Talks about science, with a biogr. sketch by C. Welsh1882 |
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... stars to - night , but rather as intelligent observers , who , viewing , not for the first time , with wonder and ... stars is popularly supposed to be in- finite , but this is to a large extent an optical illusion , the B total number ...
... stars to - night , but rather as intelligent observers , who , viewing , not for the first time , with wonder and ... stars is popularly supposed to be in- finite , but this is to a large extent an optical illusion , the B total number ...
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... stars which are commonly known as " fixed " stars , we find that their distances from us are so enormous that any attempt at expressing them in ordinary miles is useless , as it simply re- sults in long strings of figures which fail to ...
... stars which are commonly known as " fixed " stars , we find that their distances from us are so enormous that any attempt at expressing them in ordinary miles is useless , as it simply re- sults in long strings of figures which fail to ...
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... star , with instructions to the Admiral to drop a pea at the end of each mile of the jour- ney , ten thousand vessels , each of twelve hundred tons burthen , would be required to carry the peas . If the dis- tances of the stars are so ...
... star , with instructions to the Admiral to drop a pea at the end of each mile of the jour- ney , ten thousand vessels , each of twelve hundred tons burthen , would be required to carry the peas . If the dis- tances of the stars are so ...
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Thomas Dunman. that there can be little doubt that many of the stars are much larger than the sun . Having just now told you something about the great dis- tance of the stars , it may seem presumption in me to pretend to tell you about ...
Thomas Dunman. that there can be little doubt that many of the stars are much larger than the sun . Having just now told you something about the great dis- tance of the stars , it may seem presumption in me to pretend to tell you about ...
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... star many millions of miles distant , we have in the spectroscope an instrument which enables us to tell the nature of the source of light , and the elements present in it ; this method of analysing bodies by means of the light which ...
... star many millions of miles distant , we have in the spectroscope an instrument which enables us to tell the nature of the source of light , and the elements present in it ; this method of analysing bodies by means of the light which ...
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acid gas animal atomic weight atoms BARBARA HUTTON beautiful beneath the surface blood body Book bottom brain called carbonic acid carbonic acid gas cavern cells chalk cloth cloud coal colours consists constantly contains coral course Crown 8vo cubic foot Davy Lamp deposited depth distance earth enormous exist fact Fcap feet fibres French Morocco frog gilt edges give glaciers going gradually heat inches Kent's Cavern kind known large number lava layers lecture limbs limestone limp little tiny living lobster lungs mass material matter miles molecules Morocco motion mountain nature nerve nervous ocean oxygen particles pass photosphere piece plant present quantity reef result rocks round shell side skeleton snow spectrum stalagmite stars stones stream substance suppose tell temperature termed thermometer thing THOMAS DUNMAN thousand trees vapour vegetable vessels vibrations volcanoes weight
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