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... another globe , about one inch in diameter like the first , though from my present central position it looked larger and very much brighter . And at a distance , about half as great again as A Dream that was not all a Dream . 5.
... another globe , about one inch in diameter like the first , though from my present central position it looked larger and very much brighter . And at a distance , about half as great again as A Dream that was not all a Dream . 5.
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... present in our minds that in that ruddy orb there exists the most tremendous power , swaying not only this vast globe on which we live , but orbs yet vaster than she is , and travelling on far wider courses ; that the light and heat ...
... present in our minds that in that ruddy orb there exists the most tremendous power , swaying not only this vast globe on which we live , but orbs yet vaster than she is , and travelling on far wider courses ; that the light and heat ...
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... would be increased 315,000 times . A half- ounce weight , such as we use to weigh our letters , would press upon the earth as heavily as at present does a weight 1 of four and a half tons . A man's body 14 The Expanse of Heaven .
... would be increased 315,000 times . A half- ounce weight , such as we use to weigh our letters , would press upon the earth as heavily as at present does a weight 1 of four and a half tons . A man's body 14 The Expanse of Heaven .
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... present always a full aspect - if originally placed opposite the moon . It is a slight objection to this imagined ... present moon . Thus it would have to be made of material exceedingly light , about sixty times lighter than the present ...
... present always a full aspect - if originally placed opposite the moon . It is a slight objection to this imagined ... present moon . Thus it would have to be made of material exceedingly light , about sixty times lighter than the present ...
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... present arrange- ment as compared with that which the great mathema- tician and astronomer Laplace suggested as better suited for our requirements . It will be remembered that Laplace showed how a moon might so circle around the earth ...
... present arrange- ment as compared with that which the great mathema- tician and astronomer Laplace suggested as better suited for our requirements . It will be remembered that Laplace showed how a moon might so circle around the earth ...
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