The Planetary and Stellar Worlds: A Popular Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern AstronomyOakley & Mason, 1866 - 326 páginas |
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... seen to be impos- sible to carry forward the building fast enough to secure its completion by the required time , without incurring some debt . My own private resources were used , in the hope that a short time after the finishing of ...
... seen to be impos- sible to carry forward the building fast enough to secure its completion by the required time , without incurring some debt . My own private resources were used , in the hope that a short time after the finishing of ...
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... seen that in the following lectures one single object has engaged the attention of the writer - the structure of the universe , so far as revealed by the mind of man . The uses of science have in no way been considered . The effects on ...
... seen that in the following lectures one single object has engaged the attention of the writer - the structure of the universe , so far as revealed by the mind of man . The uses of science have in no way been considered . The effects on ...
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... seen to transit the sun's disc , 246. Comets accounted for by Laplace's nebular hypothesis , 247. Herschel's theory of the physical condition of comets , 250. His theory accounts for the diminishing period of Encke's comet , 251 ...
... seen to transit the sun's disc , 246. Comets accounted for by Laplace's nebular hypothesis , 247. Herschel's theory of the physical condition of comets , 250. His theory accounts for the diminishing period of Encke's comet , 251 ...
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... seen in the east - it brightens - the stars fade - the planets are extinguished - the eye is fixed in mute astonishment on the growing splendor , till the first rays of the returning sun dart their radiance on the young earth and its ...
... seen in the east - it brightens - the stars fade - the planets are extinguished - the eye is fixed in mute astonishment on the growing splendor , till the first rays of the returning sun dart their radiance on the young earth and its ...
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... seen from our remote position , but with amazing velocity when examined near at hand . A new problem of surprising grandeur now pre- sents itself . Are these motions real ? or are they due to a motion in the great centre of our system ...
... seen from our remote position , but with amazing velocity when examined near at hand . A new problem of surprising grandeur now pre- sents itself . Are these motions real ? or are they due to a motion in the great centre of our system ...
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