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... course of Philosophy , and to make yourself acquainted with the nature of things , you must prepare to hear what is more extraor- dinary than this . When you say that no- thing touched the top or the hoop , you for- get the friction or ...
... course of Philosophy , and to make yourself acquainted with the nature of things , you must prepare to hear what is more extraor- dinary than this . When you say that no- thing touched the top or the hoop , you for- get the friction or ...
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... course be only partially eclipsed . An Eclipse of the Sun is occasioned by the moon's being between the sun and the earth , and preventing the light of the sun from coming to that part of the earth we in- habit . This may be explained ...
... course be only partially eclipsed . An Eclipse of the Sun is occasioned by the moon's being between the sun and the earth , and preventing the light of the sun from coming to that part of the earth we in- habit . This may be explained ...
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... for in those parts of the earth which are turned toward the sun it will be day ; and of course it must be night in those which are turned from it . But the length of days and nights , and the. 34 Of the Solar System .
... for in those parts of the earth which are turned toward the sun it will be day ; and of course it must be night in those which are turned from it . But the length of days and nights , and the. 34 Of the Solar System .
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... course keeps its axis equally inclined every where to the plane of the ecliptic and parallel to itself , the earth in this direction has sometimes one of its poles nearest the sun , and sometimes the other . Hence heat and cold , summer ...
... course keeps its axis equally inclined every where to the plane of the ecliptic and parallel to itself , the earth in this direction has sometimes one of its poles nearest the sun , and sometimes the other . Hence heat and cold , summer ...
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... course of my Lectures . Mr. Galaxy gave his assent with a nod ; and our philosopher thus pro- ceeded : The Air is a light , thin , elastic or springy body , which may be felt , but not seen : it is fluid , and runs in a current like ...
... course of my Lectures . Mr. Galaxy gave his assent with a nod ; and our philosopher thus pro- ceeded : The Air is a light , thin , elastic or springy body , which may be felt , but not seen : it is fluid , and runs in a current like ...
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