On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Diameters of Planets , how obtained Size of Sun , Densities of the Heavenly Bodies Formation of Astro- nomical Tables - Requisite Data and Means of obtaining them - - - 55 SECTION IX . Rotation of the Sun and Planets - Saturn's Rings ...
... Diameters of Planets , how obtained Size of Sun , Densities of the Heavenly Bodies Formation of Astro- nomical Tables - Requisite Data and Means of obtaining them - - - 55 SECTION IX . Rotation of the Sun and Planets - Saturn's Rings ...
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... diameter ( Note 1 ) of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firma- ment . Such pursuits , while they ennoble the mind , at the same time inculcate humility , by showing that there is a barrier ...
... diameter ( Note 1 ) of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firma- ment . Such pursuits , while they ennoble the mind , at the same time inculcate humility , by showing that there is a barrier ...
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... Andes , and the yet more lofty Himalaya , bear about the same proportion to the earth that a grain of sand does to a globe three feet in diameter . Such is the form of the earth and 6 SECT . I. FORMS OF THE PLANETS .
... Andes , and the yet more lofty Himalaya , bear about the same proportion to the earth that a grain of sand does to a globe three feet in diameter . Such is the form of the earth and 6 SECT . I. FORMS OF THE PLANETS .
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Mary Somerville. diameter . Such is the form of the earth and planets . The com- pression ( N. 31 ) or flattening at their poles is , however , so small , that even Jupiter , whose rotation is the most rapid , and there- fore the most ...
Mary Somerville. diameter . Such is the form of the earth and planets . The com- pression ( N. 31 ) or flattening at their poles is , however , so small , that even Jupiter , whose rotation is the most rapid , and there- fore the most ...
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... diameter of 90,734 miles , while that of Pallas , his nearest neighbour , is only 97 miles , little more than the distance from London to Bath . The diameter of Mars , on the other side of the small planets , is 4546 miles , and that of ...
... diameter of 90,734 miles , while that of Pallas , his nearest neighbour , is only 97 miles , little more than the distance from London to Bath . The diameter of Mars , on the other side of the small planets , is 4546 miles , and that of ...
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