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... latter , as may best suit with a didactic composition . Its object is not to convince or refute opponents , nor to inquire , under the semblance of an assumed ignorance , for principles of which we are all the time in full possession ...
... latter , as may best suit with a didactic composition . Its object is not to convince or refute opponents , nor to inquire , under the semblance of an assumed ignorance , for principles of which we are all the time in full possession ...
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... latter claim for themselves , is often con- cealed from the eye of the gazer , and not always disposed in the straightest and most convenient form to follow by those who string them . This is no fault of those who have con- ducted the ...
... latter claim for themselves , is often con- cealed from the eye of the gazer , and not always disposed in the straightest and most convenient form to follow by those who string them . This is no fault of those who have con- ducted the ...
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... the same , and the moon a materially less angle , than when seen at a great alti- tude in the sky , owing to its greater distance from us in the former situation as compared with the latter , as will 34 OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY .
... the same , and the moon a materially less angle , than when seen at a great alti- tude in the sky , owing to its greater distance from us in the former situation as compared with the latter , as will 34 OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY .
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John Frederick William Herschel. former situation as compared with the latter , as will be ex- plained farther on . ( 48. ) After what has been said of the small extent of the atmosphere in comparison with the mass of the earth , we ...
John Frederick William Herschel. former situation as compared with the latter , as will be ex- plained farther on . ( 48. ) After what has been said of the small extent of the atmosphere in comparison with the mass of the earth , we ...
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... latter . ( 50. ) A spectator on the earth's surface is prevented , by the great mass on which he stands , from seeing into all that portion of space which is below him , or to see which he must look in any degree downwards . It is true ...
... latter . ( 50. ) A spectator on the earth's surface is prevented , by the great mass on which he stands , from seeing into all that portion of space which is below him , or to see which he must look in any degree downwards . It is true ...
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