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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... light pink to deep crimson , which appear upon the margin of the dark lunar disk . They have been com- pared by different observers to beautiful sheaves of flame , and to the snowy peaks of the Alps , rose- coloured by the morning or ...
... light pink to deep crimson , which appear upon the margin of the dark lunar disk . They have been com- pared by different observers to beautiful sheaves of flame , and to the snowy peaks of the Alps , rose- coloured by the morning or ...
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... light , owing to their distance , has not yet reached our globe , though still destined to come within range of the eye . " How distant some of the nocturnal suns ! So distant , says the sage , ' twere not absurd To doubt , if beams ...
... light , owing to their distance , has not yet reached our globe , though still destined to come within range of the eye . " How distant some of the nocturnal suns ! So distant , says the sage , ' twere not absurd To doubt , if beams ...
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... light , extending over nearly the whole of the heavens , transient gleams of light separating from the main body of the luminosity ; but in September 1827 its hues were red and brilliant . Dr. Dalton has furnished the following account ...
... light , extending over nearly the whole of the heavens , transient gleams of light separating from the main body of the luminosity ; but in September 1827 its hues were red and brilliant . Dr. Dalton has furnished the following account ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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