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" must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible ; and that not only man, but the globe he inhabits, nay the whole system of which it forms so small a part, might be annihilated, and its extinction be unperceived in the immensity of creation.... "
Mechanism of the Heavens - Page v
by Mary Somerville - 1831 - 621 pages
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 47

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1832 - 618 pages
...object of the work—\\lllperhaps be T understood from Mrs. Somervillc's own words :— 1 A compiete ' A complete acquaintance with physical astronomy can...only be attained by those who are well versed in the highest branches of mathematical and mechanical science ; such alone can appreciate the extreme beauty...
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On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - 1834 - 484 pages
...depths of space, there still remain innumerable systems, compared with which those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible; and that not only man, but the globe he inhabits,—nay, the whole system of which it forms so small a part,—might be annihilated, and its...
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The Connection of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - 1834 - 390 pages
...depths of space, there still remain innumerable systems, compared with which those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible; and that not only man, but the globe he iirhabits,—nay, the whole system of which it forms so small a part,—might be annihilated, and its...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 16

Robert Walsh - 1834 - 570 pages
...depths of space, there still remain innumerable systems, compared with which those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible; and that not only man, but the globe he inhabits,—nay, the whole system of which it forms so small a part—might be annihilated, and its...
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American Quarterly Review, Issues 31-32

1834 - 568 pages
...depths of space, there still remain innumerable systems, compared with which those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible; and that not only man, but the globe he inhabits,—nay, the whole system of which it forms so small a pan—might be annihilated, and its...
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On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - 1834 - 666 pages
...depths of space, there still remain innumerable systems, compared with which those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible; and that not only man, but the globe he inhabits,—nay, the whole system of which it forms so small a part,—might be annihilated, and its...
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On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - 1840 - 858 pages
...depths of space, there still remain innumerable systems, compared with which, those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible...complete acquaintance with physical astronomy can be attained by those only who are well versed in the higher i Note I. branches of mathematical and...
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On the Connection of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - 1846 - 506 pages
...depths of space, there still remain innumerable systems, compared with which, those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible ; and that not only man, but the globe he inhabits—nay, the whole system of which it forms so small a part—might be annihilated, and its...
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On the Connection of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...depths of space, there still remain innumerable systems, compared with which, those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible ; and that not only man, but the globe he inhabits—nay, the whole system of which it forms so small a part—might be annihilated, and its...
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On the Connection of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...depths of space, there still remain innumerable systems, compared with which, those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible ; and that not only man, but the globe he inhabits—nay, the whole system of which it forms so small a part—might be annihilated, and its...
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