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... nearly two thou- sand millions of pounds , would have gone a great way towards defraying the expense of every thing requisite for transforming almost all the desolate wastes of the globe into scenes of beauty and vegetation . And , it ...
... nearly two thou- sand millions of pounds , would have gone a great way towards defraying the expense of every thing requisite for transforming almost all the desolate wastes of the globe into scenes of beauty and vegetation . And , it ...
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... nearly half a million of pounds , which is nearly double of what is contributed by all the Bible and Missionary Societies of Britain . And shall less than the twelfth part of the population of London spend such an enor- mous sum in such ...
... nearly half a million of pounds , which is nearly double of what is contributed by all the Bible and Missionary Societies of Britain . And shall less than the twelfth part of the population of London spend such an enor- mous sum in such ...
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... nearly six times the dis- tance between the two pointers . By attending to these circumstances , the distance between any two stars , when expressed in degrees , may be nearly ascertained by the eye . The six small stars in the upper ...
... nearly six times the dis- tance between the two pointers . By attending to these circumstances , the distance between any two stars , when expressed in degrees , may be nearly ascertained by the eye . The six small stars in the upper ...
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... nearly a degree every day , a space nearly equal to twice the sun's apparent diameter . In this way the sun appears to de- scribe a circle around the whole heavens , from west to east , in the course of a year . This apparent motion of ...
... nearly a degree every day , a space nearly equal to twice the sun's apparent diameter . In this way the sun appears to de- scribe a circle around the whole heavens , from west to east , in the course of a year . This apparent motion of ...
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... nearly thirty - two minutes , and that of the sun nearly the same ; but as the moon is much nearer to us than the sun , a minute of a degree on her surface is equal only to about seventy miles , while a minute on the sun's surface is ...
... nearly thirty - two minutes , and that of the sun nearly the same ; but as the moon is much nearer to us than the sun , a minute of a degree on her surface is equal only to about seventy miles , while a minute on the sun's surface is ...
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