| Agnes Mary Clerke - 1902 - 534 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 solidity, its 1 Resa Ursina, lib. iv., p. 507. 2 E. Wolf, Die Stmne und ihre FUcken, p. 12. 3 Schellen, Die Spectradanalyse,... | |
| George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 800 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 <*i to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited,... | |
| Patrick Moore - 2000 - 222 pages
...rather primary, one of our Solar System, all the rest being truly secondary to it. Its similarity to the other globes of the Solar System, with regard to its...solidity, its atmosphere and its diversified surface, lead us to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings... | |
| 1842 - 446 pages
...the previous times, when buds were opening, and flowers shining in their fresh and fragrant beauty. THE SUN NOT A GLOBE OF FIRE, AND PROBABLY INHABITED....heavy bodies, leads us on to suppose that it is most prohably also inhahited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar... | |
| 1867 - 566 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...rotation on its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, lead to the supposition that it is inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings, whose organs... | |
| 1831 - 1000 pages
...the only primary one of our system, all the rest being truly secondary to it. Its similarity to the other globes of the solar system, with regard to its...solidity, its atmosphere, and its diversified surface, lead us to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings... | |
| Edward Cornelius Toune, Graeme Mercer Adam - 1895 - 116 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... | |
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