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Page 88
... when full , and hence the brightest , nor when nearest the earth , as then its dark side is turned toward us . Owing to the dazzling light , and the vapors almost always hanging around our horizon , this planet has not 88 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
... when full , and hence the brightest , nor when nearest the earth , as then its dark side is turned toward us . Owing to the dazzling light , and the vapors almost always hanging around our horizon , this planet has not 88 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
Page 100
... turning from west - " And what is the earth itself but the good ship we are sailing in through the universe , bound round the sun ; and as we sit here in one of the ' berths , ' we are unconscious of there being any ' way ' at all upon ...
... turning from west - " And what is the earth itself but the good ship we are sailing in through the universe , bound round the sun ; and as we sit here in one of the ' berths , ' we are unconscious of there being any ' way ' at all upon ...
Page 101
... turning EF from west to east , has only half minated at one time by the sun . D , the sun is in the horizon and Suppose S to upon its axis its surface illu- To a person at day commences , the luminary appearing to rise higher and higher ...
... turning EF from west to east , has only half minated at one time by the sun . D , the sun is in the horizon and Suppose S to upon its axis its surface illu- To a person at day commences , the luminary appearing to rise higher and higher ...
Page 104
... turned , while we should be compelled constantly to " hold on " to avoid sharing the same fate . But against such a catastrophe we are assured by the immutability of God's laws . " He is the same yesterday , to - day , and forever ...
... turned , while we should be compelled constantly to " hold on " to avoid sharing the same fate . But against such a catastrophe we are assured by the immutability of God's laws . " He is the same yesterday , to - day , and forever ...
Page 110
... is rapidly turned . It is its rotation which keeps a boy's hoop * There is a slight variation from this , which we shall soon notice . Aphelion 1 July Summer Solstice 21 June from falling . 110 THE SOLAR SYSTEM . THE SEASONS.
... is rapidly turned . It is its rotation which keeps a boy's hoop * There is a slight variation from this , which we shall soon notice . Aphelion 1 July Summer Solstice 21 June from falling . 110 THE SOLAR SYSTEM . THE SEASONS.
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