| 1795 - 492 pages
...iolarfyr.em with regard to its folidity, its atmofpiiere, and its divcriificd iurface ; tiie rotation upon its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, leads us on to fuppofe that it is moll probably alio inhabited, like the reft of the planets, by beings whofe organs... | |
| Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1802 - 590 pages
...effects with which we are acquainted.' The sun then, if this hypothesis be admitted, is similar to the other globes of the solar system, with regard to its solidity — its atmosphere— its surface diversified with mounS58 Rotations, 8$c. of the Planets. tains and valleys — its rotation... | |
| Jacques Ozanam - 1803 - 660 pages
...effects with which we are acquainted. The sun then, if this hypothesis be admitted, is similar to the other globes of the solar system, with regard to its solidity —its atmosphere — its surface diversified with mountains and valleys — the rotation on its axis— and the fall... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...lucid planet, evidently the first and only primary one belonging to our system. Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system, with regard to its solidity ; its atmosphere; its surface diversified with mountains and values ; its rotation on its axis ; and the fall of heavy... | |
| William Enfield - 1811 - 476 pages
...lucid planet, evidently th? 6rst and only primary one belonging to our system. Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system, with regard to its solidity ;— its atmosphere ;— its surface diversified with mountains and valliee >— its rotation ou its axis }— and the... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 462 pages
...lucid planet, evidently the first and only primary one belonging to our system. Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system, with regard to its solidity ; its atmosphere ; its surface diversified with mountains and rallies ; its rotation on its axis ; and the fall of heavy... | |
| William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - 1815 - 598 pages
...lucid planet, evidently the first and only primary one belonging to our system. Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system, with regard to its solidity — its atmosphere — its surface diversified with mountains and va'llies — its rotation on its axis — and the fall... | |
| Richard Lobb - 1817 - 418 pages
...large, and lucid planet, the first and only primary one belonging to our system. Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system, with regard to its solidity ; its atmosphere ; its surface diversified with mountains and valleys; its rotation on its axis; and the fall of heavy... | |
| Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 590 pages
...the only primary one of our system ; all others being truly secondary to it. Us similiarity to the other globes of the solar system with regard to its...leads us on to suppose that it is most probably also inhahited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances... | |
| John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...borealis, in order to produce the effects with which we are acquainted. The similarity of the sun to the other globes of the solar system, with regard to its solidity ; its atmosphere ; its surface diversified with, mountains and valleys , its rotation on its axis; and the fall of heavy... | |
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