Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... distance , the form of the law of gravitation would be changed ; if this attraction were , at the earth's orbit , of a different value from its present one , the arbitrary magnitude would be changed ; and it will appear , in a ...
... distance , the form of the law of gravitation would be changed ; if this attraction were , at the earth's orbit , of a different value from its present one , the arbitrary magnitude would be changed ; and it will appear , in a ...
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... distance , the year would be diminished by about a month ; and in the same manner it would be increased by a month on increasing the distance by one - eighth . We can suppose the earth at a distance of eighty - four or one hundred and ...
... distance , the year would be diminished by about a month ; and in the same manner it would be increased by a month on increasing the distance by one - eighth . We can suppose the earth at a distance of eighty - four or one hundred and ...
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... distance from the sun . Mercury , Venus , and Mars have days nearly the length of ours . Jupiter and Saturn revolve in about ten hours each . For anything we can discover , the earth might have revolved in 28 TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS ...
... distance from the sun . Mercury , Venus , and Mars have days nearly the length of ours . Jupiter and Saturn revolve in about ten hours each . For anything we can discover , the earth might have revolved in 28 TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS ...
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William Whewell. exist in the average weather of places situated at a moderate distance from the equator . The air tends from the colder to the warmer parts , the vapour from the warmer to the colder . The various distribution of land ...
William Whewell. exist in the average weather of places situated at a moderate distance from the equator . The air tends from the colder to the warmer parts , the vapour from the warmer to the colder . The various distribution of land ...
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... distances , positions , and motions of the bodies of the celestial machine . This permanency appears to be , of itself , a suitable object of contrivance . The purpose for which the world was made could be answered only by its being ...
... distances , positions , and motions of the bodies of the celestial machine . This permanency appears to be , of itself , a suitable object of contrivance . The purpose for which the world was made could be answered only by its being ...
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