The Sacred History of the World: Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Том 1Harper & Bros., 1839 |
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... Sometimes the alterations are gradual , and observable by human care , though not explainable by the acutest minds of science.§ Şometimes they indicate an actual destruction . It is one of the won- * La Place , vol . i . p . 80 . " Mr ...
... Sometimes the alterations are gradual , and observable by human care , though not explainable by the acutest minds of science.§ Şometimes they indicate an actual destruction . It is one of the won- * La Place , vol . i . p . 80 . " Mr ...
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... sometimes so surprising as to be incredible to any but a scientific mind . One of these is the circumstance , that those fixed stars , in their immense remoteness from us which occasions their parallax to be insensible , should yet be ...
... sometimes so surprising as to be incredible to any but a scientific mind . One of these is the circumstance , that those fixed stars , in their immense remoteness from us which occasions their parallax to be insensible , should yet be ...
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... sometimes with horns , like the moon . MARS , distinguished by the redness of its colour , does not move exactly in the plane of the ecliptic . It sometimes deviates several degrees from it . It changes its apparent form , and becomes ...
... sometimes with horns , like the moon . MARS , distinguished by the redness of its colour , does not move exactly in the plane of the ecliptic . It sometimes deviates several degrees from it . It changes its apparent form , and becomes ...
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... sometimes surpasses in brightness ; though he is at least five times more remote from us than the Sun. * Like Mars and our globe , his orb is flattened at the poles . Four small stars , or satellites , constantly accom- pany him ...
... sometimes surpasses in brightness ; though he is at least five times more remote from us than the Sun. * Like Mars and our globe , his orb is flattened at the poles . Four small stars , or satellites , constantly accom- pany him ...
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... green to yellow , and sometimes to red.-Ib. p . 436 . Treviranus distinguishes the light and heat developed from plants , in- vegetation . * Hence the previous atmosphere , which con FROM THE CREATION TO THE DELUGE . 71.
... green to yellow , and sometimes to red.-Ib. p . 436 . Treviranus distinguishes the light and heat developed from plants , in- vegetation . * Hence the previous atmosphere , which con FROM THE CREATION TO THE DELUGE . 71.
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