The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 253F. Jefferies, 1967 - Early English newspapers The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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... observed was one in which Mercury , Venus's fellow inferior planet , passed across the sun's face , in November 1631. It was observed by Gassendi . He looked for a transit of Venus on December 6 , 1631 ; but failed to see it , " d'abord ...
... observed was one in which Mercury , Venus's fellow inferior planet , passed across the sun's face , in November 1631. It was observed by Gassendi . He looked for a transit of Venus on December 6 , 1631 ; but failed to see it , " d'abord ...
Page 666
... observed ) . But it is not always easy to find suitable stations for seeing the whole transit where it will last as long as possible , and other suitable stations where it will last as short a time as possible . So Delisle devised ...
... observed ) . But it is not always easy to find suitable stations for seeing the whole transit where it will last as long as possible , and other suitable stations where it will last as short a time as possible . So Delisle devised ...
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... observed the superiority of equine to human vision in such darkness . Their power of penetrating gloom appears to me to be somewhere midway between that of men and cats . What I am now about to suggest is quite serious , viz . that in ...
... observed the superiority of equine to human vision in such darkness . Their power of penetrating gloom appears to me to be somewhere midway between that of men and cats . What I am now about to suggest is quite serious , viz . that in ...
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