The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, Band 2Sumner and Goodman, 1849 |
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... nearly the same size as the present . This subject ( for which the author has abundance of materials ) will be prosecuted in another volume , under the title of THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION ; and will comprise , among many other objects ...
... nearly the same size as the present . This subject ( for which the author has abundance of materials ) will be prosecuted in another volume , under the title of THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION ; and will comprise , among many other objects ...
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... nearly 8,000 miles , and its circumference about 25,000 , and , consequently , its surface contains nearly two hundred millions of square miles — a magnitude too great for the mind to take in at one concep- tion . In order to form a ...
... nearly 8,000 miles , and its circumference about 25,000 , and , consequently , its surface contains nearly two hundred millions of square miles — a magnitude too great for the mind to take in at one concep- tion . In order to form a ...
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... nearly five times denser than water , or about twice as dense as the mass of earth and rocks which compose its surface . Though we cannot dig into its bowels beyond a mile in perpendicular depth , to explore its hidden wonders , yet we ...
... nearly five times denser than water , or about twice as dense as the mass of earth and rocks which compose its surface . Though we cannot dig into its bowels beyond a mile in perpendicular depth , to explore its hidden wonders , yet we ...
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... Nearly a thousand of these lumina- ries may be seen in a clear winter nigh , by the naked eye ; so that a miss of matter equal to a thousand solar systems , or to thirteen hun- dred and twenty millions of globes of the size of the earth ...
... Nearly a thousand of these lumina- ries may be seen in a clear winter nigh , by the naked eye ; so that a miss of matter equal to a thousand solar systems , or to thirteen hun- dred and twenty millions of globes of the size of the earth ...
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... nearly two hundred thousand miles in a moment of time , or , about 1,400 000 times swifter than the motion of a cannon ball : Suppose that one of the highest order of intelli- gences is endowed with a power of rapid motion superior to ...
... nearly two hundred thousand miles in a moment of time , or , about 1,400 000 times swifter than the motion of a cannon ball : Suppose that one of the highest order of intelli- gences is endowed with a power of rapid motion superior to ...
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