The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, Volume 2Applegate, 1855 - 744 pages |
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Page 82
... astronomer Alphonsus , king of Castile , mountains on the surface of this globe , one of who lived in the 13th century ... astronomers that there has been a difference of opinion with respect to the period of the rotation of this planet ...
... astronomer Alphonsus , king of Castile , mountains on the surface of this globe , one of who lived in the 13th century ... astronomers that there has been a difference of opinion with respect to the period of the rotation of this planet ...
Page 88
... astronomers , is a clear proof of the accuracy which has This circumstance likewise shows us that comets in general been introduced into astronomical calculations , and the soundness of the principles on which astronomers proceed . are ...
... astronomers , is a clear proof of the accuracy which has This circumstance likewise shows us that comets in general been introduced into astronomical calculations , and the soundness of the principles on which astronomers proceed . are ...
Page 89
... astronomers , in these latter times , a peep of them through their glasses , would be inconsistent with every ... astronomer will pretend to determine . The fol the only rational being who inhabited the MATERIAL lowing consideration will ...
... astronomers , in these latter times , a peep of them through their glasses , would be inconsistent with every ... astronomer will pretend to determine . The fol the only rational being who inhabited the MATERIAL lowing consideration will ...
Page 90
... astronomers is about 94 ; of which 12 them resemble as much as possible their appear- are contained in the Zodiac , or that zone in the ance in the heavens . This constellation makes a heavens in which the sun , moon , and planets are ...
... astronomers is about 94 ; of which 12 them resemble as much as possible their appear- are contained in the Zodiac , or that zone in the ance in the heavens . This constellation makes a heavens in which the sun , moon , and planets are ...
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... astronomers in peeping at them through their now , in a great measure , dissipated . The light glasses ? Is the ... astronomer to to share in his beneficence and to adore his perfec extend his views into regions far beyond the limits ...
... astronomers in peeping at them through their now , in a great measure , dissipated . The light glasses ? Is the ... astronomer to to share in his beneficence and to adore his perfec extend his views into regions far beyond the limits ...
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