The Moon Hoax, Or, A Discovery that the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human BeingsW. Gowans, 1859 - 63 стор. |
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... field of science . The engravings of lunar animals and other objects , and of the phases of the several planets , are accurate copies of drawings taken in the observatory by Herbert Home , Esq . , who accom- panied the last powerful ...
... field of science . The engravings of lunar animals and other objects , and of the phases of the several planets , are accurate copies of drawings taken in the observatory by Herbert Home , Esq . , who accom- panied the last powerful ...
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... field , and of all the pilgrims of love and hope , of misery and despair , that have journeyed over the hills and valleys of this earth , through all the eras of its unwritten his- tory to those of its present voluminous record ; the ...
... field , and of all the pilgrims of love and hope , of misery and despair , that have journeyed over the hills and valleys of this earth , through all the eras of its unwritten his- tory to those of its present voluminous record ; the ...
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... field of view , therefore , whether exhibited on the floor or on the wall of the apartment , has a diameter of nearly fifty feet , and , being cir- cular , it has therefore an area of nearly 1875 feet . The place of all the horizontal ...
... field of view , therefore , whether exhibited on the floor or on the wall of the apartment , has a diameter of nearly fifty feet , and , being cir- cular , it has therefore an area of nearly 1875 feet . The place of all the horizontal ...
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... field of view was covered throughout its entire area with a beautifully distinct , and even vivid representation of basaltic rock . Its color was a greenish brown , and the width of the columns , as defined by their interstices on the ...
... field of view was covered throughout its entire area with a beautifully distinct , and even vivid representation of basaltic rock . Its color was a greenish brown , and the width of the columns , as defined by their interstices on the ...
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... field of view comprehended about twenty - five miles of the lunar surface , with the distinctness both of outline and detail which could be procured of a terrestrial object at the distance of two and a half miles ; an optical phenomenon ...
... field of view comprehended about twenty - five miles of the lunar surface , with the distinctness both of outline and detail which could be procured of a terrestrial object at the distance of two and a half miles ; an optical phenomenon ...
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