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... ment ; as he no doubt knows something more about it than we do . But we have not done with unexplained difficulties . As our au- thor neglects the extremely difficult case of the four small planets between Mars and Jupiter , we will ...
... ment ; as he no doubt knows something more about it than we do . But we have not done with unexplained difficulties . As our au- thor neglects the extremely difficult case of the four small planets between Mars and Jupiter , we will ...
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... ment of many large meridional arcs . Our author gives the num- bers 230 and 229 as representing the proportion of the two dia- meters ; but these were numbers derived by Newton theoretically from the statical condition of a revolving ...
... ment of many large meridional arcs . Our author gives the num- bers 230 and 229 as representing the proportion of the two dia- meters ; but these were numbers derived by Newton theoretically from the statical condition of a revolving ...
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... ment with the shells and corals of the higher systems ; and the Producta , which plays so important a part among the old rocks , here appears for the last time . On the other hand , Rep- tiles appear for the first time in the system now ...
... ment with the shells and corals of the higher systems ; and the Producta , which plays so important a part among the old rocks , here appears for the last time . On the other hand , Rep- tiles appear for the first time in the system now ...
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... ment . We take them as we find them , and we have no hypo- thetical stumbling - blocks in our way . We state , in this short comment on the passage last quoted , what we know to be true . We have seen the beds in which the remains of ...
... ment . We take them as we find them , and we have no hypo- thetical stumbling - blocks in our way . We state , in this short comment on the passage last quoted , what we know to be true . We have seen the beds in which the remains of ...
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... ment ; but , on the contrary , are so directly opposed to it as to involve it in the rankest contradictions . And let us here come back to the right principles of physical reasoning , which cannot be too often brought before the mind ...
... ment ; but , on the contrary , are so directly opposed to it as to involve it in the rankest contradictions . And let us here come back to the right principles of physical reasoning , which cannot be too often brought before the mind ...
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