Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 252A. 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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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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 455
... 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 ...
Page 502
... surface , would not even make its surface in any degree warmer . This appears contradictory at first glance , but it is only a repetition in another form of what occurs in every saucepan or tea - kettle that is boiling on a kitchen fire ...
... surface , would not even make its surface in any degree warmer . This appears contradictory at first glance , but it is only a repetition in another form of what occurs in every saucepan or tea - kettle that is boiling on a kitchen fire ...
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