The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 1Edwards & Bushnell, 1857 |
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... globe , with large planispheres of the heavens , -a burning lens or mirror , with various instru- ments of recreation on philosophical subjects , such as the optical paradox and deception , the diagonal opera - glass , the communicative ...
... globe , with large planispheres of the heavens , -a burning lens or mirror , with various instru- ments of recreation on philosophical subjects , such as the optical paradox and deception , the diagonal opera - glass , the communicative ...
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... globe , have not un- frequently been substituted for clear and com- prehensive views of the leading facts and principles of the science . Physical geography has been almost entirely omitted in the initia- tory books on this subject ...
... globe , have not un- frequently been substituted for clear and com- prehensive views of the leading facts and principles of the science . Physical geography has been almost entirely omitted in the initia- tory books on this subject ...
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... globe , or any other ball , with a large hoop or circle , about twice or thrice the diameter of the globe , on which some of the stars might be represented . This circle might be made either of wood or paste- board , and the globe ...
... globe , or any other ball , with a large hoop or circle , about twice or thrice the diameter of the globe , on which some of the stars might be represented . This circle might be made either of wood or paste- board , and the globe ...
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... globe were brought under their observation , 101 it would require more than two hundred and sixty - eight years before they could survey , even in this rapid and imperfect manner , the whole superficial dimensions and variegated scenery ...
... globe were brought under their observation , 101 it would require more than two hundred and sixty - eight years before they could survey , even in this rapid and imperfect manner , the whole superficial dimensions and variegated scenery ...
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... globe on which we dwell . For it is the only standard , or scale of magnitude , by which we are enabled to form a conception of the bulk of the sun , and some of the more magnificent globes of the solar system , and of the immensity of ...
... globe on which we dwell . For it is the only standard , or scale of magnitude , by which we are enabled to form a conception of the bulk of the sun , and some of the more magnificent globes of the solar system , and of the immensity of ...
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