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... thousand years ago , measures its distance , and traces its movements - the science which accomplishes such marvels as these , and the history of the great men who achieved these noblest triumphs of human intellect - must surely furnish ...
... thousand years ago , measures its distance , and traces its movements - the science which accomplishes such marvels as these , and the history of the great men who achieved these noblest triumphs of human intellect - must surely furnish ...
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... thousand miles an hour . The giraffe on the plain will lift his stately head , and browse on the trees that crown the mountain - top . The ponderous ele- phant will cover three acres of ground , and surpass in strength the most powerful ...
... thousand miles an hour . The giraffe on the plain will lift his stately head , and browse on the trees that crown the mountain - top . The ponderous ele- phant will cover three acres of ground , and surpass in strength the most powerful ...
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... thousand days , his motion on his axis is so rapid that the heavenly bodies must be seen changing their places every minute , and his nocturnal sky is illuminated by a band of four large and beautiful satellites . * His surface is ...
... thousand days , his motion on his axis is so rapid that the heavenly bodies must be seen changing their places every minute , and his nocturnal sky is illuminated by a band of four large and beautiful satellites . * His surface is ...
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... thousand - fold our most terrific hurricanes . The moons of Jupiter were among the earliest revelations of the telescope . They were discovered by Galileo , who at first sup- posed them to be stars , and was much puzzled for a few ...
... thousand - fold our most terrific hurricanes . The moons of Jupiter were among the earliest revelations of the telescope . They were discovered by Galileo , who at first sup- posed them to be stars , and was much puzzled for a few ...
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... thousand miles . It would probably have been produced by some great internal convulsion after the moon as- sumed its solid state ; but the forces required to produce this disruption are less than might G at first sight appear necessary ...
... thousand miles . It would probably have been produced by some great internal convulsion after the moon as- sumed its solid state ; but the forces required to produce this disruption are less than might G at first sight appear necessary ...
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