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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... planet attached to it . The profound of space was crammed with a succession of huge globular forms , in which the planets were placed , all of the finest crystal , else the light of the stars had been intercepted ; beyond these was the ...
... planet attached to it . The profound of space was crammed with a succession of huge globular forms , in which the planets were placed , all of the finest crystal , else the light of the stars had been intercepted ; beyond these was the ...
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... planets . Keppler had therefore started the conjecture that a planet would be discovered in the vast region between the two former bodies ; and thus bring it into something like proportion with the spaces between the latter . This idea ...
... planets . Keppler had therefore started the conjecture that a planet would be discovered in the vast region between the two former bodies ; and thus bring it into something like proportion with the spaces between the latter . This idea ...
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... planets are denoted in astronomical writings by their respective symbols , as ğ Mercury , Venus , the Earth , 8 Mars , 2 Jupiter , h Saturn , H Uranus , and Neptune . corn Aquari S The paths of the planets are elliptical , as previously ...
... planets are denoted in astronomical writings by their respective symbols , as ğ Mercury , Venus , the Earth , 8 Mars , 2 Jupiter , h Saturn , H Uranus , and Neptune . corn Aquari S The paths of the planets are elliptical , as previously ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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