The Moon Hoax, Or, A Discovery that the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human BeingsW. Gowans, 1859 - 63 стор. |
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... collect from that luminary . The enlargement of the angle of vision which was thus acquired , is ascertained by dividing the moon's distance from the observatory by the magnifying power of the instrument ; and the former being 240,000 ...
... collect from that luminary . The enlargement of the angle of vision which was thus acquired , is ascertained by dividing the moon's distance from the observatory by the magnifying power of the instrument ; and the former being 240,000 ...
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... collected from productions of the manufactory , in both the kinds of glass , and known to be respectively of nearly perfect homogenous quality , were united , by one grand conductor , to the mould ; and on the third of January , 1833 ...
... collected from productions of the manufactory , in both the kinds of glass , and known to be respectively of nearly perfect homogenous quality , were united , by one grand conductor , to the mould ; and on the third of January , 1833 ...
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... collections of trees , of every imaginable kind , were scattered about the whole of the luxuri- ant area ; and here our magnifiers blest our panting hopes with specimens of conscious existence . In the shade of the woods on the south ...
... collections of trees , of every imaginable kind , were scattered about the whole of the luxuri- ant area ; and here our magnifiers blest our panting hopes with specimens of conscious existence . In the shade of the woods on the south ...
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... collections of water , which may be denominated Of inferior waters , discoverable by the higher classes of instruments , and usually called lakes , the number is so great that no attempt has yet been made to count them . Indeed , such a ...
... collections of water , which may be denominated Of inferior waters , discoverable by the higher classes of instruments , and usually called lakes , the number is so great that no attempt has yet been made to count them . Indeed , such a ...
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... the Phoenicians , " by Sanchoniatho , who flourished about the time of the Trojan war . Published in a collection of Ancient Fragments . New York . 1835 . incandescent and inchoate planet - if so daring a figure APPENDIX . 53.
... the Phoenicians , " by Sanchoniatho , who flourished about the time of the Trojan war . Published in a collection of Ancient Fragments . New York . 1835 . incandescent and inchoate planet - if so daring a figure APPENDIX . 53.
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