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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... occur in 1911 , when the present generation shall have passed away , and the few remaining infants of to - morrow be anticipating the infirmities of age . The later apparitions of Halley's comet have thus been far less brilliant and ...
... occur in 1911 , when the present generation shall have passed away , and the few remaining infants of to - morrow be anticipating the infirmities of age . The later apparitions of Halley's comet have thus been far less brilliant and ...
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... occur on the top of isolated mountain - peaks , or of independent masses of rock ; and when they are so straight that the day - light appears through them , they present a very remarkable aspect , and have been designated by the name of ...
... occur on the top of isolated mountain - peaks , or of independent masses of rock ; and when they are so straight that the day - light appears through them , they present a very remarkable aspect , and have been designated by the name of ...
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... occur principally in the wealds or wolds of Kent and Sussex , a tract covered with extensive forests in former times , and hence so denominated from the Saxon wald , a wood . Caxton , the first English printer , in the first book ever ...
... occur principally in the wealds or wolds of Kent and Sussex , a tract covered with extensive forests in former times , and hence so denominated from the Saxon wald , a wood . Caxton , the first English printer , in the first book ever ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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