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... troscope referred to , and have perhaps often seen its action scientifically explained , but have yet no clear and definite ideas of the nature of the evidence it sup- plies , or of the reasons on which men of 2 THE ORBS AROUND US .
... troscope referred to , and have perhaps often seen its action scientifically explained , but have yet no clear and definite ideas of the nature of the evidence it sup- plies , or of the reasons on which men of 2 THE ORBS AROUND US .
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... action of a ship's mainsail , tautened by the wind into a vast curved reflector , illustrates exactly the work of the great curved mirror of the Rosse tele- If a musician on board that ship , provided with a tuning - fork , or several ...
... action of a ship's mainsail , tautened by the wind into a vast curved reflector , illustrates exactly the work of the great curved mirror of the Rosse tele- If a musician on board that ship , provided with a tuning - fork , or several ...
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... action of one law that the other law prevails . The conditions of habitability are at each moment slowly changing , and Nature is careful neither of the individual nor of the type in changing , pari passu , the qualities of the living ...
... action of one law that the other law prevails . The conditions of habitability are at each moment slowly changing , and Nature is careful neither of the individual nor of the type in changing , pari passu , the qualities of the living ...
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... action of gravity , when , instead of a single centre , the planets which form the system dependent on a double or multiple star are subject to the attrac- tions of two or more bodies which are themselves con- tinually in motion around ...
... action of gravity , when , instead of a single centre , the planets which form the system dependent on a double or multiple star are subject to the attrac- tions of two or more bodies which are themselves con- tinually in motion around ...
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... action of intense cold ( still our mode of expression is inexact but convenient for our purpose ) , the vapour parts with as much heat as it can without changing , but is presently compelled to change to the liquid form , a process ...
... action of intense cold ( still our mode of expression is inexact but convenient for our purpose ) , the vapour parts with as much heat as it can without changing , but is presently compelled to change to the liquid form , a process ...
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