Arithmetical questions, on a new plan: a suppl. to Introduction to arithmetic1795 |
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... Earth , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , and the Georgium Sidus . Mercury is faid to be about 37,000,000 of miles from the fun ; Venus 68,000,000 ; the Earth 95,000,000 ; Mars 145,000,000 ; Ju- piter 495,000,000 ; Saturn 908,000,000 ; and the ...
... Earth , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , and the Georgium Sidus . Mercury is faid to be about 37,000,000 of miles from the fun ; Venus 68,000,000 ; the Earth 95,000,000 ; Mars 145,000,000 ; Ju- piter 495,000,000 ; Saturn 908,000,000 ; and the ...
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... earth's turning on its axis . Mathematicians affert , that Syrius , or the Dog Star , is the nearest to us of all the fixed ones ; and they compute its diftance from our earth at 2,200,000,000,000 of miles . They maintain that a found ...
... earth's turning on its axis . Mathematicians affert , that Syrius , or the Dog Star , is the nearest to us of all the fixed ones ; and they compute its diftance from our earth at 2,200,000,000,000 of miles . They maintain that a found ...
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... earth to be as well peopled as Great - Britain , and to have been fo from the creation , and that the whole race of mankind had constantly spent their time in telling a heap confifting of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 of pieces ...
... earth to be as well peopled as Great - Britain , and to have been fo from the creation , and that the whole race of mankind had constantly spent their time in telling a heap confifting of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 of pieces ...
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... earth , excepting Noah and his family , were deftroyed for their wickedness by a flood . This direful event is defcribed in the 6th , 7th , and 8th chapters of Ge- nefis ; Noah being , as the facred hiftorian relates , " a just man and ...
... earth , excepting Noah and his family , were deftroyed for their wickedness by a flood . This direful event is defcribed in the 6th , 7th , and 8th chapters of Ge- nefis ; Noah being , as the facred hiftorian relates , " a just man and ...
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... earth again by flood , nor let the fea Surpass his bounds , nor rain to drown the world . MILTON , The token of this covenant was the " triple colour'd bow , " which , it is fuppofed , did not appear before the deluge , the earth prior ...
... earth again by flood , nor let the fea Surpass his bounds , nor rain to drown the world . MILTON , The token of this covenant was the " triple colour'd bow , " which , it is fuppofed , did not appear before the deluge , the earth prior ...
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