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History Of The Sciences For 1797.
The observations of Sir Isaac Newton on this comet enabled him to determine that they are a sort of planets which more in elliptical orbits . Dr . Halley took incredible pains in calculating the times of sundry comets , and ventured . to foretell the return of that of 1682 in 1758 , and that of 1661 in 1789 or 1790 . The first did re-aj .-pear in
, J 7 ? 9-Astronomers are now generally agreed that comets are opaque bodies , enlightened by the sun . Sir Isaac Newton was of opinion that they are quite opaque ; to prove which he . observes , that if a cometbe seen in two part .- , of its orbit , at equal distances from the earth , but at unequal distances from the sunit always shines brihtest in that
, g nearest the sun . They are of different magnitudes . Their distances may be known from their parallaxes . Hereby the distance of that of 1 577 was found to be about 210 semidiameters of the earth , or about 8 40 , 000 miles from us . Hevelius computed the diameter of that of 16 ^ 2 to be to that of the earth as 52 to 100 .
Some comets , from their apparent magnitude and distance , have been supposed much larger than the moon , or even equal in magnitude to some of the primary planets ; and it has been imagined , that by an interposition of these bodies betwixt the earth and sun we may account for those darknesses which cannot be derived from any interposition ' of the moon . Some have even attempted to . account in this manner for the darkness which happened at our Saviour ' s
crucifixion ; and , indeed , were a comet in its peiigceum to come between the earth and sun , and to be moving the same way with the earth , it must cause a greater and longer darkness than that of a lunar eclipse . [ TO BE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT . ]
Cursory Remarks On Shakspeare's Measure For Measure.
CURSORY REMARKS ON SHAKSPEARE ' S MEASURE FOR MEASURE .
" PROM the pigmy efforts of modern dramatists , with what satisfac-¦ ^ tion does the mind turn to the contemplation of images drawn by so masterly a hand as that of Shakspeare , whoie whole art was nature ! After beholding even ridicule buifoi-ned , and nature libelled in an assemblage of caricature ; instead of Tragedy , an Elegiac Rhapsody ; instead of Comedy , Ballet of Action ; what a consolation does
the real admirer of the Drama experience in being able to resort to a a fountain so pure ai . d inexhaustible , to a model so just and so extensive ! Jn his play of ' Measure for Measure , ' which may be said in many respects to resemble his 'Merchant of Venice , ' oui author' appears to have elected a noble edifice upon a weak , if not abaci f : tin da'ion ; for , in the first place , we may observe upon the evident absurdity of VOL . ix . y
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
History Of The Sciences For 1797.
The observations of Sir Isaac Newton on this comet enabled him to determine that they are a sort of planets which more in elliptical orbits . Dr . Halley took incredible pains in calculating the times of sundry comets , and ventured . to foretell the return of that of 1682 in 1758 , and that of 1661 in 1789 or 1790 . The first did re-aj .-pear in
, J 7 ? 9-Astronomers are now generally agreed that comets are opaque bodies , enlightened by the sun . Sir Isaac Newton was of opinion that they are quite opaque ; to prove which he . observes , that if a cometbe seen in two part .- , of its orbit , at equal distances from the earth , but at unequal distances from the sunit always shines brihtest in that
, g nearest the sun . They are of different magnitudes . Their distances may be known from their parallaxes . Hereby the distance of that of 1 577 was found to be about 210 semidiameters of the earth , or about 8 40 , 000 miles from us . Hevelius computed the diameter of that of 16 ^ 2 to be to that of the earth as 52 to 100 .
Some comets , from their apparent magnitude and distance , have been supposed much larger than the moon , or even equal in magnitude to some of the primary planets ; and it has been imagined , that by an interposition of these bodies betwixt the earth and sun we may account for those darknesses which cannot be derived from any interposition ' of the moon . Some have even attempted to . account in this manner for the darkness which happened at our Saviour ' s
crucifixion ; and , indeed , were a comet in its peiigceum to come between the earth and sun , and to be moving the same way with the earth , it must cause a greater and longer darkness than that of a lunar eclipse . [ TO BE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT . ]
Cursory Remarks On Shakspeare's Measure For Measure.
CURSORY REMARKS ON SHAKSPEARE ' S MEASURE FOR MEASURE .
" PROM the pigmy efforts of modern dramatists , with what satisfac-¦ ^ tion does the mind turn to the contemplation of images drawn by so masterly a hand as that of Shakspeare , whoie whole art was nature ! After beholding even ridicule buifoi-ned , and nature libelled in an assemblage of caricature ; instead of Tragedy , an Elegiac Rhapsody ; instead of Comedy , Ballet of Action ; what a consolation does
the real admirer of the Drama experience in being able to resort to a a fountain so pure ai . d inexhaustible , to a model so just and so extensive ! Jn his play of ' Measure for Measure , ' which may be said in many respects to resemble his 'Merchant of Venice , ' oui author' appears to have elected a noble edifice upon a weak , if not abaci f : tin da'ion ; for , in the first place , we may observe upon the evident absurdity of VOL . ix . y