Poor Richard: the Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758Newly set into type & printed expressly for the Heritage Press, 1964 - Almanacs, American - 300 pages Wherein are retain'd in their entirety the author's prefaces, proverbs, verses & entertaining remarks ; together with those chronological, historical, and scientific observations which the author has illumin'd with his characteristic wit and wisdom. |
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Page 147
... Earth a Planet revolving round it in 365 Days , 6 Hours , & c . and that Day and Night are caused by the Turning of the Earth on its own Axis once round in 24 h . & c . The Ptolomean System , which prevail'd before Copernicus ...
... Earth a Planet revolving round it in 365 Days , 6 Hours , & c . and that Day and Night are caused by the Turning of the Earth on its own Axis once round in 24 h . & c . The Ptolomean System , which prevail'd before Copernicus ...
Page 233
... Earth , though his Magnitude is supposed to be much inferior to that of Jupiter . There is belonging to this Planet the most extraordinary and unaccountable Phænomenon in Nature , viz . A huge bright Circle , or Ring , surrounding his ...
... Earth , though his Magnitude is supposed to be much inferior to that of Jupiter . There is belonging to this Planet the most extraordinary and unaccountable Phænomenon in Nature , viz . A huge bright Circle , or Ring , surrounding his ...
Page 235
... Earth would cause terrible Effects . Our Comfort is , that the whole Machine of Nature is in the Hands of one who knows how to conduct and manage all its vast and unwieldy Parts , and that the Motions of those dreadful Bodies , though ...
... Earth would cause terrible Effects . Our Comfort is , that the whole Machine of Nature is in the Hands of one who knows how to conduct and manage all its vast and unwieldy Parts , and that the Motions of those dreadful Bodies , though ...
Contents
1733 to 1747 3142 | 142 |
Newly Set into Type Printed Expressly | 173 |
1748 to 1758 143291 | 291 |
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