 It is a time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an observation of time so easily made. How often have we heard our guides exclaim in the savannahs of Venezuela, or in the...  The Work of Mrs. Hemans - Page 82by Mrs. Hemans - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Naturalists - 1809 - 518 pages
...is known to the people of every nation situated beyond the tropics, or in the southern hemisphere. It has been observed at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the Cross is erect or inclined. It is a timepiece which advances very regularly nearly four minutes a day, and... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1818 - 666 pages
...circumstance is known to every nation, that lives beyond the tropics, or in the southern hemisphere. It has been observed at what hour of the night, in...time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group o'f stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an observation of time so easily made.... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1822 - 762 pages
...beyond the tropics, or in the southern hemisphere. It has been observed at what hour of the night, iu different seasons, the Cross of the South is erect,...time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an observation of time so easily made.... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English prose literature - 1822 - 290 pages
...passes the meridian ; this circumstance is known to all the inhabitants of the southern hemisphere. It has been observed at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the cross is erect or inclined ; and this is a time-piece which advances very regularly nearly four minutes a... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...circumstance is known to every nation that lives beyond the tropics, or in the southern hemisphere. It has been observed at what hour of the night in...or inclined. It is a timepiece that advances very regular near four minutes a day ; and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked eye, an observation... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...southern hemisphere. It is known at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the Southern Cross is erect, or inclined. It is a timepiece that advances very regularly nearly four minutes a day ; and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an observation... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1825 - 224 pages
...them to a constellation, the form of which recals the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the New World It has been observed...time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked eye an observation of time so easily made.... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1825 - 224 pages
...them to a constellation, the form of which recals the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the New World It has been observed...South is erect or inclined. It is a time-piece that adrances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1825 - 151 pages
...circumstance is known to every nation, that lives beyond the tropics, or in the southern hemisphere. It has been observed at what hour of the night, in...time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a daj', and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked eye, an observation of time so easily made.... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...southern hemisphere. It is known at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the southern cross m polished lances in a hostile field. The stag in limpid currents, wi nearly four minutes a day ; nnd no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an observation... | |
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