The Moon Hoax, Or, A Discovery that the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human BeingsW. Gowans, 1859 - 63 стор. |
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... contain little more than details and mathematical illustrations of the facts communicated to us in his own ample correspondence . For permission to indulge his friendship in communicating this invaluable information to us , Dr. Grant ...
... contain little more than details and mathematical illustrations of the facts communicated to us in his own ample correspondence . For permission to indulge his friendship in communicating this invaluable information to us , Dr. Grant ...
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... containing the highest degree of light which the great speculum could 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 ...
... containing the highest degree of light which the great speculum could 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 ...
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... - oxygen microscope , passed through a drop of water containing the larvæ of a gnat and other objects invisible to the naked eye , rendered them not only keenly but firmly magnified to dimensions of many feet ; so could the 14 GREAT LUNAR.
... - oxygen microscope , passed through a drop of water containing the larvæ of a gnat and other objects invisible to the naked eye , rendered them not only keenly but firmly magnified to dimensions of many feet ; so could the 14 GREAT LUNAR.
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... in which it has been observed to immerse for a period of several seconds . " Thirty degrees farther south , in No. 11 , or Cleomedes , an immense annular mountain , containing three distinct craters , which ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES . 31.
... in which it has been observed to immerse for a period of several seconds . " Thirty degrees farther south , in No. 11 , or Cleomedes , an immense annular mountain , containing three distinct craters , which ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES . 31.
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Richard Adams Locke. immense annular mountain , containing three distinct craters , which have been so long extinguished that the whole valley around them , which is eleven miles in extent , is densely crowded with woods nearly to the ...
Richard Adams Locke. immense annular mountain , containing three distinct craters , which have been so long extinguished that the whole valley around them , which is eleven miles in extent , is densely crowded with woods nearly to the ...
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