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... round it , as the Great Bear and other constellations do around the north pole . In fine , could we take our station at ninety degrees of north latitude , or , in other words , at the north pole of the world , we should just see one ...
... round it , as the Great Bear and other constellations do around the north pole . In fine , could we take our station at ninety degrees of north latitude , or , in other words , at the north pole of the world , we should just see one ...
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... round the earth every day with such amazing velocities as have now been stated . If it appear wonderful that this globe of the land and water , with all its mighty cities and vast population , moves round its axis every day at the rate ...
... round the earth every day with such amazing velocities as have now been stated . If it appear wonderful that this globe of the land and water , with all its mighty cities and vast population , moves round its axis every day at the rate ...
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... round their axes , some in ten hours , some in twenty - three , and some in ten hours and a half ; and ... round a grate , and the wall of a house to which it is attached , for the purpose of roasting a small fowl placed in the centre of ...
... round their axes , some in ten hours , some in twenty - three , and some in ten hours and a half ; and ... round a grate , and the wall of a house to which it is attached , for the purpose of roasting a small fowl placed in the centre of ...
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... round its axis every day , by which we and all the inhabitants of the globe are carried round in a regular and uni- form motion from west to east . When this conclusion is admitted , it removes every diffi- culty and every disproportion ...
... round its axis every day , by which we and all the inhabitants of the globe are carried round in a regular and uni- form motion from west to east . When this conclusion is admitted , it removes every diffi- culty and every disproportion ...
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... round , or with a full enlightened face ; and at other times he presents a gibbous phase , like that of the moon three or four days before the full . Venus presents all the differ- ent phases of the moon , appearing sometimes with a ...
... round , or with a full enlightened face ; and at other times he presents a gibbous phase , like that of the moon three or four days before the full . Venus presents all the differ- ent phases of the moon , appearing sometimes with a ...
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