The Moon Hoax, Or, A Discovery that the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human Beings |
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... render our enthusiasm intelligible , we will state at once , that by means of a telescope of vast dimensions and an entirely new principle , the younger Herschel , at his observatory in the Southern Hemisphere , has already made the ...
... render our enthusiasm intelligible , we will state at once , that by means of a telescope of vast dimensions and an entirely new principle , the younger Herschel , at his observatory in the Southern Hemisphere , has already made the ...
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... render distinct , and , if necessary , even to magnify the focal object ? " Sir David sprung from his chair in an ... rendered them not only keenly but firmly magnified to dimensions of many feet ; so could the 14 GREAT LUNAR.
... render distinct , and , if necessary , even to magnify the focal object ? " Sir David sprung from his chair in an ... rendered them not only keenly but firmly magnified to dimensions of many feet ; so could the 14 GREAT LUNAR.
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... rendered distinct by the transfusion of artificial light . It was not , however , upon the mere illuminating power of the hydro - oxygen microscope , as applied to the focal pictures of this lens , that the younger Herschel depended for ...
... rendered distinct by the transfusion of artificial light . It was not , however , upon the mere illuminating power of the hydro - oxygen microscope , as applied to the focal pictures of this lens , that the younger Herschel depended for ...
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... render them less like works of nature than of art , passed the canvass before we had time to check their flight ; but presently a train of scenery met our eye , of features so entirely novel , that Dr. Herschel signalled for the lowest ...
... render them less like works of nature than of art , passed the canvass before we had time to check their flight ; but presently a train of scenery met our eye , of features so entirely novel , that Dr. Herschel signalled for the lowest ...
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... rendered every moon- light hour too precious to reconcile us to the deprivation occa- sioned by these two cloudy evenings ; and they were borne with strictly philosophical patience , notwithstanding that our attention was closely ...
... rendered every moon- light hour too precious to reconcile us to the deprivation occa- sioned by these two cloudy evenings ; and they were borne with strictly philosophical patience , notwithstanding that our attention was closely ...
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Page 52 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
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Page 59 - The one led me to see a system in every star. The other leads me to see a world in every atom.
Page 60 - ... a universe within the compass of a point so small as to elude all the powers of the microscope ; but where the wonder-working God finds room for the exercise of all his attributes...
Page 59 - The other teaches me that every grain of sand may harbor within it the tribes and families of a busy population. The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance; for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as are the glories of the firmament.
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Page 60 - The other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as are the glories of the firmament. The one has suggested to me...