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Arcturus; or, The bright star in Bootes, an easy guide to science
Arcturus or The bright star in Bootes an easy guide to science Author:Catharine Maria Sedgwick Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MAUI WURSIUFl'JNG THE SUN. CHAPTER II. Tea-table Chat—Harry's Impatience—Order—The Lamp does duty for the Sun, in the absence of that Luminary—Optical... more » Illusions— What are they?—The Express Train—Whilst objects seem to fly past, the Moon keeps pace—Harry qualifies himself to become a Man of the World in the true sense, by learning something of the Laws by which it is governed—More and more interested in hia Studies—The old Egyptians—The Zodiac—The Temple of the Sun—Aurora with her rosy fingers. A servant enters bringing in the lamp. 5sf Now, mamma, you will explain all I wish to know. (@ffe First of all we will have tea, otherwise we shall be liable to continual interruption. 5si True, mamma, I had forgotten; but cannot we delay having tea ? (f?) You must rein in your impatience, Harry; order was heaven's first law, it is thus— The unwearied sun from day to day, Doth his Creator's power display. And the servants in a well regulated household do the same, where a good example has been set them. (Harry and his mamma take tea.) Jsf Now, mamma, the table is cleared, and the lamp, like a fixed star, stands in the centre. (®f?j (Smiles). I see you have caught the language of the astronomers, though you have not yet mastered their ideas. Are you persuaded, Harry, the sun does not move, or have you any doubts on the subject ? jjj!l I am persuaded, mamma, because you say so; but j®l$ But against the evidence of your own senses. You were about to say 5si) Well, it does seem strange, don't you think so ? (ff?ji It is an optical illusion. What is that ? (If?j Optical has reference to the eyes; illusions are the deceptions which our faculties practise on us; but to make it clear to your understanding, what you see is unreal! T§ii How then...« less