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... circling continually around him . The movements of these bodies are so beautifully adjusted to their distances from the great body which rules them , that each describes a path very nearly circular . The nearer globes he draws more ...
... circling continually around him . The movements of these bodies are so beautifully adjusted to their distances from the great body which rules them , that each describes a path very nearly circular . The nearer globes he draws more ...
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... circling years ; And let them be for lights , as I ordain Their office in the firmament of Heav'u . We had a curious illustration of this Eastern method of expressing reverence in the comments made upon the manner in which the Shah of ...
... circling years ; And let them be for lights , as I ordain Their office in the firmament of Heav'u . We had a curious illustration of this Eastern method of expressing reverence in the comments made upon the manner in which the Shah of ...
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... circling around our earth , and directly subordinate to the require- ments of her inhabitants , that it is only by an effort of the imagination that we can rise to the conception of her real position in the scheme of worlds circling ...
... circling around our earth , and directly subordinate to the require- ments of her inhabitants , that it is only by an effort of the imagination that we can rise to the conception of her real position in the scheme of worlds circling ...
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... circling round the earth ; and therefore she takes about a month in turning upon her axis . In other words , the moon's day lasts about four of our weeks ; and if we suppose it divided as we divide our day , into twenty - four equal ...
... circling round the earth ; and therefore she takes about a month in turning upon her axis . In other words , the moon's day lasts about four of our weeks ; and if we suppose it divided as we divide our day , into twenty - four equal ...
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... circling round the sun , affects the moon's year in a much greater degree , insomuch that while the lunar year of circling round the sun lasts , like ours , 365 days , six hours , and nine minutes , the lunar year of seasons lasts only ...
... circling round the sun , affects the moon's year in a much greater degree , insomuch that while the lunar year of circling round the sun lasts , like ours , 365 days , six hours , and nine minutes , the lunar year of seasons lasts only ...
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