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... fact , embodied and illustrated all that is known about the Sun ; and at the same time has given a pleasant history of all the steps towards these discoveries , and a clear indication of the direc- tion in which he thinks further ...
... fact , embodied and illustrated all that is known about the Sun ; and at the same time has given a pleasant history of all the steps towards these discoveries , and a clear indication of the direc- tion in which he thinks further ...
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... fact , connected with astronomy and the most nearly allied sciences that have been specially before the public within the last few years are here expounded in clear , simple , and generally accurate language . So far as a thorough ...
... fact , connected with astronomy and the most nearly allied sciences that have been specially before the public within the last few years are here expounded in clear , simple , and generally accurate language . So far as a thorough ...
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... fact , embodied and illustrated all that is known about the Sun ; and at the same time has given a pleasant history of all the steps towards these discoveries , and a clear indication of the direc- tion in which he thinks further ...
... fact , embodied and illustrated all that is known about the Sun ; and at the same time has given a pleasant history of all the steps towards these discoveries , and a clear indication of the direc- tion in which he thinks further ...
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... fact that day after day new facts are being revealed by the spectroscope , induce the writer to think that an explanation of the powers of the instrument on the plan referred to may be ser- viceable to many who daily hear the work of ...
... fact that day after day new facts are being revealed by the spectroscope , induce the writer to think that an explanation of the powers of the instrument on the plan referred to may be ser- viceable to many who daily hear the work of ...
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... fact . With special exceptions , into the nature of which we need not now enter , it may be said that all incandescent solid and fluid bodies show this continuous rainbow- tinted streak , and that only the light from such bodies will ...
... fact . With special exceptions , into the nature of which we need not now enter , it may be said that all incandescent solid and fluid bodies show this continuous rainbow- tinted streak , and that only the light from such bodies will ...
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