Word: earthly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Last evening in Sever 11 Professor Searle delivered a very interesting lecture, his subject being, "The Earth...
Professor Searle said that Astronomy is that branch of Physics and Chemistry which treats of objects beyond the earth. It is dependent on mathematics, for Astronomy and Geometry are allied. If popular instruction were given in Astronomy only recitations of opinions could be given, thus making the teaching difficult, because practical experiments must be made and this is not an easy thing...
Suppose now that we take east and west as half way between north and south, then the equator passes through the two former points. In speaking of the east and west one may mean of the sky or earth, which is inaccurate. So in connection with the stars we should speak of the east as the "preceding" direction and the west as the "following...
...ancient astronomers came to the general idea of the spherical shape of the earth for they observed that as one travelled north or south he found that the position of the pole in regard to the position of the zenith changed. If one travelled south, the pole became farther distant from the zenith, and if north, it became nearer. This then took place either because the earth was round or the pole was an object so near that it might be passed and left behind. But the ancients observed that the stars were very far distant and therefore arrived...
Lecture. The Earth. Professor Searle. Sever...