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... , M. INST. C. E., (FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,ANDERSON'S COLLEGE,GLASGOW) AUTHOR OF "THE TRANSIT OF VENUS," RENDU'S "THEORY OF THEGLACIERS OFSAVOY," ETC.,ETC. PREFACE An attempt has been made in these pages to.
... , M. INST. C. E., (FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,ANDERSON'S COLLEGE,GLASGOW) AUTHOR OF "THE TRANSIT OF VENUS," RENDU'S "THEORY OF THEGLACIERS OFSAVOY," ETC.,ETC. PREFACE An attempt has been made in these pages to.
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... theories.Soit isthatthese men, who have built up the most sure and most solid of all the sciences, refuse to invite othersto join them in vain speculation.Thewriter has, therefore, in this short History, tried to followthatgreat master ...
... theories.Soit isthatthese men, who have built up the most sure and most solid of all the sciences, refuse to invite othersto join them in vain speculation.Thewriter has, therefore, in this short History, tried to followthatgreat master ...
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... theory was theplacing of thesun, moon, and planets at different distances fromthe earth instead of having them stuck on the vaultof heaven. Itwas a transition from "flatland" to a space of three dimensions. Great progress was madewhen ...
... theory was theplacing of thesun, moon, and planets at different distances fromthe earth instead of having them stuck on the vaultof heaven. Itwas a transition from "flatland" to a space of three dimensions. Great progress was madewhen ...
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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, twentysixrevolving spheres in all, the motion ofeach ...
... 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, twentysixrevolving spheres in all, the motion ofeach ...
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