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... moon was one day to be formed . This may be inferred , I think , from the law of the moon's rotation . It is true that a moon independently created , and started on the moon's present course , with a rotation - period nearly equalling ...
... moon was one day to be formed . This may be inferred , I think , from the law of the moon's rotation . It is true that a moon independently created , and started on the moon's present course , with a rotation - period nearly equalling ...
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... moon moved and rotated must have undergone considerable changes since her first formation , yet that since those changes took place very slowly , the rotation of the moon would be gradually modified , pari passu , so that the peculiar ...
... moon moved and rotated must have undergone considerable changes since her first formation , yet that since those changes took place very slowly , the rotation of the moon would be gradually modified , pari passu , so that the peculiar ...
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... moon is now passing . But we must remember that the original quantity of matter in any orb passing through such stages must very importantly modify the actual condition of the orb in each of those stages , as well , of course , as the ...
... moon is now passing . But we must remember that the original quantity of matter in any orb passing through such stages must very importantly modify the actual condition of the orb in each of those stages , as well , of course , as the ...
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... size than at present , I mentioned as a consideration not to be overlooked the probability that some of the meteoric matter falling on the moon having hitherto cooled more rapidly than the interior , be- 18 Our Place among Infinities .
... size than at present , I mentioned as a consideration not to be overlooked the probability that some of the meteoric matter falling on the moon having hitherto cooled more rapidly than the interior , be- 18 Our Place among Infinities .
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... moon . The earth may part , as completely as the moon has , with her internal heat ; the rotation of the earth may in hundreds of millions of years be slowed down by tidal action into agreement with the period in which the moon ...
... moon . The earth may part , as completely as the moon has , with her internal heat ; the rotation of the earth may in hundreds of millions of years be slowed down by tidal action into agreement with the period in which the moon ...
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Our Place Among Infinities, Essays. to Which Are Added Essays on Astrology ... Richard Anthony Proctor Попередній перегляд недоступний - 2016 |
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Сторінка 48 - Thou makest thine appeal to me: I bring to life, I bring to death: The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.
Сторінка 48 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Сторінка 288 - Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, Even to make the poor of the land to fail, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel great, And falsifying the balances by deceit?
Сторінка 28 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
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Сторінка 28 - Memoriam." (Dedicated by Permission to the Poet-Laureate.) Fcap. 8vo, 2s. The Education of the Human Race. Translated from the German of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Fcap. 8vo, 2s. 6d. The above Works can also be had, bound in half morocco. *»* A Portrait of the late Rev. FW Robertson, mounted for framing, can be had, 2s.
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Сторінка 285 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand; This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: For I should have denied the God that is above.
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