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... peculiar and distinct chain of causation , it unites the present with the re- mote past ; constantly urges us to look for the beginning of that state of things we have been contemplating ; conducts us to the boundaries of physical ...
... peculiar and distinct chain of causation , it unites the present with the re- mote past ; constantly urges us to look for the beginning of that state of things we have been contemplating ; conducts us to the boundaries of physical ...
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... peculiar employment of that season of the year , when the sun happened to be in any one of them . For example , the sun , in the preceding diagram , is in the sign called Virgo , or the Virgin ; this sign was represented by a virgin ...
... peculiar employment of that season of the year , when the sun happened to be in any one of them . For example , the sun , in the preceding diagram , is in the sign called Virgo , or the Virgin ; this sign was represented by a virgin ...
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... peculiar province of Astronomy and Geology , to free the mind from such superstitions , and to elevate and ennoble it by loftier contemplations . The younger Herschel , has truly remarked , " Geology , in the magnitude and sublimity of ...
... peculiar province of Astronomy and Geology , to free the mind from such superstitions , and to elevate and ennoble it by loftier contemplations . The younger Herschel , has truly remarked , " Geology , in the magnitude and sublimity of ...
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... peculiar property of the ellipse , and in such an orbit the earth is moving around the sun . Let S be the position of the sun , and A the position of the earth , at the time when nearest the sun , and when , consequently , the sun's ...
... peculiar property of the ellipse , and in such an orbit the earth is moving around the sun . Let S be the position of the sun , and A the position of the earth , at the time when nearest the sun , and when , consequently , the sun's ...
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... peculiar languor and depression , between the change from the sea to the land breeze . Dr. Robinson mentions an experiment which illustrates the cause of land and sea breezes very prettily . If we place a hot stone in a room , and hold ...
... peculiar languor and depression , between the change from the sea to the land breeze . Dr. Robinson mentions an experiment which illustrates the cause of land and sea breezes very prettily . If we place a hot stone in a room , and hold ...
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ancient animals appear astronomical atmosphere axis barrier reefs beautiful beds calcareous called carbonic acid carboniferous causes celestial equator centre CHAPTER circle clay clock clouds coast commencement constellation continually coral deposited dial diameter distance diurnal earth earthquakes east ecliptic elevation epoch equator eruption feet flow flustra formation formed fossil globe gneiss granite heat heavens height heliacal rising hence horizon immense island land latitude lava length limestone mass means meridian miles minute moon motion mountains moving night noon observed ocean Oolite orbit passes period phenomena plane point of Aries pole pole star portion precession present reefs remains remarkable represented reptiles revolution revolving right ascension rising river rocks sand sandstone shells shore Siderial solstice springs star stone strata sun's supposed surface temperature tion tropical vast vernal equinox volcanic waves whole winds winter Zodiac zoophytes