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Page 245
... surface of the moon is , as it appears to be , of a dull red heat , and that this high temperature is due to the action of the sun's rays striking it directly without any intervening shield of aqueous vapour or other atmospheric matter ...
... surface of the moon is , as it appears to be , of a dull red heat , and that this high temperature is due to the action of the sun's rays striking it directly without any intervening shield of aqueous vapour or other atmospheric matter ...
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of Saturn's surface distinctly recognisable from the rest , owing to some difference of tint or lustre , must ( even when our best telescopes are used ) have a surface of not less than half - a - million of square miles . It will be ...
of Saturn's surface distinctly recognisable from the rest , owing to some difference of tint or lustre , must ( even when our best telescopes are used ) have a surface of not less than half - a - million of square miles . It will be ...
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... surface of several millions of square miles would rise or fall through more than a thousand miles ( more than half the distance which separates the surface of the earth from the centre ) . We cannot imagine that any such disturbances ...
... surface of several millions of square miles would rise or fall through more than a thousand miles ( more than half the distance which separates the surface of the earth from the centre ) . We cannot imagine that any such disturbances ...
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HAMILTON | 40 |
Folklore The Cat and its By Rev T F THiselton DyeR M A 604 | 71 |
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