ? Mercury from his resemblance to a bright diamond near the sun's disk , Venus from her ...
Sivu 21
... planets . These observations led them to regulate the year from the course of the sun ; for their year , we are told , was , from the most remote antiquity , composed of three hundred and sixty five days and six hours . To adjust the ...
... planets . These observations led them to regulate the year from the course of the sun ; for their year , we are told , was , from the most remote antiquity , composed of three hundred and sixty five days and six hours . To adjust the ...
Sivu 38
... planets which revolve round the sun , at different distances , and in different periods . What is the distance of the earth from the sun ? The earth is 95,000,000 miles from the sun . In what period does the earth revolve round its own ...
... planets which revolve round the sun , at different distances , and in different periods . What is the distance of the earth from the sun ? The earth is 95,000,000 miles from the sun . In what period does the earth revolve round its own ...
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Sivu 12 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Sivu 15 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Sivu 17 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Sivu 7 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the evening and the morning were the first day.
Sivu 9 - And GOD made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters, which were above the firmament, and it was so. And GOD called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Sivu 13 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Sivu 26 - Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur Iambus ; Pes citus ; unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen lambeis, quum senos redderet ictus, Primus ad extremum similis sibi : non ita pridem, Tardior ut paulo graviorque veniret ad aures, 255 Spondees stabiles in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens ; non ut de sede secunda Cederet aut quarta socialiter.
Sivu 7 - Let there be light : and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness.
Sivu 105 - To find the area of a trapezoid, multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them ; the product will be the area.
Sivu 110 - ... it is so pleasing, that you would give something out of your pocket to obtain it, and would forego some bodily enjoyment for its sake. The pleasure derived from Science is exactly of the like nature, or, rather, it is the very same. For what has just been spoken of is, in fact, Science, which in its most comprehensive sense only means Knowledge, and in its ordinary sense means Knowledge reduced to a System ; that is, arranged in a regular order, so as to be conveniently taught, easily remembered,...