Astronomical and Geographical Essaysauthor, 1789 - 665 páginas |
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... 192 Of the Fxed Stars 196 Of the Telescopic Appearances of the Planets 207 Of Comets 217 Of a Plurality of Worlds 221 Bonnet's Survey of the Universe 227 Of PAGE Of the Ufe of the Globes Advantages of Globes xii CONTENTS .
... 192 Of the Fxed Stars 196 Of the Telescopic Appearances of the Planets 207 Of Comets 217 Of a Plurality of Worlds 221 Bonnet's Survey of the Universe 227 Of PAGE Of the Ufe of the Globes Advantages of Globes xii CONTENTS .
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... universe , and as the center of the world ; for it will be to him the center of that spherical furface , in which all diftant bodies appear to be placed . Here the tutor will find his advantage in illuftrating this fubject , and ...
... universe , and as the center of the world ; for it will be to him the center of that spherical furface , in which all diftant bodies appear to be placed . Here the tutor will find his advantage in illuftrating this fubject , and ...
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George Adams. boundless fields of ether ; indeed , the immensity of the universe must contain fuch numbers , as would exceed the utmoft ftretch of the human imagination . For who can say , how far the uni- verse extends , or where are ...
George Adams. boundless fields of ether ; indeed , the immensity of the universe must contain fuch numbers , as would exceed the utmoft ftretch of the human imagination . For who can say , how far the uni- verse extends , or where are ...
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... universe . Among the Romans , we find that Numa built a temple to reprefent , as Plutarch interprets it , * the system of the heavens , with a facred fire in the center of it . Thus alfo in the Jewish taber- nacle , the feven lights had ...
... universe . Among the Romans , we find that Numa built a temple to reprefent , as Plutarch interprets it , * the system of the heavens , with a facred fire in the center of it . Thus alfo in the Jewish taber- nacle , the feven lights had ...
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... universe . As the heart is the fountain of the blood , and the center of heat and hotion ; fo is the fun the life and heat of the world , and the first mover of the mundane fyftem . When the heart ceases to beat , the cir D f cuit cuit ...
... universe . As the heart is the fountain of the blood , and the center of heat and hotion ; fo is the fun the life and heat of the world , and the first mover of the mundane fyftem . When the heart ceases to beat , the cir D f cuit cuit ...
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