 The notion that these bodies come from the moon is, when considered, neither absurd nor impossible. It is quite true, that the quiet way in which they visit us is against such an origin ; it seems, however, that any power which would move a body 6000...  Journal of Science and the Arts - Page 2941818Full view - About this book
 | 1818 - 632 pages
...would move a body 6000 feet in a second, (that is, about three times the velocity of a cannon-ball,) would throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction into that of ouc earth. The cause of this projective force may be a volcano; and, if thus impelled, the body would... | |
 | 1818 - 616 pages
...would move a body 6000 feet in a second, that is, about three times the velocity of a cannon-ball, would throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction...and enter our atmosphere with a velocity of about 25,000 feet in a second. Their ignition may be accounted for, either by supposing the heat generated... | |
 | 1818 - 492 pages
...would move a body COOO feet in a second, that is, about three times the velocity of a cannon-ball, would throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction...the body would reach us in about two days, and enter pur atmosphere with a velocity of about 25,000 feet in a second. Their ignition may be accounted for,... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 666 pages
...would move a body 6000 feet in a second, that is, about three times the velocity of a cannon-ball, would throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction into that of our earth. The cause of this protective force may be a volcano, and if thus impelled, the body would reach us in about two days,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1822 - 488 pages
...from any other source than our own globe. The notion that these bodies come from the moon is, when considered, neither absurd nor impossible. It is quite...the heat generated by their motion in our atmosphere sufticient to ignite them, or by considering them as combustibles, ignited by the mere contact of air.... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1830 - 784 pages
...would move a body 6000 feet in a second, that is, about three times the velocity of a cannon-ball, would throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction...and enter our atmosphere with a velocity of about 25,000 feet in a second. Their ignition may be accounted for, either by supposing the heat generated... | |
 | 1818 - 580 pages
...what is impossible; and the persons who have taken up this conjecture, have assumed oneinu possibility to account for what they conceive to be another, namely,...attraction into that of our earth. The cause of this protective force may be a volcano, and if thus impelled, the body would reach us in about two days,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1822 - 502 pages
...from any other source than our own globe. The notion that these bodies come from the moon is, when considered, neither absurd nor impossible. It is quite...attraction into that of our earth. The cause of this protective force may be a volcano, and if thus impelled, the body would reach us in about two days,... | |
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