The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 244A. Dodd and A. Smith, 1968 - Early English newspapers The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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a should attempt to apply the direct surveying method to determine the sun's distance , -at least , you have one of their difficulties strikingly illustrated , though a number of others remain which the illustration does not indicate .
a should attempt to apply the direct surveying method to determine the sun's distance , -at least , you have one of their difficulties strikingly illustrated , though a number of others remain which the illustration does not indicate .
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Thus they learn the sun's distance precisely as a rifleman learns the distance of a line of soldiers when he has ascertained ... We know how far away she is from the earth , and how much , therefore , she approaches the sun when new ...
Thus they learn the sun's distance precisely as a rifleman learns the distance of a line of soldiers when he has ascertained ... We know how far away she is from the earth , and how much , therefore , she approaches the sun when new ...
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a seconds light takes in travelling to us from the sun ; if , therefore , we can find out how fast light travels ... miles light travels in a second , and in how many seconds it comes to us from the sun , we know the sun's distance .
a seconds light takes in travelling to us from the sun ; if , therefore , we can find out how fast light travels ... miles light travels in a second , and in how many seconds it comes to us from the sun , we know the sun's distance .
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| Title | The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 244 Volumes 133-158; Volumes 357-394 of Early English newspapers |
| Publisher | A. Dodd and A. Smith, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 25 Sep 2012 |
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