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... directions and with different velocities , and would thus take up different orbits ; but as the orbit of each would be ever the same , it follows that they would all at some period of their course pass again through the position from ...
... directions and with different velocities , and would thus take up different orbits ; but as the orbit of each would be ever the same , it follows that they would all at some period of their course pass again through the position from ...
Page 50
... direction , and the planets thus circling in and out among each other as if in the mazes of some majestic dance - some winging their flight far away to the most distant parts of their orbits beyond the sun , and others perhaps ...
... direction , and the planets thus circling in and out among each other as if in the mazes of some majestic dance - some winging their flight far away to the most distant parts of their orbits beyond the sun , and others perhaps ...
Page 89
... the natural position of any object at the surface of the earth is an upright and not a slanting one , is that the centre of gravity being exactly beneath our feet , the direction of its attracting influence The Moon . 89.
... the natural position of any object at the surface of the earth is an upright and not a slanting one , is that the centre of gravity being exactly beneath our feet , the direction of its attracting influence The Moon . 89.
Page 90
... direction of the new centre . Prac- tically speaking , this state of affairs would be much the same as if the level surface were suddenly , and without any change on itself , transformed into a steep hill - side ; for on such a surface ...
... direction of the new centre . Prac- tically speaking , this state of affairs would be much the same as if the level surface were suddenly , and without any change on itself , transformed into a steep hill - side ; for on such a surface ...
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... direction his head would seem to go faster than his feet , till he took up his natural inclined position . In fact , to use a slang expression in a strictly literal sense , it would be a regular case of " sloping off . " THE SUN . HE ...
... direction his head would seem to go faster than his feet , till he took up his natural inclined position . In fact , to use a slang expression in a strictly literal sense , it would be a regular case of " sloping off . " THE SUN . HE ...
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