Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-08-14
DANIEL B. LrCAs

R0RT " BAYLOR. PrPSt.
y F Rrut. Secretary.
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49, |
Inc EenPS' u '"'
ne ec''pSe u we gu" d. '''' Pa 70
gun at minutes Pa0'o anu e"0eN d ~
minutes OF clock making houf a"u
As minutes !or The whole time lie cen
trail time and eleven 'weII'hS Oo'cuitu AZ
3 minutes OF o'clock, by lhe OouH
house time. The sun IN It's daily reVolu-
ton about the earth overlook Tue moon
in lis daily revolution rom east 10 west
and passed The latter o"uy ID 'he e<sc'
time OF h"ur ana 40 minutes, lhe '"c'
that the earth is The centre OF the universe
and not the sun has IN M case Oeeh ue-
monsIrated on large aEu com p'e"ens'e
scale; while HE eaith fe'oI'es from
west to east ". degrees so"'h aho u'aIA'
the ecIlpuc line Iouhu lis own oo"J'
! THIS great ana occuIA' u@WohS'laHoh oe'
tween HE heavenly BOUTS anu VIC e''"',
which was Witnessed oy nouSah"' aue
and tens OF 'hCusahus crosses Up we a''ln'
clsl, or copeTnican system. ny 'hIS
mighty demonstration we learn that The
sun is only 1900 miles IN diameter !; that
it makes daily revolution vertical al Tue
equator al a dlsionee OF 432,OOO miles
from east To IVES, and passes the moon
once in 20 days, y hours, 43 minutes
aud 81 5Ol-669 seconds pFeeiseIy'
Tins constitutes me syhoClcaI Pehou,
from which all 'he eclIPses are T'co'ueu
In time. lie moon IS oooo 'n''es III VI
ameteF anu re'oiVes ron easI W "eS'
about the EARN oai'y' ou' ia'iS oach ifom
the sun about as minutes anu ID SECONDS
al distance OF Zlo'oou miles, from 'he
surface OF the ear b. ny very accurate
calculation lie radius line OF me universe
is only LTD OUO miles, anu we c''cuGn'
ference OF me inner cohc"'e suIIdce " VIC
rational heavens only lo'ooo'ooo "''eS'
This being lie boundary lines % 'Ie Ia
lional creation there Is no room lot VIC
sizes and distances OF tie heavenly oool,s'
"a taught by the CoPernIcans' IN all 0ou
| creatinn. Even the hSeh stars are meas
ured by thousands OF miles IhS'eao OF oy
millions and trIIlions OF miles ny we
transit oil Venus IN lIo'' on we ''o u
June, a! the Island OF O'aLa"' IL was ue-
termined mai 'le distance !" 'no ~" "''
95 000Oun oi Enghsh miles. Dun 'he
whole caIrulsLon was lonhdeu on ahe
supposiIinn that Venus uid make 81 e'ip.
iCIe or6H about the sun IN ZZf Gays 10
hours and 4S minutes. when 10 reality
Venus make daily revolution aoou' '"e
earth from east TO west N "a hours snu
2 minutes, and TITLE oser u seconds
This gives the sun The advantage OF gam
ing one revolution OF VENUS ana OF pass
ing that BODY in the heavens once III
5o4 days, 10 hours aho 80 minutes pre-
cIseIy. For tins reason anu WIS ''ohe we
can never see Venus IN e.ohgs'ion On
either side OF the moon pu' soou' ~ or
4s degrees. Yet she is the morning and
evening star wv nays III c"N'eco'''e o'-
ue'' Dsuue' Too ,, t,"a EsI 49, &c
we eA''' !, ,"'' 'oo"N' 90,
nouns QUO ~ "'" 80 -. Iar. ,nt';ot
aSys' ~ "ou'' '.' G" ",''o'.Y 49, "''',"
Is ',re "'"o ''ot Wv aIia';.is ~.
'of venus " "1No Q" "f'.'' wv 'ooo'
."e sun, "o' p'D 5I. ~. .rI'
oooA' '''" 't"o.no,',, oo..4 r.
p''''''a' ~, ,nton ia oo,,h - - ;,s
'e'' 10 w. '' at.,, La en- +ha, ,ha fxad
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''''' 49,, 1884, 30 -,
- w. ,ho o.,I,s NH, TL;s :.
$780, "u I'D Dos,,;ys sv;Jerce ,b., the e.,,h
,n'L r nd has M sucb ~ obi, rs;,ber
does 1t make DAILY revolution ennrely
round lis axis. but only Tolls W. miles
on lis surface. or one degree day from
ives, TO east, %! degrees south, which
makes the daily vsrla'loDs OF Longitude as
admitted bS llershePs own booS' The
CoPernlcsn system then Is tsi-e'
their own books go 70 prove the iac'
while they themselves are 10 De The
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he co'"''-s'""' w '' "' "O"'ne'h