 | 1818 - 632 pages
...own globe. The notion that these bodies come from the moon, though it has been laughed at as lunacy, is, when impartially considered, neither absurd nor impossible. It is quite true, that tbe quiet tvajr in which they visit us is against such an origin ; it seems, however, that any power... | |
 | 1818 - 616 pages
...own globe. The notion that these bodies come from the moon, though it has been laughed at as lunacy, is, when impartially considered, neither absurd nor...attraction into that of our earth. The cause of this projective force may be a volcano, and, if thus impelled, the body would reach us in about two days,... | |
 | 1818 - 458 pages
...own globe. The notion that these bodies come from the moon, though it has been laughed at as lunacy, is, when impartially considered, neither absurd nor...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... | |
 | 1818 - 484 pages
...own globe. The notion that these bodies come from the moon, though it has been laughed at as lunacy, is, when impartially considered, neither absurd nor...a body 6000 feet in a second, that is, about three limes the velocity of a cannon ball, would throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction into that... | |
 | 1818 - 492 pages
...own globe. The notion that these bodies come from the moon, though it has been laughed at as lunacy, is, when impartially considered, neither absurd nor...us is against such an origin ; it seems, however, thai any power which would move a body COOO feet in a second, that is, about three times the velocity... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 1818 - 580 pages
...own globe. The notion that these bodies come from the moon, though it has been laughed at as lunacy, is, when impartially considered, neither absurd nor...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
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... the persons who have .taken up this conjecture, have assumed one impossibility to account for what they conceive to be another, namely, that the stony bodies should come from any other source than our own globe. The notion that these bodies come from... 