Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 273A. Dodd and A. Smith, 1967 The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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... light . Finding that the hypothetical extinction would reduce the light of very distant stars to an enormous degree , he rejects the hypothesis as improbable . Admitting , however , a very small and slow absorption - for instance , one ...
... light . Finding that the hypothetical extinction would reduce the light of very distant stars to an enormous degree , he rejects the hypothesis as improbable . Admitting , however , a very small and slow absorption - for instance , one ...
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... light , and not by light reflected from another body , like the planets of the solar system , may be easily proved . That many of them at least are very similar to our own sun is clearly shown by several considerations . I will mention ...
... light , and not by light reflected from another body , like the planets of the solar system , may be easily proved . That many of them at least are very similar to our own sun is clearly shown by several considerations . I will mention ...
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... light varies inversely as the square of the distance , we have simply to express the distance of the star in terms of the sun's distance from the earth , square this number , and then find how many stellar magnitudes would give the ...
... light varies inversely as the square of the distance , we have simply to express the distance of the star in terms of the sun's distance from the earth , square this number , and then find how many stellar magnitudes would give the ...
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Sport and Literature By CLIFFORD CORDLEY | 73 |
Ancient Experiments in Cooperation By H G WELLS | 86 |
Books The of Rudyard Kipling By GORING COPE | 136 |
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