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Thus they arn the sun's distance precisely as a rifleman learns the distance of line of soldiers when he has ascertained their apparent size , -for ily at a certain distance can an object of known size have a certain parent size .
Thus they arn the sun's distance precisely as a rifleman learns the distance of line of soldiers when he has ascertained their apparent size , -for ily at a certain distance can an object of known size have a certain parent size .
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The force necessary to draw the earth inwards in such sort as to make her follow her actual course i proportional to ( i ) the square of her velocity directly , and ( ii ) her distance from the sun inversely .
The force necessary to draw the earth inwards in such sort as to make her follow her actual course i proportional to ( i ) the square of her velocity directly , and ( ii ) her distance from the sun inversely .
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Looking beyond Venus , we find only Mercury ( and the mythical Vulcan ) , and Mercury can give no useful information respecting the sun's distance . He could scarcel do so even if we could measure his position among the stars wher he is ...
Looking beyond Venus , we find only Mercury ( and the mythical Vulcan ) , and Mercury can give no useful information respecting the sun's distance . He could scarcel do so even if we could measure his position among the stars wher he is ...
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Contents
CONTENTS OF VOL CCXLII | 1 |
HOW HANDSOME SHE LOOKED Frontispiece | 18 |
Law of Likeness The and its Working By ANDREW WILSON | 44 |
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