 | 1837 - 486 pages
...large and lucid planet, evidently the first or rather only primary one, in our system ; all the rest being truly secondary to it. Its similarity to other...solidity, its atmosphere, and its diversified surface, leads us to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited, like them, by beings whose organs are... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1871 - 552 pages
...speaking, the only primary one of our system, all others being truly secondary to it. Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system with regard to its...atmosphere, and its diversified surface ; the rotation upon its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, lead us on to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited,... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1875 - 452 pages
...speaking, the only primary one of our system, all others being truly secondary to it. Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system with regard to its...atmosphere, and its diversified surface ; the rotation upon its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, lead us on to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited,... | |
 | Wonders - 1877 - 136 pages
...sure ground of fact, and plunging into the ocean of speculation, proceeds : — Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system with regard to its...atmosphere, and its diversified surface, the rotation of its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, lead us to suppose that it is most probably inhabited, like... | |
 | 1886 - 860 pages
...the only primary one of our system ; all others being truly secondary to it. Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system with regard to its...atmosphere, and its diversified surface, the rotation upon its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, leads us on to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited,... | |
 | Agnes Mary Clerke - 1893 - 614 pages
...the only primary one of onr system ; all others being truly secondary to it. Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system with regard to its...atmosphere, and its diversified surface, the rotation upon its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, leads us on to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited,... | |
 | Agnes Mary Clerke - 1895 - 242 pages
...the only primary one of our system ; all others being truly secondary to it. Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system with regard to its...atmosphere, and its diversified surface ; the rotation upon its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, lead us on to suppose that it is also most probably inhabited,... | |
 | 1895 - 710 pages
...the effects with which we are acquainted. If this hypothesis be admitted, the sun "is similar 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... | |
 | James Sime - 1900 - 288 pages
...speaking, the only primary one of our system; all others being truly secondary to it. Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system with regard to its...atmosphere, and its diversified surface; the rotation upon its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, leads us on to suppose that it is most probably inhabited,... | |
 | James Sime - 1900 - 288 pages
...system with regard to its solidity, its atmosphere, and its diversified surface ; the rotation upon its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, leads us on to suppose that it is most probably inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances... | |
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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... 
