Humboldt library of science. no. 20, 1881, Oplag 20Humboldt Publishing Company, 1881 |
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Side 398
... earth beneath , or in the waters under the earth , and only bearing a very faint resemblance to things in heaven above ; any one , we repeat , on getting such an introduction to the sub- ject , would be very much tempted to think that ...
... earth beneath , or in the waters under the earth , and only bearing a very faint resemblance to things in heaven above ; any one , we repeat , on getting such an introduction to the sub- ject , would be very much tempted to think that ...
Side 399
... earth is 7912 miles , and that of Ceres 160 miles ; and the words may very easily pass in at the one ear and out at the other , without leaving any impres- sion behind ; or if we pause for a moment to think over them , it will likely ...
... earth is 7912 miles , and that of Ceres 160 miles ; and the words may very easily pass in at the one ear and out at the other , without leaving any impres- sion behind ; or if we pause for a moment to think over them , it will likely ...
Side 400
... earth to the clouds , or clear half a dozen miles at a single leap . seven - league boots would be no longer a fable . Puck said he would put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes ; but one of these giants of Ceres would stride ...
... earth to the clouds , or clear half a dozen miles at a single leap . seven - league boots would be no longer a fable . Puck said he would put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes ; but one of these giants of Ceres would stride ...
Side 401
... earth should be men , those of the sun dwarfs , and those of the tiny asteroid giants . We must remind our readers - what they might well be excused for forgetting -that we are not romancing about what might be the case in some absurd ...
... earth should be men , those of the sun dwarfs , and those of the tiny asteroid giants . We must remind our readers - what they might well be excused for forgetting -that we are not romancing about what might be the case in some absurd ...
Side 402
... earth , whose orbit is so much more nearly circular , the same cause produces a quite perceptible effect . The earth is nearest the sun in December , and the consequence of this is that in our northern hemisphere the winter is rendered ...
... earth , whose orbit is so much more nearly circular , the same cause produces a quite perceptible effect . The earth is nearest the sun in December , and the consequence of this is that in our northern hemisphere the winter is rendered ...
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altogether appearance asteroids astronomers atmos atmosphere axis Babylonian bright brilliancy cause Ceres Cloth cluster comet course craters creation crust dark discovery disk distance Double Number earth Edward Clodd ence Essays existence fact firmament gaseous Genesis globe glory Grant Allen gravity heat heavenly bodies heavens Herbert Spencer Herschel Huxley hypothesis Illustrated inhabitants J. F. C. Hecker John Tyndall Jupiter Laplace's less light liquid lunar mass matter Mercury meteoric miles millions moon moon's surface motion nature Nebular Hypothesis Neptune night nucleus observations oceans orbit origin period phenomena planets position present probably Prof ray centres reason regarded regions revolution Richard Chenevix Trench ring romance rotation round satellites Saturn scientific side solar system solid spots stage stars stellar sun's supposed T. H. Huxley tablet telescope theory tion turn universe Uranus velocity whole William Kingdon Clifford zodiac
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Side 400 - There are seven windows given to animals in the domicile of the head, through which the air is admitted to the tabernacle of the body, to enlighten, to warm, and to nourish it...
Side 421 - The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimitable ocean without bound, Without dimension; where length, breadth, and highth, And time and place are lost...
Side 444 - ... and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Side 421 - And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Side 400 - From which and many other similar phenomena of nature, such as the seven metals, etc., which it were tedious to enumerate, we gather that the number of planets is necessarily seven. " Moreover, the satellites are invisible to the naked eye, and therefore can have no influence on the earth, and therefore would be useless, and therefore do not exist.
Side 433 - For all these things hath mine hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith the LORD : but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
Side 400 - Besides, the Jews and other ancient nations as well as modern Europeans have adopted the division of the week into seven days, and have named them from the seven planets : now if we increase the number of the planets this whole system falls to the ground.