The Moon Hoax, Or, A Discovery that the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human BeingsW. Gowans, 1859 - 63 стор. |
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... Royal Society . Indeed our correspondent assures us that the voluminous documents now before a committee of that in- stitution contain little more than details and mathematical illustrations of the facts communicated to us in his own ...
... Royal Society . Indeed our correspondent assures us that the voluminous documents now before a committee of that in- stitution contain little more than details and mathematical illustrations of the facts communicated to us in his own ...
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... Royal Society , and particularly directed to it the attention of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the ever munificent patron of science and the arts . It was immediately and enthusiastically approved by the committee chosen to ...
... Royal Society , and particularly directed to it the attention of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the ever munificent patron of science and the arts . It was immediately and enthusiastically approved by the committee chosen to ...
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... Royal Engineers , F.R.A.S. , and a large party of the best English mechanics . They arrived , after an expeditious and agreeable passage , and immediately proceeded to transport the lens , and the frame of the large observatory , to its ...
... Royal Engineers , F.R.A.S. , and a large party of the best English mechanics . They arrived , after an expeditious and agreeable passage , and immediately proceeded to transport the lens , and the frame of the large observatory , to its ...
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... royal patrons enjoined a masonic taciturnity upon him and his friends until he should have officially communicated the results of his great experi- ment . Accordingly , the world heard nothing of him or his expedition until it was ...
... royal patrons enjoined a masonic taciturnity upon him and his friends until he should have officially communicated the results of his great experi- ment . Accordingly , the world heard nothing of him or his expedition until it was ...
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... royal patron , we denominated " the Valley of the Unicorn ; " and it may be found in Blunt's map , about midway between the Mare Fœcunditatis and the Mare Nectaris . The nights of the 11th and 12th being cloudy , were unfavora- ble to ...
... royal patron , we denominated " the Valley of the Unicorn ; " and it may be found in Blunt's map , about midway between the Mare Fœcunditatis and the Mare Nectaris . The nights of the 11th and 12th being cloudy , were unfavora- ble to ...
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