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Page 221
... light , the corona . Vivid rays of white light darted from the disk , the circle of the sun scintillating like a star . Since the stars , excepting the planets , are rationally supposed to be solar orbs , they should emit light as the ...
... light , the corona . Vivid rays of white light darted from the disk , the circle of the sun scintillating like a star . Since the stars , excepting the planets , are rationally supposed to be solar orbs , they should emit light as the ...
Page 222
... light , and so appear in the polariscope . The invisible should far exceed the visible diameter of a comet approach- ing the sun . The invisible mass may surpass that of the sun , and will refract his beams . We can hardly doubt that ...
... light , and so appear in the polariscope . The invisible should far exceed the visible diameter of a comet approach- ing the sun . The invisible mass may surpass that of the sun , and will refract his beams . We can hardly doubt that ...
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... light all the way out to the horizon and ex- hibited far - off vessels , that reeled and tossed and looked as if wandering with- out a guide . But this was not so start- ling as what it showed in the fore- ground . There drifted heavily ...
... light all the way out to the horizon and ex- hibited far - off vessels , that reeled and tossed and looked as if wandering with- out a guide . But this was not so start- ling as what it showed in the fore- ground . There drifted heavily ...
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