The flight of the masters and scholars, who were twice expelled from the Athens of Syria, dispersed a crowd of missionaries inflamed by the double zeal of religion and revenge.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

There is no doubt about the reading of the zero of right ascension, it is the intersection of the two fundamental planes at the first point of Aries; but what zero shall be used in the case of the vertical circle?
— from Stargazing: Past and Present by Lockyer, Norman, Sir

Temperature, its effect on the pendulum, 187 , 193 Terrestrial globe, 23 Thales, his employment of the gnomon, 17 Theodolite, 288 Theodolite, astronomical, 287 Thermometry, 374 , 384 Thermopile, 374 Time; first reckoning of, 19 ; early measurements, 36 , 44 , 175 ; modern measurement of, 253 ; sidereal, solar, and mean, 254 , 256 TIME AND SPACE MEASURERS (Book III.), 175 -232 Time, Greenwich ( see Greenwich Time) Time, local, 281 Time balls for distributing Greenwich time, 275 Time signals, 278 , 281 , 283 Timocharis, his observations in the Alexandrian museum, 19 Tourmaline, in polarization of light, 443 Transit Circle, The (Chap. XVI. ), 233 -252; system of wires in eyepiece, 220 ; at Greenwich and Cambridge (U.S.), 247 , 248 , 251 ; mode of using, 253 , 284 Transit Clock, The (Chap. XVII. ), 253 - 270 Transit instrument, 171 , 234 , 236 , 237 ; mode of using, 253 ; Römer’s, 284 ; Struve’s, 285 Transit of Venus, photographic observations, 475 Trigonometrical tables, first construction of, 17 Tropics, defined by Euclid, 12 Trouvelot, ring of Saturn observed with the Washington refractor, 161 Tube of the telescope, 139 - 151 Tycho Brahe; astrolabe, 26 ; ecliptic astrolabe, 28 ; discoveries of, 37 -52; biography of, 37 ; list of his instruments, 38 ; portrait, 39 ; catalogue of stars, 42 ; observatory (engraving), 43 , 287 ; his solar system, 46 ; discovery of comet of 1677, 47 ; instruments for measuring distances and altitudes of stars, 51 ; clocks, 179 , 184 , 196 ; diagonal scale for measuring space, 213 ; mural quadrant, 233 ; transit circle, 284 506 U. United States Naval Observatory, 341 Uranus, as a telescopic object, 351 Uraniberg, Tycho Brahe’s Observatory, 38 V. Variable stars, 377 Velocity of gases in sun-storms, 440 Venice, ancient clock dials, 257 Venus, in Ptolemy’s system, 3 ; in Tycho Brahe’s, 46 ; employed by Tycho Brahe in determining longitude, 44 ; as a telescopic object, 350 ; transit of, instrument used in the expedition of 1874, 236 ; photographic observations, 475 Vibrations, ethereal, 373 , 401 , 410 , 449 , 450 Vienna, refracting telescope, 141 Villarceau, Yvon, driving clocks, 324 Vega, heat of, 385 Vernal equinox, its position in the constellations, 34 Vernier, the, 214 Vertical circle, Ertel’s, 290 W. Walther, altitudes measured by, 36 Washington Observatory; great refracting telescope, 302 , 309 ; flint glass discs, 119 ; ring of Saturn seen through it, 161 Watches, detached lever escapement for, 207 Water clocks, 176 Wave-lengths of light of solar gases, 440 Westminster clock-tower, 277 Wheatstone (Sir C.); “chronographic method” of transit observation, 259 ; apparatus for controlling clocks, 271 Winlock (Prof.), photographs of the sun, 461 Wires, cross, for circle reading, 212 , 216 ; system of wires in a transit eyepiece, 220 , 234 , 257 ; in eyepiece of Greenwich transit circle, 246 ; wires of the transit instrument, 234 Wire micrometer, 221 , 352 507 Wolfius, correction of chromatic aberration in lenses, 89 Wollaston (Dr.), lines in the solar spectrum, 391 ; spectrum analysis, 402 , 422 Wyck (Henry de), clock made in 1364 by, 178 Y. Ys of the transit instrument, 238 , 284 Years, first observation of, 5 ; determination of their length, 22 508 Z. Zenith, zenith sector, zenith telescope, reflex zenith tube, at Greenwich, 285 Zenith distances, measurement of, 51 Zodiac, first defined, 8 , 9 ; observations of Euclid, 11 , 12 ; of Denderah, 7 Zöllner’s astrophotometer, 379 Zero of right ascension, 249 Zinc in the sun, 419 THE END.
— from Stargazing: Past and Present by Lockyer, Norman, Sir

The food, which had been a little better, about the middle of the month reached its zenith of rancidity and putridity.
— from The Story of the Woman's Party by Inez Haynes Gillmore

The five competitors wriggled and jerked their sails, and held them at various angles to woo the difficult zephyr, but the zephyr obstinately remained away.
— from 'Possum by Mary Grant Bruce

“Kaum war der liebenswürdige Sterne auf sein Steckenpferd gestiegen, und hatte es uns vorgeritten; so versammelten sich wie gewöhnlich in Teutschland alle Jungen an ihn herum, hingen sich an ihn, oder schnizten sich sein Steckenpferd in der Geschwindigkeit nach, oder brachen Stecken vom nächsten Zaun oder rissen aus einem Reissigbündel den ersten besten Prügel, setzten sich darauf und ritten mit einer solchen Wut hinter ihm drein, dass sie einen Luftwirbel veranlassten, der alles, was ihm zu nahe kam, wie ein reissender
— from Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century by Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman) Hewett-Thayer

“My father is a Zetlander, or rather a Norwegian, [Pg 27] ” said Minna, “one of an oppressed race, who will not care whether you fought against the Spaniards, who are the tyrants of the New World, or against the Dutch and English, who have succeeded to their usurped dominions.
— from The Pirate Andrew Lang Edition by Walter Scott

The zillerthal, or running amalgamation process, similar to that used in the Tyrol, has also been tried here, but was not found to answer owing to the great loss of quicksilver.
— from Travels in the Interior of Brazil Principally through the northern provinces, and the gold and diamond districts, during the years 1836-1841 by George Gardner

After the nomination of General Taylor, or “Old Zach,” or “rough and Ready,” as he was called, Mr. Lincoln made a tour of New York and several New England States, making speeches for his candidate.
— from Lincoln's Yarns and Stories A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes That Made Lincoln Famous as America's Greatest Story Teller by Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly) McClure

The practice of marrying women in childhood is still generally—all but universally—prevalent; and when, owing to the zeal of reformers, a case of widow-marriage occurs, its rarity makes it be hailed as a signal triumph.
— from Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans by J. Murray (John Murray) Mitchell