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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... varying in colour from light pink to deep crimson , which appear upon the margin of the dark lunar disk . They have ... varies according to the state of the atmosphere , but it is generally of a pure rose tint . The bright- ness also ...
... varying in colour from light pink to deep crimson , which appear upon the margin of the dark lunar disk . They have ... varies according to the state of the atmosphere , but it is generally of a pure rose tint . The bright- ness also ...
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... varying from three to thirty miles in length . The aggregate superficial extent of all those of the Tyrol ... varies from a hundred to six hundred feet . The glaciers are moving masses , urged down the inclined planes upon which they are ...
... varying from three to thirty miles in length . The aggregate superficial extent of all those of the Tyrol ... varies from a hundred to six hundred feet . The glaciers are moving masses , urged down the inclined planes upon which they are ...
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... varying from a few months to many centuries . With a very slight interruption , Vesuvius slumbered from the year 1306 to 1631 , or for three and a quarter centuries ; but , in the island of Ischia , seventeen centuries have been known ...
... varying from a few months to many centuries . With a very slight interruption , Vesuvius slumbered from the year 1306 to 1631 , or for three and a quarter centuries ; but , in the island of Ischia , seventeen centuries have been known ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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