top of page
.png){kind=small}
"For the greater beauty of the instrument, the balls representing the planets are to be of considerable bigness; but so contrived, that they may be taken off at pleasure, and others, much smaller, and fitter for some purposes, put in their places."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Beauty quotes
"Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder."
"[B]eauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor."
"The voice of beauty speaks softly, it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls."
"The more you appreciate the things of beauty all around you, the more beautiful things will fill your life."
Explore more quotes by David Rittenhouse
"But Dr. Smith says, and I believe it to be a true state of the case, that he himself gave a course of Lectures in Natural Philosophy, during the same winter, and that the money raised by them was also applied towards paying for the Orrery."
"In order to know the true situation of a Planet at any particular time, the small set of balls are to be put each on its respective axis; then the winch to be turned round until each index points to the given time."
"For the greater beauty of the instrument, the balls representing the planets are to be of considerable bigness; but so contrived, that they may be taken off at pleasure, and others, much smaller, and fitter for some purposes, put in their places."
bottom of page