Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... greater importance than copiousness of detail . This mode of treating the subject becomes the more desirable because , in the Book of Nature , the generalization of views , both in reference to the objectivity of external phenomena and ...
... greater importance than copiousness of detail . This mode of treating the subject becomes the more desirable because , in the Book of Nature , the generalization of views , both in reference to the objectivity of external phenomena and ...
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... greater than the diameter of our solar system , reckoned to the aphelion distance of the comet of 1680 ; and yet this aphelion is 853 times further from the sun than our earth ( Cosmos , vol . iv , p . 546 ) . These numbers , reckoning ...
... greater than the diameter of our solar system , reckoned to the aphelion distance of the comet of 1680 ; and yet this aphelion is 853 times further from the sun than our earth ( Cosmos , vol . iv , p . 546 ) . These numbers , reckoning ...
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... greater and a scientifically distinguishable diversity in the numerous elementary bodies of which it is composed . All our senses bring us in contact with terrestrial nature , and while astronomy , which , as the knowledge of moving ...
... greater and a scientifically distinguishable diversity in the numerous elementary bodies of which it is composed . All our senses bring us in contact with terrestrial nature , and while astronomy , which , as the knowledge of moving ...
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... obtained of the influence exerted by the sun's position , that is to say , the thermic force of the solar rays , upon the greater or lesser magnetic capacity and conducting power of one of the constituents of our atmosphere , 6 COSMOS .
... obtained of the influence exerted by the sun's position , that is to say , the thermic force of the solar rays , upon the greater or lesser magnetic capacity and conducting power of one of the constituents of our atmosphere , 6 COSMOS .
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... greater accuracy , the lengths of the arcs of parallels and the differences of the meridians between Beachy Head and Dunnose , as well as between Dover and Falmouth . These determinations were , however . only made for differences of ...
... greater accuracy , the lengths of the arcs of parallels and the differences of the meridians between Beachy Head and Dunnose , as well as between Dover and Falmouth . These determinations were , however . only made for differences of ...
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