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Robert Kalley Miller. ASTOR LIBRA OCT 1876 NEW - YORK . CAMBRIDGE : PRINTED BY W. METCALFE AND SON . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . The greater part of.
Robert Kalley Miller. ASTOR LIBRA OCT 1876 NEW - YORK . CAMBRIDGE : PRINTED BY W. METCALFE AND SON . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . The greater part of.
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Robert Kalley Miller. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . The greater part of the following papers was originally written for delivery in the form of popular lectures . They were then published in a University Magazine , the Light Blue ; and ...
Robert Kalley Miller. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . The greater part of the following papers was originally written for delivery in the form of popular lectures . They were then published in a University Magazine , the Light Blue ; and ...
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... greater distance of its surface from the centre , it follows that on the whole the force of gravity here is fifty times greater than at Ceres - or , in other words , any object here is fifty times as heavy as it would be there . Now let ...
... greater distance of its surface from the centre , it follows that on the whole the force of gravity here is fifty times greater than at Ceres - or , in other words , any object here is fifty times as heavy as it would be there . Now let ...
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... greater than that of boiling water ; and if at its crea- tion it contained any seas or rivers like our own , they must have been long ago dissipated in vapour by the sun's overpowering beams . At Neptune , on the other hand , that ...
... greater than that of boiling water ; and if at its crea- tion it contained any seas or rivers like our own , they must have been long ago dissipated in vapour by the sun's overpowering beams . At Neptune , on the other hand , that ...
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... greater , and in some much less than our own ; at Jupiter especially there will be no perceptible change of seasons at all , and day and night will everywhere last for twelve hours each , just as at our equator . Every region will be ...
... greater , and in some much less than our own ; at Jupiter especially there will be no perceptible change of seasons at all , and day and night will everywhere last for twelve hours each , just as at our equator . Every region will be ...
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