Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorE. Wilson, 1831 - 471 strán (strany) |
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... planets are retained in their orbits , in a word , in all that relates to inanimate nature , we readily assent to the existence of abso- lute laws , so that , when we have once ascertained the fundamental principles of astronomy and phy ...
... planets are retained in their orbits , in a word , in all that relates to inanimate nature , we readily assent to the existence of abso- lute laws , so that , when we have once ascertained the fundamental principles of astronomy and phy ...
Strana 377
... planets and comets revolving round it , as our sun has the earth and other planets revolving round him . - A ray of light , though its motion is so quick as to be commonly thought instantaneous , takes up more time in travelling from ...
... planets and comets revolving round it , as our sun has the earth and other planets revolving round him . - A ray of light , though its motion is so quick as to be commonly thought instantaneous , takes up more time in travelling from ...
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... planets , are the very instruments which have been pronounced upon as incompetent in measuring the heights of moun- tains . In the latter case therefore we have sub- stituted a different mode for arriving at the truth , which is ...
... planets , are the very instruments which have been pronounced upon as incompetent in measuring the heights of moun- tains . In the latter case therefore we have sub- stituted a different mode for arriving at the truth , which is ...
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... planets : he has hazarded a conjecture , that the squares of the times of the revolution of the earth and the other planets are in proportion to the cubes of their distances from the sun , their common centre ; and , as by observation ...
... planets : he has hazarded a conjecture , that the squares of the times of the revolution of the earth and the other planets are in proportion to the cubes of their distances from the sun , their common centre ; and , as by observation ...
Strana 405
... planets and comets revolving round it , as our sun has the earth and other planets revolving round him . It has been found also by the successive observations of astronomers , that a star now and then is totally lost , and that a new ...
... planets and comets revolving round it , as our sun has the earth and other planets revolving round him . It has been found also by the successive observations of astronomers , that a star now and then is totally lost , and that a new ...
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