The Moon Hoax, Or, A Discovery that the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human BeingsW. Gowans, 1859 - 63 стор. |
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... feet in diameter , and a tube forty feet in length , possesses a magnifying power of more than six thousand times . But a small portion of this power was ever advantageously applied to the nearer astronomical objects ; for the ...
... feet in diameter , and a tube forty feet in length , possesses a magnifying power of more than six thousand times . But a small portion of this power was ever advantageously applied to the nearer astronomical objects ; for the ...
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... feet . Dr. Brewster readily admitted that a tube was not necessary , provided the focal image were conveyed into a dark apartment , and there properly received by reflectors . Sir John then said that , if his father's great telescope ...
... feet . Dr. Brewster readily admitted that a tube was not necessary , provided the focal image were conveyed into a dark apartment , and there properly received by reflectors . Sir John then said that , if his father's great telescope ...
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Richard Adams Locke. magnified to dimensions of many feet ; so could the same arti- ficial light , passed through the faintest focal object of a tele- scope , both distinctify ( to coin a new word for an extraordinary occasion ) and ...
Richard Adams Locke. magnified to dimensions of many feet ; so could the same arti- ficial light , passed through the faintest focal object of a tele- scope , both distinctify ( to coin a new word for an extraordinary occasion ) and ...
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... feet in diameter : just six times the size of his venerable father's . For casting this ponderous mass , he selected the large glass - house of Messrs . Hartly and Grant , ( the brother of our invaluable friend Dr. Grant ) at Dumbarton ...
... feet in diameter : just six times the size of his venerable father's . For casting this ponderous mass , he selected the large glass - house of Messrs . Hartly and Grant , ( the brother of our invaluable friend Dr. Grant ) at Dumbarton ...
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... feet square and as many high , with a flat roof and gutters of thin copper . Through the side proximate to the lens , is an aperture four feet in diameter to receive its rays , and through the roof another for the same purpose in ...
... feet square and as many high , with a flat roof and gutters of thin copper . Through the side proximate to the lens , is an aperture four feet in diameter to receive its rays , and through the roof another for the same purpose in ...
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Сторінка 60 - The other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as are the glories of the firmament. The one has suggested to me...