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... perceive more stars than you saw before with your eye alone . These are fixed stars , and are called fixed , because they al- ways keep the same distance from each other , and the same distance from the sun , which is also fixed ; and ...
... perceive more stars than you saw before with your eye alone . These are fixed stars , and are called fixed , because they al- ways keep the same distance from each other , and the same distance from the sun , which is also fixed ; and ...
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... perceive a streak of light , which is like the New Moon ; if the ball be moved further it presents the appearance of a Half Moon ; move it still further , until all the en- like a Full lightened part is seen , it appears Moon . I think ...
... perceive a streak of light , which is like the New Moon ; if the ball be moved further it presents the appearance of a Half Moon ; move it still further , until all the en- like a Full lightened part is seen , it appears Moon . I think ...
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... perceive by opening the win- dow ; ) but it cannot , like water , be con- gealed into ice ; and the Atmosphere is that great body or shell of air which sur- rounds the earth , and which reaches many miles above its surface , as is known ...
... perceive by opening the win- dow ; ) but it cannot , like water , be con- gealed into ice ; and the Atmosphere is that great body or shell of air which sur- rounds the earth , and which reaches many miles above its surface , as is known ...
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... perceive that the height of the Atmosphere must be very great . For as the Air is a springy body , that part next the earth must be more dense than the upper part , as be- ing pressed down by the air above it . Look at that hay - stack ...
... perceive that the height of the Atmosphere must be very great . For as the Air is a springy body , that part next the earth must be more dense than the upper part , as be- ing pressed down by the air above it . Look at that hay - stack ...
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... perceive , hanging over my head , where you are to observe that the ball , which is pre- viously filled by a syringe with the condensed air , is screwed under the back , and by pulling the trigger , a valve is pushed in the ball by a ...
... perceive , hanging over my head , where you are to observe that the ball , which is pre- viously filled by a syringe with the condensed air , is screwed under the back , and by pulling the trigger , a valve is pushed in the ball by a ...
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