The Moon Hoax, Or, A Discovery that the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human BeingsW. Gowans, 1859 - 63 стор. |
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... plains at the Cape unite all the advantages of a lucid atmosphere with an entire freedom from mountainous obstruction . Sir John Herschel , therefore , not only accepted the appointment with high satisfaction , but requested that it ...
... plains at the Cape unite all the advantages of a lucid atmosphere with an entire freedom from mountainous obstruction . Sir John Herschel , therefore , not only accepted the appointment with high satisfaction , but requested that it ...
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... plain , which , as measured by the painted circle on our canvass of forty - nine feet , must have been more than half a mile in breadth ; and then appeared as fine a forest of firs , unequivocal firs , as I have ever seen che- rished in ...
... plain , which , as measured by the painted circle on our canvass of forty - nine feet , must have been more than half a mile in breadth ; and then appeared as fine a forest of firs , unequivocal firs , as I have ever seen che- rished in ...
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... plains , which waved in an ocean of verdure , and were probably prairies like those of North America . In three of these we discovered numerous herds of quadrupeds similar to our friends the bisons in the Valley of the Unicorn , but of ...
... plains , which waved in an ocean of verdure , and were probably prairies like those of North America . In three of these we discovered numerous herds of quadrupeds similar to our friends the bisons in the Valley of the Unicorn , but of ...
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... plain not more than ten miles wide , which is here encircled by a truly magnificent amphitheatre of the loftiest order of lunar hills . For a semicircle of six miles these hills are riven , from their brow to their base , as ...
... plain not more than ten miles wide , which is here encircled by a truly magnificent amphitheatre of the loftiest order of lunar hills . For a semicircle of six miles these hills are riven , from their brow to their base , as ...
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... plain was of course immediately covered with the ruby front of this mighty amphitheatre , its tall figures , leaping cascades , and rugged caverns . As its almost interminable sweep was measured off upon the canvass , we frequently saw ...
... plain was of course immediately covered with the ruby front of this mighty amphitheatre , its tall figures , leaping cascades , and rugged caverns . As its almost interminable sweep was measured off upon the canvass , we frequently saw ...
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