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... Herschel , Dr. Chalmers , Isaac Taylor , and M. Arago . After the publication of Dr. Chalmers's Astrono- mical Discourses , in which the doctrine of a Plurality of Worlds was maintained with much eloquence and force of argument , an ...
... Herschel , Dr. Chalmers , Isaac Taylor , and M. Arago . After the publication of Dr. Chalmers's Astrono- mical Discourses , in which the doctrine of a Plurality of Worlds was maintained with much eloquence and force of argument , an ...
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... double of that which is received by the earth.1 1 From the rare appearance and want of permanence in the spots of Mercury and Venus , Sir John Herschel is of opinion , The next body of the Solar system is our own 24 MORE WORLDS THAN ONE .
... double of that which is received by the earth.1 1 From the rare appearance and want of permanence in the spots of Mercury and Venus , Sir John Herschel is of opinion , The next body of the Solar system is our own 24 MORE WORLDS THAN ONE .
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... Herschel , being green , and the land red . The spots which have been seen on this planet by several astronomers , are not always equally distinct , but when seen " they offer , " as Sir John Herschel observes , " the appearance of ...
... Herschel , being green , and the land red . The spots which have been seen on this planet by several astronomers , are not always equally distinct , but when seen " they offer , " as Sir John Herschel observes , " the appearance of ...
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... Herschel is of opinion , that the belts are tracts of corresponding clear sky in the planet's atmosphere , through which the darker body of the planet is seen , and that they are pro- duced by currents like our trade - winds , but of a ...
... Herschel is of opinion , that the belts are tracts of corresponding clear sky in the planet's atmosphere , through which the darker body of the planet is seen , and that they are pro- duced by currents like our trade - winds , but of a ...
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... Herschel . Its year , or annual period , is eighty - four years , and the length of its day nine and a half hours . Its diameter is 34,500 miles , and it is at- tended by eight satellites , six of which were dis- D covered by Sir ...
... Herschel . Its year , or annual period , is eighty - four years , and the length of its day nine and a half hours . Its diameter is 34,500 miles , and it is at- tended by eight satellites , six of which were dis- D covered by Sir ...
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More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian David Brewster Visualização integral - 1856 |
More Worlds Than One, the Creed of The. Philosopher and the Hope of the ... David Brewster Visualização integral - 1862 |
More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian David Brewster Visualização integral - 1854 |
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