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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... ages in Europe , transported hither from the East , is well known . The fate of empires , the destiny of monarchs ... age of their mythology ; but modern calculation proves the impossibility of such a conjunction then occurring - that ...
... ages in Europe , transported hither from the East , is well known . The fate of empires , the destiny of monarchs ... age of their mythology ; but modern calculation proves the impossibility of such a conjunction then occurring - that ...
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... age of Noah merely , but immeasurably beyond the date of the creation of man , and his contemporary plants and animals ... ages , lava - flowings forming plateaux upon the summits of isolated hills , and lava currents worn through by the ...
... age of Noah merely , but immeasurably beyond the date of the creation of man , and his contemporary plants and animals ... ages , lava - flowings forming plateaux upon the summits of isolated hills , and lava currents worn through by the ...
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... ages . In the infancy of society , an increasing population would speedily outstrip the means of subsistence to be found in a limited district , inducing the necessity of emigration to an unoccupied territory - a proceeding which the ...
... ages . In the infancy of society , an increasing population would speedily outstrip the means of subsistence to be found in a limited district , inducing the necessity of emigration to an unoccupied territory - a proceeding which the ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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ancient animals appearance Aratus astronomical Atlantic atmosphere bodies cause celestial centre climate clouds coast colour comet constellation continent dark diameter direction disk distance districts diurnal motion earth eclipse ecliptic elevation equator Europe exhibits extent feet Flamstead globe heat heavens height Herschel Hipparchus horizon hundred hyæna immense inhabitants island Jupiter Keppler lake land latitude light limestone lunar magnitude mass moon motion mountains nature nearly night northern northern hemisphere observed occur ocean orbit Orinoco owing parallax passing perihelion period phenomena plain planet pole present Ptolemy Pyrenees quadrupeds rain regions remarkable revolution rise river rock rotation round sand satellites Saturn seen shore side snow solar southern space species spot square miles stars stratum stream summit supposed surface telescope temperature terrestrial trees tropical Tycho Brahe Uranus valley vapour vast vegetation velocity Venus visible volcanic wind winter zone