 Cracow,) beheld the shores of San Salvador — like that when the law of gravitation first revealed itself to the intellect of Newton — like that when Franklin saw by the stiffening fibres of the hempen cord of his kite, that he held the lightning in...  Annales of the Dudley Observatory - Page xlviiiby Dudley Observatory - 1866Full view - About this book
 | 1856 - 974 pages
...telescope to the heavens, he saw fulfilled the grand prophecy of Copernicus, and beheld the planet Venn* crescent like the moon. It was such another moment...Newton ; like that when Franklin saw by the stiffening fibers of the hempen cord of his kite, that he held th« lightening in his grasp ; like that when Leverrier... | |
 | Literature - 1856 - 604 pages
...of the universe. There are occasions in life in which a great mind lives years of rapt enjoyment sn a moment. I can fancy the emotions of Galileo, when,...held the lightning in his grasp— like that when Leverrier received back from Berlin the tidings that the predicted planet was found. Yes, noble Galileo,... | |
 | Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1859 - 872 pages
...hands, the work of their divine art ; — like that when Columbus, through the gray dawn of the*L2th of October, 1492, (Copernicus, at the age of eighteen,...held the lightning in his grasp; — like that when Leverrier received back from Berlin the tidings that the planet predicted by him was found. Yes, noble... | |
 | Education - 1856 - 594 pages
...Venus crescent like the moon. It was such another moment as that when the immortal printers of Mcntz and Strasburg received the first copy of the Bible...he held the lightning in his grasp ; like that when Leverrier received back from Berlin the tidings that the predicted planet was found. Yes, noble Galileo,... | |
 | 1856 - 964 pages
...of their divine art ; like that when Columbus, through the gray dawn of the 12th of October, 1402, (Copernicus, at the age of eighteen, was then a student...held the lightning in his grasp — like that when Leverrier received back, from Berlin the tidings that the predicted planet was found. Yes, noble Galileo,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1856 - 768 pages
...that when Columbus, through the gray dawn of the 12th October, 1492, (Copernicus, at the age of 18, was then a student at Cracow) beheld the shores of...held the lightning in his grasp ; like that, when Leverrier received back from Berlin the tidings that the predicted planet was found. Yes. noble Galileo,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...Columbus, through the gray dawn of the 12th October, 14У2 (Copernicus, at the age of eighteen, was then m student at Cracow), beheld the shores of San Salvador...he held the lightning in his grasp ; like that when Leverrier received back from Berlin the tidings that the predicted planet was found. nevertheless.... | |
 | Education - 1858 - 424 pages
...through the gray dawn of the 12th October, 1492, beheld the shores of San Sal'vador; — like that wheu the law of gravitation first revealed itself to the...— like that when Franklin saw, by the stiffening fibers of the hempen cord of his kite, that he held the lightning in his grasp ; — like that when... | |
 | Education - 1859 - 396 pages
...of their divine Art ; — like that when Columbus, through the gr;iy dawn of the 12th October, 1492, beheld the shores of San Sal'vador ; — like that...— like that when Franklin saw, by the stiffening fibers of the hempen cord of his kite, that he held the lightning in his grasp; — like that when... | |
 | John Timbs - Discoveries in science - 1860 - 432 pages
...Review. No. 3. t Martyrs afScience. By Sir David Brewster, KH 4th edit. 1858. Blindness of Galileo. 149 fulfilled the grand prophecy of Copernicus, and beheld...he held the lightning in his grasp ; like that when Leverrier received back from Berlin the tidings that the predicted planet was found." " The starry... | |
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