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... THEORY OF THE GLACIERS OF savoy , " etc. , etc. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS [ ISSUED FOR THE RATIONALIST PRESS ASSOCIATION , LIMITED ] LONDON : WATTS & CO . , 17 , JOHNSON'S COURT , FLEET STREET , E. C. QB 15 FLq PRE 1. P 2. A 3 AN 1921.
... THEORY OF THE GLACIERS OF savoy , " etc. , etc. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS [ ISSUED FOR THE RATIONALIST PRESS ASSOCIATION , LIMITED ] LONDON : WATTS & CO . , 17 , JOHNSON'S COURT , FLEET STREET , E. C. QB 15 FLq PRE 1. P 2. A 3 AN 1921.
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... theories . So it is that these men , who have built up the most sure and most solid of all the sciences , refuse to invite others to join them in vain speculation . The writer has , therefore , in this short History , tried to follow ...
... theories . So it is that these men , who have built up the most sure and most solid of all the sciences , refuse to invite others to join them in vain speculation . The writer has , therefore , in this short History , tried to follow ...
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... theory more accurate than was possible by finest modern observations . ( British Museum collection , No. 35908. ) obtained from modern observations made with instru- ments of the. CHALDEAN BAKED BRICK OR TABLET , Obverse and reverse sides ,
... theory more accurate than was possible by finest modern observations . ( British Museum collection , No. 35908. ) obtained from modern observations made with instru- ments of the. CHALDEAN BAKED BRICK OR TABLET , Obverse and reverse sides ,
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... theory was the placing of the sun , moon , and planets at different distances from the earth instead of having them stuck on the vault of heaven . was a transition from " flatland " to a space of three dimensions . sun . It Great ...
... theory was the placing of the sun , moon , and planets at different distances from the earth instead of having them stuck on the vault of heaven . was a transition from " flatland " to a space of three dimensions . sun . It Great ...
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... theory which as generally stated sounds most fanciful . He imagined the fixed stars to be on a vault of heaven ; and the sun , moon , and planets to be upon similar vaults or spheres , twenty - six revolving spheres in all , the motion ...
... theory which as generally stated sounds most fanciful . He imagined the fixed stars to be on a vault of heaven ; and the sun , moon , and planets to be upon similar vaults or spheres , twenty - six revolving spheres in all , the motion ...
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