The Three HeavensWilliam Hunt&Company, 1876 - 416 páginas |
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... solar system - suggests analogy with our earth - interest in examination of - Brewster and Whewell's " Plurality of Worlds " -physical condition of the planets - one great design visible in solar system -- number of planets in our ...
... solar system - suggests analogy with our earth - interest in examination of - Brewster and Whewell's " Plurality of Worlds " -physical condition of the planets - one great design visible in solar system -- number of planets in our ...
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... solar light and heat received by him - ap- parent obstacles to his habitability - Professor Tyndall's theory of ... system - first impressions of— another giant globe - its vast distance — its magnitude — his ring and train of satellites - ...
... solar light and heat received by him - ap- parent obstacles to his habitability - Professor Tyndall's theory of ... system - first impressions of— another giant globe - its vast distance — its magnitude — his ring and train of satellites - ...
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... solar system - atomic materialism - 291 THE ASTEROIDS , OR MINOR PLANETS AND METEORS . Their situation in the solar system - their great number - their nature - their discovery - classification with meteoric stars - their diminutive ...
... solar system - atomic materialism - 291 THE ASTEROIDS , OR MINOR PLANETS AND METEORS . Their situation in the solar system - their great number - their nature - their discovery - classification with meteoric stars - their diminutive ...
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... solar system - its physical connection with an unknown and invisible centre - our relation to the stars - our planet ... power of gravity of the central invisible body - certainty of its existence - our planet's connection with it ...
... solar system - its physical connection with an unknown and invisible centre - our relation to the stars - our planet ... power of gravity of the central invisible body - certainty of its existence - our planet's connection with it ...
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... solar system . It takes no flight of thou- sands of years from the sun after its perihelion , but steadily and quietly pursues its comparatively minute orbit of three and one - third years , approaching the sun at its perihelion to ...
... solar system . It takes no flight of thou- sands of years from the sun after its perihelion , but steadily and quietly pursues its comparatively minute orbit of three and one - third years , approaching the sun at its perihelion to ...
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ærial Alpha Centauri appear ascertained astronomers atmosphere axis beautiful belts bodies bright calculated called cause Centauri centre climate cloud colour comet conclusion condition constellation Creator dark density diameter disc discovery distance doubtless earth effect electricity evidence existence fact fluid globe glory gravity greater habitable heavens Herschel inferior planets infinite infinity inhabitants invisible John Herschel Jupiter less light and heat looking magnitude Mars mass material matter Mercury meteors millions of miles mind minor planets moon mountains moving mysterious nature nebulæ object observation oceans orbit parallax planet planetary present probably Proctor proper motion proportion referred regions remarkable revealed ring round satellites Saturn says seen shining sight Sir William Herschel solar system solid space specific gravity spectroscope star showers strange surface telescope temperature terrestrial theory thunder thunder-storm trade winds Uranus vapour vast Venus visible weight Williams wind wonderful