More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the ChristianChatto and Windus, 1876 - 294 páginas |
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... Centre . IX . Religious Difficulties XI . Clusters of Stars and Nebulæ • 140 · 154 X. Single Stars and Binary Systems · • 182 • 192 • 203 · 221 · 234 XII . General Summary · XIII . Reply to Objections drawn from Geology XIV . Objections ...
... Centre . IX . Religious Difficulties XI . Clusters of Stars and Nebulæ • 140 · 154 X. Single Stars and Binary Systems · • 182 • 192 • 203 · 221 · 234 XII . General Summary · XIII . Reply to Objections drawn from Geology XIV . Objections ...
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... centre and soul of the solar system , -the lamp that lights it , the fire that heats it , -the magnet that guides and controls it , —the fountain of colour which gives its azure to the sky , its verdure to the fields , its rainbow hues ...
... centre and soul of the solar system , -the lamp that lights it , the fire that heats it , -the magnet that guides and controls it , —the fountain of colour which gives its azure to the sky , its verdure to the fields , its rainbow hues ...
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... centre of gravity of the ring is not in the planet itself , but in his satellites ; and the satellites , though constantly disturbing the ring , actually sustain it in the very act of pertur- bation . Mr. Otto Struve and Mr. Bond have ...
... centre of gravity of the ring is not in the planet itself , but in his satellites ; and the satellites , though constantly disturbing the ring , actually sustain it in the very act of pertur- bation . Mr. Otto Struve and Mr. Bond have ...
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... twenty - one hours , at the distance of about 252,000 miles , or twelve radii of the planet . Having thus travelled from the centre to the verge of the planetary system , -from the effulgent orb 34 MORE WORLDS THAN ONE .
... twenty - one hours , at the distance of about 252,000 miles , or twelve radii of the planet . Having thus travelled from the centre to the verge of the planetary system , -from the effulgent orb 34 MORE WORLDS THAN ONE .
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... centre , like a piece of pale cloud through which stars are visible . Many of these comets have tails , increasing as they approach the sun . These tails are sometimes short , and sometimes so long as to stretch from the horizon to the ...
... centre , like a piece of pale cloud through which stars are visible . Many of these comets have tails , increasing as they approach the sun . These tails are sometimes short , and sometimes so long as to stretch from the horizon to the ...
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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 Christian David Brewster Visualização integral - 1854 |
More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian David Brewster Visualização integral - 1876 |
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Admiral Smyth analogy animal appearance argument astronomers atmosphere believe binary systems bodies celestial centre chapter CHATTO Christian cloth extra clouds clusters of stars Coloured comets creation creatures Crown 8vo crust diameter distance doctrine double stars Earth Edited Engravings Essay Essayist existence Facsimile fixed stars force formation globe gravity heavens human Illustrations infinity inhabitants intellectual Jupiter Lord Rosse luminous magnitude Mars mass Mercury millions of miles mind moon motion nature nebulæ nebular hypothesis nebulous matter Neptune objects observed occupied ocean opinion orbit OUIDA period philosopher planetary plurality of worlds Portrait present primary planets probable race reason regions resolved revolving round ring satellites Saturn seen shew sidereal Sir Isaac Sir John Herschel Sir William Herschel Solar system solid space speculation sphere strata sun's suppose surface tails telescope theory tion truth universe Uranus vapour Venus Vols WILKIE COLLINS zodiacal light
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