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... light difference . Astronomers can measure this distance ; and mea- uring it , they can ascertain what the actual ... light to traverse the extra distance when Jupiter is nearly at his farthest from us , the time in which light crosses ...
... light difference . Astronomers can measure this distance ; and mea- uring it , they can ascertain what the actual ... light to traverse the extra distance when Jupiter is nearly at his farthest from us , the time in which light crosses ...
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... light - the sun - is made first , to rule the day : then the lesser light - the moon - to rule the night . These are the heavenly bodies which in this description rule the day of 24 hours . The sun may be regarded also as ruling ...
... light - the sun - is made first , to rule the day : then the lesser light - the moon - to rule the night . These are the heavenly bodies which in this description rule the day of 24 hours . The sun may be regarded also as ruling ...
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... light is concerned . At that part of Mercury , in fact , where the light seemed to be seen , the sun of the Mercurials would be situated directly opposite the zenith or point overhead . Mercurials there would see the earth overhead , on ...
... light is concerned . At that part of Mercury , in fact , where the light seemed to be seen , the sun of the Mercurials would be situated directly opposite the zenith or point overhead . Mercurials there would see the earth overhead , on ...
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