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... - five minutes , but my year is only two hundred and twenty - five days long . My covering of atmosphere gives me a dawn and twilight not unlike yours , probably modifying the great heat I should otherwise feel from the Sun. VENUS . 27.
... - five minutes , but my year is only two hundred and twenty - five days long . My covering of atmosphere gives me a dawn and twilight not unlike yours , probably modifying the great heat I should otherwise feel from the Sun. VENUS . 27.
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... hundred and eighty - seven days long ; I am only a sixth part as large as your globe , and I get also , on account of my greater distance from the Sun , but half the amount of heat , and light that your Earth does , and only a fourth of ...
... hundred and eighty - seven days long ; I am only a sixth part as large as your globe , and I get also , on account of my greater distance from the Sun , but half the amount of heat , and light that your Earth does , and only a fourth of ...
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... hundreds of miles , I looked into the innermost shrine of a temple , dedicated to the worship of the Hindu goddess Bhowani . Before the image knelt a young Goorkha girl ; her clothes were wet according to the custom which enjoins ...
... hundreds of miles , I looked into the innermost shrine of a temple , dedicated to the worship of the Hindu goddess Bhowani . Before the image knelt a young Goorkha girl ; her clothes were wet according to the custom which enjoins ...
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... hundred and one , and are daily finding more . I get so confused as they pass me that I cannot keep count , with the ex- ception of the principal ones , amongst whom are my sisters , Juno , Ceres , and Pallas . The latter has a larger ...
... hundred and one , and are daily finding more . I get so confused as they pass me that I cannot keep count , with the ex- ception of the principal ones , amongst whom are my sisters , Juno , Ceres , and Pallas . The latter has a larger ...
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... hundred and twenty - three millions of miles , and my year is as long as three years and eight months of yours ; indeed , all our years vary from three to six of your years , but why don't you ask my sister Juno , she is far cleverer ...
... hundred and twenty - three millions of miles , and my year is as long as three years and eight months of yours ; indeed , all our years vary from three to six of your years , but why don't you ask my sister Juno , she is far cleverer ...
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