Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed : illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds (1845)
Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857, Parker, E. S., former owner. DSI, David H. DeVorkin Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI · Philadelphia : Published by Edward C. Biddle · leaf 200
us, isonly 1 minute, 38 seconds ; whereas his mean apparent di-ameter as seen from the earth is 32 minutes, 3 seconds ; con-sequently this orb, as viewed from this planet, will appearvery little larger than Venus appears to us in her greatest bril-liancy, or Jupiter when near his opposition. The… … Temperature of Uranus,—If heat followed the same lawas the propagation of light, and decreased as the square of thedistance of the planet from the sun increased, then the surfaceof the planet Uranus would be a cold region indeed, in whichno life or animation, such as we see around us, could…
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