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... shall find traces of the same Divine hand , moulding and directing in conformity to one universal plan . The laws of light and heat will be invariable . The law of gravitation , which causes a stone to fall to THE PLANETS . 65.
... shall find traces of the same Divine hand , moulding and directing in conformity to one universal plan . The laws of light and heat will be invariable . The law of gravitation , which causes a stone to fall to THE PLANETS . 65.
Page 66
Joel Dorman Steele. of gravitation , which causes a stone to fall to the ground , will be found to apply equally to the most distant planets . Even the very elements of which they are composed will be familiar to us , so that a book of ...
Joel Dorman Steele. of gravitation , which causes a stone to fall to the ground , will be found to apply equally to the most distant planets . Even the very elements of which they are composed will be familiar to us , so that a book of ...
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... fall of 1859 , that there may be an interior planet , which is the cause of this disturb- ance . On this being made public , M. Lescarbault , a French physician , and an amateur astronomer , stated that on March 26 of that year he had ...
... fall of 1859 , that there may be an interior planet , which is the cause of this disturb- ance . On this being made public , M. Lescarbault , a French physician , and an amateur astronomer , stated that on March 26 of that year he had ...
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... fall 7 feet the first second . Its specific gravity is about that of tin . A pound weight removed to Mercury would weigh only about seven ounces . SEASONS . AS Mercury's axis is much inclined from a perpendicular , its seasons are ...
... fall 7 feet the first second . Its specific gravity is about that of tin . A pound weight removed to Mercury would weigh only about seven ounces . SEASONS . AS Mercury's axis is much inclined from a perpendicular , its seasons are ...
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... fall upon its surface would fall 14 feet in the first second : a pound weight removed to its. 92 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
... fall upon its surface would fall 14 feet in the first second : a pound weight removed to its. 92 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
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