| 1846 - 612 pages
...said he, ' the satellites are invisible to the naked eye, and therefore, can exert no influence on the earth ; and therefore, would be useless, and therefore, do not exist i.' There's a climax for you, Alfred !" " And now suppose we step behind the curtains, and look at... | |
| John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune - Astronomers - 1832 - 314 pages
...phenomena of nature, such as the seven metals, &c, which it were tedious to enumerate, we gather that the number of planets is necessarily seven. Moreover,...naked eye, and therefore can exercise no influence on the earth, and therefore would be useless, and therefore do not exist. Besides, as well the Jews... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 606 pages
...phenomena of nature, such as the seven metals, &c., which it were tedious to enumerate, we gather that the number of planets is necessarily seven. Moreover,...naked eye, and therefore can exercise no influence on the earth, and therefore would be useless, and therefore do not exist. Besides, as well the Jews... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 584 pages
...phenomena of nature, such as the seven metals, &c., which it were tedious to enumerate, we gather that the number of planets is necessarily seven. Moreover,...naked eye, and therefore can exercise no influence on the earth, and therefore would be useless, and therefore do not exist. Besides, as well the Jews... | |
| American literature - 1833 - 208 pages
...phenomena of nature, such as the seven metals, dte., which it were tedious to enumerate, we gather that the number of planets is necessarily seven. Moreover,...naked eye, and therefore can exercise no influence on the earth, and therefore do not exist. Besides, as well the Jews and other ancient nations, as modern... | |
| Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...phenomena of nature, such as the seven metals, &c., which it were tedious to enumerate, we gather that the number of planets is necessarily seven. Moreover,...naked eye, and therefore can exercise no influence on the earth, and therefore would be useless, and therefore do not exist. Besides, as well the Jews... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1860 - 1174 pages
...can exercise no influence on the earth, and therefore would be useless, and therefore DO NOT ENIST. Besides, as well the Jews and other ancient nations,...adopted the division of the week into seven days, aud have named them from the seven planets ; now, if we increase the number of planets, this whole... | |
| Criticism - 1860 - 1172 pages
...other phenomena of nature we gather that the number of planets is NECESSARILY seven. Moreover, those satellites are invisible to the naked eye, and therefore can exercise no influence on the earth, and therefore would be useless, and therefore DO NOT EXIST. Besides, as well the Jews... | |
| Thomas Dick - Astronomical instruments - 1845 - 644 pages
...which and many other similar phenomena in nature, such as the seven metals, &c., we gather that the number of planets is necessarily seven. Moreover,...are invisible to the naked eye, and therefore can exert no influence on the earth, and therefore would be useless, and therefore do not exist. Besides,... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1845 - 608 pages
...which and many other similar phenomena in nature, such as the seven metals, &c., we gather that the number of planets is necessarily seven. Moreover,...are invisible to the naked eye, and therefore can exert no influence on the earth, and therefore would be useless, and therefore do not exist. Besides,... | |
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