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... reason why the particles of water and quick- silver , which are globular or round , are so easily seperated with a touch , while those of metals and some other bodies , are not to be parted but with great force . To give a fa- miliar ...
... reason why the particles of water and quick- silver , which are globular or round , are so easily seperated with a touch , while those of metals and some other bodies , are not to be parted but with great force . To give a fa- miliar ...
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... some philosophers have con- cluded , and I think not without reason , that every fixed star is a sun that has a system of planets revolving round it , like our solar - system . And if so , how immensely great , 18 Of the Universe .
... some philosophers have con- cluded , and I think not without reason , that every fixed star is a sun that has a system of planets revolving round it , like our solar - system . And if so , how immensely great , 18 Of the Universe .
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... reason to believe that it is the centre of our system , and that the earth and other planets move round it . But you will understand this better if you look at the plate I have drawn of the sun and the planets , in their several orbits ...
... reason to believe that it is the centre of our system , and that the earth and other planets move round it . But you will understand this better if you look at the plate I have drawn of the sun and the planets , in their several orbits ...
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... reason to believe there are more ; but from the immense distance of that planet , we have not yet perceived them . Thus has the Almighty provided light for those regions that lie at such an immense distance from the sun . * Saturn is ...
... reason to believe there are more ; but from the immense distance of that planet , we have not yet perceived them . Thus has the Almighty provided light for those regions that lie at such an immense distance from the sun . * Saturn is ...
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... reason whereof I shall give you in a future Lecture . The knowledge we have of comets is very imperfect ; it is a general supposition that they are planetary bodies forming a part of our system , for they revolve about the sun in ...
... reason whereof I shall give you in a future Lecture . The knowledge we have of comets is very imperfect ; it is a general supposition that they are planetary bodies forming a part of our system , for they revolve about the sun in ...
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