The Planetary and Stellar Worlds: A Popular Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern Astronomy. In a Series of Ten LecturesOakley & Mason, 1868 - 320 páginas |
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... sweeping downward in the stillness of the night . The first grand revolution to mortal vision is nearly completed . A faint streak of rosy light is seen in the east - it brightens - the stars fade - the planets are extinguished - the ...
... sweeping downward in the stillness of the night . The first grand revolution to mortal vision is nearly completed . A faint streak of rosy light is seen in the east - it brightens - the stars fade - the planets are extinguished - the ...
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... sweep comes over us in the mighty periods of revolving worlds . Shall we not listen to this music , because it is ... sweeping worlds ? No - the mind is ever inquisitive , ever ready to attempt to scale the most rugged steeps Wake up ...
... sweep comes over us in the mighty periods of revolving worlds . Shall we not listen to this music , because it is ... sweeping worlds ? No - the mind is ever inquisitive , ever ready to attempt to scale the most rugged steeps Wake up ...
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... sweep backward and witness the first rude effort to explain the celestial phenomena - we may equally stretch forward thousands of years , and al- though we cannot comprehend what shall be the condition of astronomical science at that ...
... sweep backward and witness the first rude effort to explain the celestial phenomena - we may equally stretch forward thousands of years , and al- though we cannot comprehend what shall be the condition of astronomical science at that ...
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... sweep out from earth towards the distant planets , to gain a nearer and more accurate view , or else bring them down from their lofty spheres to subject themselves to his scrutinizing gaze . How hopeless the accom- plishment of either ...
... sweep out from earth towards the distant planets , to gain a nearer and more accurate view , or else bring them down from their lofty spheres to subject themselves to his scrutinizing gaze . How hopeless the accom- plishment of either ...
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... sweeping , and with what velocity does it pursue its unknown path ? Strange and incredible as it may appear , these questions are answered ; and in attaining this answer , the means are reached to separate between the real and apparent ...
... sweeping , and with what velocity does it pursue its unknown path ? Strange and incredible as it may appear , these questions are answered ; and in attaining this answer , the means are reached to separate between the real and apparent ...
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