The Gallery of Nature; a Pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through Creation, Illustrative of the Wonders of Astronmy, Physical Geography, and Geology |
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... lunar day and night be each of that extent . The physical con- sequences of this arrangement will be - according to the analogy of terrestrial things- winter and summer once a month of the fiercest description . During fifteen days ...
... lunar day and night be each of that extent . The physical con- sequences of this arrangement will be - according to the analogy of terrestrial things- winter and summer once a month of the fiercest description . During fifteen days ...
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... lunar superficies . It has repeatedly been observed in the case of an occultation , that a star has advanced actually upon and within the edge of the moon's disk before its disappearance behind the lunar body . Admiral Smyth remarks ...
... lunar superficies . It has repeatedly been observed in the case of an occultation , that a star has advanced actually upon and within the edge of the moon's disk before its disappearance behind the lunar body . Admiral Smyth remarks ...
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... lunar circumstances , though it would be great folly and presumption to suppose that we are acquainted with all the forms of organic being , and familiar with all the modes by which organised beings may be sustained . Yet there is ...
... lunar circumstances , though it would be great folly and presumption to suppose that we are acquainted with all the forms of organic being , and familiar with all the modes by which organised beings may be sustained . Yet there is ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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