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... various planets circle in one direction around the sun , the sun rotating in the same direction , the satellite families ( with one noteworthy but by no means inexplicable exception ) travelling round their primaries in the same ...
... various planets circle in one direction around the sun , the sun rotating in the same direction , the satellite families ( with one noteworthy but by no means inexplicable exception ) travelling round their primaries in the same ...
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Richard Anthony Proctor. Among the various forms of nebulæ ( or star - cloudlets ) revealed by the telescope , we find many which seem to accord with our ideas as to some of the stages through which our solar system must have passed in ...
Richard Anthony Proctor. Among the various forms of nebulæ ( or star - cloudlets ) revealed by the telescope , we find many which seem to accord with our ideas as to some of the stages through which our solar system must have passed in ...
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... various orders of nebulæ in which we seem to find clear evidence of a process of evolution . We see first the traces of a central aggregation . This aggregation becomes more and more clearly defined , until there is no possibility of ...
... various orders of nebulæ in which we seem to find clear evidence of a process of evolution . We see first the traces of a central aggregation . This aggregation becomes more and more clearly defined , until there is no possibility of ...
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... various forms of nebulæ , I have been adopting an assumption and one which no one can hope either to verify or to disprove , yet it must be remembered that these nebulæ by their very figure indicate that they are not at rest . If they ...
... various forms of nebulæ , I have been adopting an assumption and one which no one can hope either to verify or to disprove , yet it must be remembered that these nebulæ by their very figure indicate that they are not at rest . If they ...
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... various minerals and earthy compounds like those which may be supposed to have made up the mass of the molten globe , the case is entirely different . The numerous and detailed experiments of St Clair Deville , and those of Delesse ...
... various minerals and earthy compounds like those which may be supposed to have made up the mass of the molten globe , the case is entirely different . The numerous and detailed experiments of St Clair Deville , and those of Delesse ...
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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 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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