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 92
The light of this planet is so brilliant, thatits surface and margin seldom appear well defined in the even-ing, even with the best telescopes. But in the daytime itsdisk and margin present a sharp and well-defined aspect witha good achromatic telescope, and almost completely free of jthose… … daytime when viewing this planet at a high altitude and in aserene sky, when near the meridian, by means of a three-and-a-half feet achromatic telescope, magnifying about 150 times.The exterior curve of the planet, as here exhibited, appearedfar more lucid and bright than the interior portion. It…
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![An illustration from Sidereus nuncius : magna, longeque admirabilia spectacula pandens, suspiciendaque proponens vnicuique, praesertim verò philosophis, atq[ue] astronomis, quae à Galileo Galileo ... perspicilli nuper à se reperti beneficio sunt obseruata in lunae facie, fixis innumeris, lacteo circulo, stellis nebulosis, apprime verò in quatuor planetis circa Iouis stellam disparibus interuallis, atque periodis, celeritate mirabili circumuolutis; quos, nemini in hanc vsque diem cognitos, nouissimè author depraehendit primus; atque Medicea sidera nuncupandos decreuit (1610)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-sidereusnunciusm00gali-25-8.webp)