Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758Newly set into type expressly for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1964 - Almanacs, American - 300 pages |
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Page 122
... Planets , because it appears red like a hot Iron or burning Coal , and twinkles a little . Saturn , in Appearance , is less than Mars , and of a pale Colour , Mercury is so near the Sun , that it is seldom seen . Against the 6th Day of ...
... Planets , because it appears red like a hot Iron or burning Coal , and twinkles a little . Saturn , in Appearance , is less than Mars , and of a pale Colour , Mercury is so near the Sun , that it is seldom seen . Against the 6th Day of ...
Page 233
... Planet itself . Saturn has no less than five Moons , very distinctly visible through a good Telescope , revolving round him . To suppose that the Author of Nature had any View to us , when he created these secondary Planets or Moons ...
... Planet itself . Saturn has no less than five Moons , very distinctly visible through a good Telescope , revolving round him . To suppose that the Author of Nature had any View to us , when he created these secondary Planets or Moons ...
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... Planets , moving with the Rap- idity they have in their Approach to , or Recess from the Sun , especially if the Motion of both the Comet and Planet should happen to be con- trary , must be attended with Consequences frightful beyond ...
... Planets , moving with the Rap- idity they have in their Approach to , or Recess from the Sun , especially if the Motion of both the Comet and Planet should happen to be con- trary , must be attended with Consequences frightful beyond ...
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