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... seen people , seem- ingly of years of discretion , so far mistake themselves and abandon common sense , as to lead a yonng gentleman , just put into jacket and trowsers , or a little lady in a frock dress , up to a gaming table , to ...
... seen people , seem- ingly of years of discretion , so far mistake themselves and abandon common sense , as to lead a yonng gentleman , just put into jacket and trowsers , or a little lady in a frock dress , up to a gaming table , to ...
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... seen by this Magnet or Loadstone , which has the property of attracting or bring . ing iron to it with one end , and repelling or forcing it away with the other . My knife , says Sam Jones , which was rubbed on a load- stone some years ...
... seen by this Magnet or Loadstone , which has the property of attracting or bring . ing iron to it with one end , and repelling or forcing it away with the other . My knife , says Sam Jones , which was rubbed on a load- stone some years ...
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... seen , it appears Moon . I think it is extraordinary , says Tom Wilson , that the Moon which you say is so much smaller than the Sun , should appear to our sight equally large . That is easily explained , replied our Phi- losopher , Of ...
... seen , it appears Moon . I think it is extraordinary , says Tom Wilson , that the Moon which you say is so much smaller than the Sun , should appear to our sight equally large . That is easily explained , replied our Phi- losopher , Of ...
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... seen through them ; thus the moon , un- til she rises above these fogs , always appears larger . * The apparent magnitude of a celestial body or the an- gle it subtends at the eye , when near the horizon , is not greater but indeed ...
... seen through them ; thus the moon , un- til she rises above these fogs , always appears larger . * The apparent magnitude of a celestial body or the an- gle it subtends at the eye , when near the horizon , is not greater but indeed ...
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... seen through the Telescope I shewed you some time ago . The livid spots and bright streaks of light are supposed to be the mountainous parts ; and the same parts being constantly turned towards the earth , she always pre- sents the same ...
... seen through the Telescope I shewed you some time ago . The livid spots and bright streaks of light are supposed to be the mountainous parts ; and the same parts being constantly turned towards the earth , she always pre- sents the same ...
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