 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...the fall of heavy bodif s on its surface; leads us to suppose that it 1ч most probably inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs...to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. If it be objected, that from the effects produced at the distance of 95,000,000 miles, we may infer,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 462 pages
...and the fall of heavy bodies on its surface ; leads us to suppose that it is most probably inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs...to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. If it be objected, that from the effects produced at the distance of 95,000,000 miles, we may infer,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1811 - 476 pages
...its surface ; face ; — leads us to suppose that it is most probably inhabited, like the rest of thz planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. If it be objected, that from the effects produced at the distance of 97,000,000 miles, we Tmy infer,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 476 pages
...surface ; leads us to suppose that it is most probably inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by being* whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. If it be objected, that from the effects produced at the distance of 95,000,000 miles, we may infer,... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 568 pages
...them, are fully sufficient to answer every objection that may be made against it. It may, however, not be amiss to remove a certain difficulty, which arises...globe. The heat which is here, at the distance of Q5 millions of miles, produced by these rays, is so considerable, that it may be objected, that the... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, leads us on to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs...to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. Whatever fanciful poets might say, in making the sun the abode of blessed spirits, or angry moralists... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - 1815 - 598 pages
...fall of heavy bodies towards its surface — leads us to suppose that it is most probably inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the nature of that vast globe. This way of considering the sun is of the utmost importance in its consequences.... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 418 pages
...heavy bodies on its surface ; lead us to conclude that it is most probably inhabited, like the other planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of the vast globe. By analogical reasoning, likewise, we infer that the moon and planets are the abodes... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 590 pages
...rotation on its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, leads us on to suppose that it is most probably also inhahited, like the rest of the planets, by beings...to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. Whatever fanciful poets might say, in making the sun the abode of blessed spirits, or angry moralists... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...and the fall of heavy bodies on its surface , leads us to suppose that it is most probably inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs...to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. If it be objected, that from the effects produced at the distance of 95,000,000 mires, we may infer,... | |
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Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system with regard to its solidity, its atmosphere, and its diversified surface; the rotation... 
