The Moon Hoax, Or, A Discovery that the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human BeingsW. Gowans, 1859 - 63 стор. |
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... HOPE . FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK SUN IN August and sepTEMBER , 1835 , FROM THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE In this unusual addition to our Journal , we have the happi- ness of making known to the British public ...
... HOPE . FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK SUN IN August and sepTEMBER , 1835 , FROM THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE In this unusual addition to our Journal , we have the happi- ness of making known to the British public ...
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... Hope , and the indefatigable superintendent of his telescope during the whole period of its construction and operation , Dr. Grant has been enabled to supply us with intelligence equal , in general interest at least , to that which Dr ...
... Hope , and the indefatigable superintendent of his telescope during the whole period of its construction and operation , Dr. Grant has been enabled to supply us with intelligence equal , in general interest at least , to that which Dr ...
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... hope for any great accession to their developments . The utmost power of the largest telescope in the world had been exerted in a new and felicitous manner to obtain them , and there was no reasonable expectation that a larger one would ...
... hope for any great accession to their developments . The utmost power of the largest telescope in the world had been exerted in a new and felicitous manner to obtain them , and there was no reasonable expectation that a larger one would ...
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... hope . Huygens , Fontana , Gregory , Newton , Hadley , Bird , Short , Dolland , Herschel , and many others , all practical opti- cians , had resorted to every material in any wise adapted to the composition either of lenses or ...
... hope . Huygens , Fontana , Gregory , Newton , Hadley , Bird , Short , Dolland , Herschel , and many others , all practical opti- cians , had resorted to every material in any wise adapted to the composition either of lenses or ...
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... Hope ; and no transit of Venus having occurred since the year 1769 , and none being to occur before 1874 , the accu- rate observation of the transits of Mercury , which occur more frequently , has been found of great importance both to ...
... Hope ; and no transit of Venus having occurred since the year 1769 , and none being to occur before 1874 , the accu- rate observation of the transits of Mercury , which occur more frequently , has been found of great importance both to ...
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