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... that noble science taught the diurnal and annual motions of the earth . We have felt called upon to make no such apology , but simply to state the A * M363299 facts , well convinced that true philosophy and religion go.
... that noble science taught the diurnal and annual motions of the earth . We have felt called upon to make no such apology , but simply to state the A * M363299 facts , well convinced that true philosophy and religion go.
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... Diurnal revolution of the Earth -Copernican System - Phases of Venus - Religion and Philosophy , CHAPTER III . Parallax - Measurement of Distances - Distance of the Moon , how determined - Distance of the Sun - Immensi- ty of Creation ...
... Diurnal revolution of the Earth -Copernican System - Phases of Venus - Religion and Philosophy , CHAPTER III . Parallax - Measurement of Distances - Distance of the Moon , how determined - Distance of the Sun - Immensi- ty of Creation ...
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... diurnal or daily revolution around the earth , premising however , that to certain directions upon its surface the arbitrary names , North , South , East , and West , have been assigned . For example , we call the part towards the north ...
... diurnal or daily revolution around the earth , premising however , that to certain directions upon its surface the arbitrary names , North , South , East , and West , have been assigned . For example , we call the part towards the north ...
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... diurnal circle . Now suppose that some morning , just at sunrise , we observe a particular star , A , close to the sun , rising just before it . If the stars revolved around the earth in the same time as the sun , as they seem to do ...
... diurnal circle . Now suppose that some morning , just at sunrise , we observe a particular star , A , close to the sun , rising just before it . If the stars revolved around the earth in the same time as the sun , as they seem to do ...
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... the earth should see a particular star A , directly overhead at sunset , and that the earth was revolving once on its axis in 24 hours in the direction of DIURNAL REVOLUTION OF THE EARTH . 31 the letters A 30 THE WORLD .
... the earth should see a particular star A , directly overhead at sunset , and that the earth was revolving once on its axis in 24 hours in the direction of DIURNAL REVOLUTION OF THE EARTH . 31 the letters A 30 THE WORLD .
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