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... extremity , the sun , if observed by a spectator , would appear simply as a point of light , and at the other extremity the solar orb would be seen nearly filling the whole hemisphere . At the first recorded appearance of this comet ...
... extremity , the sun , if observed by a spectator , would appear simply as a point of light , and at the other extremity the solar orb would be seen nearly filling the whole hemisphere . At the first recorded appearance of this comet ...
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... extremity of England to the other - from the caves of Yorkshire to those of Plymouth and Glamorganshire - whilst the diluvial gravel beds of Warwickshire , Oxford , and London , show that they were not wanting also in the more central ...
... extremity of England to the other - from the caves of Yorkshire to those of Plymouth and Glamorganshire - whilst the diluvial gravel beds of Warwickshire , Oxford , and London , show that they were not wanting also in the more central ...
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... extremity of the latter , flows slowly down the North Sea , and meets the first branch at the mouth of the Thames , having taken about twenty hours to compass the distance . The annexed sketch repre- sents the course of the latter ...
... extremity of the latter , flows slowly down the North Sea , and meets the first branch at the mouth of the Thames , having taken about twenty hours to compass the distance . The annexed sketch repre- sents the course of the latter ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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