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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... latter certain sections of the ecliptic . In about twenty- three thousand years , the zodiacal constellations and signs will again nominally agree . The constellation ARIES is situated in the heavens next east of Pisces , and midway ...
... latter certain sections of the ecliptic . In about twenty- three thousand years , the zodiacal constellations and signs will again nominally agree . The constellation ARIES is situated in the heavens next east of Pisces , and midway ...
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... latter , Dubhe , of the first magnitude . By common consent , the two latter stars , Merak and Dubhe , are called the Pointers , because an imaginary line drawn from the lower to the upper , and carried on in the same direction , passes ...
... latter , Dubhe , of the first magnitude . By common consent , the two latter stars , Merak and Dubhe , are called the Pointers , because an imaginary line drawn from the lower to the upper , and carried on in the same direction , passes ...
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... latter hypotheses , we may explain those cases in which the bones are few in number and not gnawed , the caverns large , and the fissures extending upwards to the surface ; but where they bear marks of having been lacerated by beasts of ...
... latter hypotheses , we may explain those cases in which the bones are few in number and not gnawed , the caverns large , and the fissures extending upwards to the surface ; but where they bear marks of having been lacerated by beasts of ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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