The Gallery of Nature; a Pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through Creation, Illustrative of the Wonders of Astronmy, Physical Geography, and Geology |
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... hundred and forty - two feet , will be the similitude of Venus ; and another , slightly larger , at two hundred • Mercury . • Venus . Earth . • Mars . and fifteen feet , will be the appropriate representative of the earth . A good pin's ...
... hundred and forty - two feet , will be the similitude of Venus ; and another , slightly larger , at two hundred • Mercury . • Venus . Earth . • Mars . and fifteen feet , will be the appropriate representative of the earth . A good pin's ...
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... hundred square miles . The greatest breadth of an individual specimen is seldom more than two miles . The thickness varies from a hundred to six hundred feet . The glaciers are moving masses , urged down the inclined planes upon which ...
... hundred square miles . The greatest breadth of an individual specimen is seldom more than two miles . The thickness varies from a hundred to six hundred feet . The glaciers are moving masses , urged down the inclined planes upon which ...
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... hundred miles along the course of the Amazon , and that of the German Ocean extends about seventy miles up the Thames . Important facilities are afforded to the navigation of many rivers by this circumstance , for they are only ...
... hundred miles along the course of the Amazon , and that of the German Ocean extends about seventy miles up the Thames . Important facilities are afforded to the navigation of many rivers by this circumstance , for they are only ...
Contents
Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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ancient animals appearance Aratus astronomical Atlantic atmosphere bodies cause celestial centre climate clouds coast colour comet constellation continent dark diameter direction disk distance districts diurnal motion earth eclipse ecliptic elevation equator Europe exhibits extent feet Flamstead globe heat heavens height Herschel Hipparchus horizon hundred hyæna immense inhabitants island Jupiter Keppler lake land latitude light limestone lunar magnitude mass moon motion mountains nature nearly night northern northern hemisphere observed occur ocean orbit Orinoco owing parallax passing perihelion period phenomena plain planet pole present Ptolemy Pyrenees quadrupeds rain regions remarkable revolution rise river rock rotation round sand satellites Saturn seen shore side snow solar southern space species spot square miles stars stratum stream summit supposed surface telescope temperature terrestrial trees tropical Tycho Brahe Uranus valley vapour vast vegetation velocity Venus visible volcanic wind winter zone