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... earth , and is thus perceived at a much greater distance . This principle explains the pe- culiar action of the wind on sound , as well as various abnormal phe- nomena which have been observed from time to time in the operation of fog ...
... earth , and is thus perceived at a much greater distance . This principle explains the pe- culiar action of the wind on sound , as well as various abnormal phe- nomena which have been observed from time to time in the operation of fog ...
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... earth . I therefore coincide with you perfectly in your special construction of the will , and hope that the Regents will continue to construe it literally , as a legacy sacred in its nature and beneficial in the highest degree . I beg ...
... earth . I therefore coincide with you perfectly in your special construction of the will , and hope that the Regents will continue to construe it literally , as a legacy sacred in its nature and beneficial in the highest degree . I beg ...
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... earth ceased to be the center , the pivot of the celestial movements . It henceforward modestly ranged itself among the planets ; its material importance , amid the totality of the bodies of which our solar system is composed , found ...
... earth ceased to be the center , the pivot of the celestial movements . It henceforward modestly ranged itself among the planets ; its material importance , amid the totality of the bodies of which our solar system is composed , found ...
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... until several years afterward . Kepler announced it to the world in his treatise on Harmonics , ( 1628. ) The passage quoted below is extracted from that work . - TRANSLATOR . the spheroidal figure of the earth , and of the 132 LAPLACE . -
... until several years afterward . Kepler announced it to the world in his treatise on Harmonics , ( 1628. ) The passage quoted below is extracted from that work . - TRANSLATOR . the spheroidal figure of the earth , and of the 132 LAPLACE . -
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... earth , and of the discovery of the variation of gravity upon the surface of our planet . These were two great results ; our country , however , had a right to demand more : when France is not in the first rank she has lost her place ...
... earth , and of the discovery of the variation of gravity upon the surface of our planet . These were two great results ; our country , however , had a right to demand more : when France is not in the first rank she has lost her place ...
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