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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... terrestrial shadow owing to the inclination of her orbit 5 ° to the ecliptic , carrying her above or below it , and only suffers an eclipse , when , besides being in opposition to the sun , she is in or near the plane of the earth's ...
... terrestrial shadow owing to the inclination of her orbit 5 ° to the ecliptic , carrying her above or below it , and only suffers an eclipse , when , besides being in opposition to the sun , she is in or near the plane of the earth's ...
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... terrestrial things- winter and summer once a month of the fiercest description . During fifteen days ' exposure to the sun an intense degree of heat will accumulate , and by fifteen days ' deprivation of his beams an equal degree of ...
... terrestrial things- winter and summer once a month of the fiercest description . During fifteen days ' exposure to the sun an intense degree of heat will accumulate , and by fifteen days ' deprivation of his beams an equal degree of ...
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... terrestrial life existing under what appear to be lunar circumstances , though it would be great folly and presumption to suppose that we are acquainted with all the forms of organic being , and familiar with all the modes by which ...
... terrestrial life existing under what appear to be lunar circumstances , though it would be great folly and presumption to suppose that we are acquainted with all the forms of organic being , and familiar with all the modes by which ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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