More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the ChristianChatto and Windus, 1876 - 294 páginas |
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... greater in bulk than our Earth , revolving round its axis in ten hours , and round the sun in 4,333 days , ( a little less than twelve years , ) at the distance of four hundred and eighty - five millions of miles . His form is that of ...
... greater in bulk than our Earth , revolving round its axis in ten hours , and round the sun in 4,333 days , ( a little less than twelve years , ) at the distance of four hundred and eighty - five millions of miles . His form is that of ...
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... greater than that which Sir Isaac Newton ascribed to the comet of 1680. Sir John Herschel has computed that it must have been 24 times greater than that which was produced in the focus of Parker's burning lens , 32 inches in diameter ...
... greater than that which Sir Isaac Newton ascribed to the comet of 1680. Sir John Herschel has computed that it must have been 24 times greater than that which was produced in the focus of Parker's burning lens , 32 inches in diameter ...
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... greater depth the primeval rocks have yielded a rich tribute to the chaplet of wealth , and the processes of art . The diamond and the sapphire and the ruby that shine in the imperial diadem , are also the valued tools of the artisan ...
... greater depth the primeval rocks have yielded a rich tribute to the chaplet of wealth , and the processes of art . The diamond and the sapphire and the ruby that shine in the imperial diadem , are also the valued tools of the artisan ...
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... greater if it is hollow or contains large cavities . Geology does not pretend to give us any information respecting the process by which the nucleus of the earth was formed . Some speculative philosophers indeed have presumptuously ...
... greater if it is hollow or contains large cavities . Geology does not pretend to give us any information respecting the process by which the nucleus of the earth was formed . Some speculative philosophers indeed have presumptuously ...
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... greater . This result is quite incompatible with one of the volcanic theories which we have mentioned , as the fluid mass of the Earth is too remote from its surface to be forced out by the pressure of steam generated by means of water ...
... greater . This result is quite incompatible with one of the volcanic theories which we have mentioned , as the fluid mass of the Earth is too remote from its surface to be forced out by the pressure of steam generated by means of water ...
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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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