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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... thousand , the various astronomers of Europe upwards of a hundred thousand , and Struve alone has since observed no less than a hundred and twenty thousand stars . But this is only a feeble approximation to the whole amount within ...
... thousand , the various astronomers of Europe upwards of a hundred thousand , and Struve alone has since observed no less than a hundred and twenty thousand stars . But this is only a feeble approximation to the whole amount within ...
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... thousand , or even , perhaps , in ten thousand years ; and why may not the Nile have filled with mud a still greater gulf in the space of time which has passed before our age ? " This observation proves that it was a well- ascertained ...
... thousand , or even , perhaps , in ten thousand years ; and why may not the Nile have filled with mud a still greater gulf in the space of time which has passed before our age ? " This observation proves that it was a well- ascertained ...
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... thousand feet . In Sutherland- shire , between Lochs Eribol and Assynt , and in the isles of Islay and Jura , large con- tinuous tracts occur , which have a thickness of 2200 feet in the latter island . These regions have a very ...
... thousand feet . In Sutherland- shire , between Lochs Eribol and Assynt , and in the isles of Islay and Jura , large con- tinuous tracts occur , which have a thickness of 2200 feet in the latter island . These regions have a very ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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