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... little volume , their mytho- logical character being the mouthpiece of their astronomical and physical history . Whilst obtain- ing the facts from the best authorities and weld- ing them together with a small amount of fiction ,
... little volume , their mytho- logical character being the mouthpiece of their astronomical and physical history . Whilst obtain- ing the facts from the best authorities and weld- ing them together with a small amount of fiction ,
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A. A. Strange Butson. ing them together with a small amount of fiction , I have purposely avoided entering into anything very scientific , preferring that my little work should sail under its own colours , and not as a lesson in disguise ...
A. A. Strange Butson. ing them together with a small amount of fiction , I have purposely avoided entering into anything very scientific , preferring that my little work should sail under its own colours , and not as a lesson in disguise ...
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... my friend , whose little voice soon reached me- Shall I tell you " Ah ! you did not find me . why ? Well , for two reasons - because I seem smaller , appearing to you crescent - shaped , and ( 20 ) WHAT MERCURY SAW-A STOCKING STORY.
... my friend , whose little voice soon reached me- Shall I tell you " Ah ! you did not find me . why ? Well , for two reasons - because I seem smaller , appearing to you crescent - shaped , and ( 20 ) WHAT MERCURY SAW-A STOCKING STORY.
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A. A. Strange Butson. smaller , appearing to you crescent - shaped , and because , following the Sun , I have travelled farther westward . " 66 ' How stupid of me ! " I exclaimed , “ I ought to have remembered that . But you promised to ...
A. A. Strange Butson. smaller , appearing to you crescent - shaped , and because , following the Sun , I have travelled farther westward . " 66 ' How stupid of me ! " I exclaimed , “ I ought to have remembered that . But you promised to ...
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... , as fire cannot exist without it , and now , if I could put you down in the Moon , you would walk over desolate plains of rugged , grey rocks , interspersed with basins , large and small , of extinct volcanoes , VENUS . 31.
... , as fire cannot exist without it , and now , if I could put you down in the Moon , you would walk over desolate plains of rugged , grey rocks , interspersed with basins , large and small , of extinct volcanoes , VENUS . 31.
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