America Quote by Simon Newcomb Download Open image “In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.” — Simon Newcomb ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare America British Eclipse Sun Total eclipse Visible
Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it. — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
The first total eclipse that I witnessed was in 1970. I was an amateur astronomer. But after I saw the total eclipse, it couldn't… — Fred Espenak Copy Share Image
I'm from the colonies, so I remember when the sun never set on the British Empire. — Shahid Khan Copy Share Image
Sun is very distinct through the eclipse. You go from bright sunlight to twilight in a matter of 10 seconds. And everybody around you… — Fred Espenak Copy Share Image
The total eclipses of the sun are very special and have been associated with wars, famines, floods, unprecedented climate changes and the death or… — Walter Mercado Copy Share Image
“The British Empire covered 25% of the earth. So the phrase “The sun never sets on the British empire” wasn’t just metaphorical, referring to… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
There's no way to oversell how spectacular and incredible seeing a total eclipse is. A lot of people think they've seen an eclipse. They… — Fred Espenak Copy Share Image
By analyzing data from Greenwich Observatory in the period 1836-1953, John A. Eddy [Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and High Altitude Observatory in Boulder] and… — Jonathan Sarfati Copy Share Image
“The height of the Chacoan culture lasted from A.D. 1055 to 1083, corresponding to the period of most intense building activity. This period also… — J. McKim Malville Copy Share Image
An eclipse is one phenomenon that is actually more impressive from the ground. — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent. — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope. — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
One of the most beautiful hypotheses ever propounded in physics is ... the Dynamical Theory of Gases — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
Construction of an aerial vehicle which can carry even a single man . . . requires the discovery of some new metal or force.… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
James Edward Oliver might have been one of the great mathematicians of his time had he not been absolutely wanting in the power of… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college, but after due consideration, I declined to consider the… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher. — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes] — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
