Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopędia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 71819 |
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... motion of the moon , by which she seems to librate , or waver about her own axis ; sometimes from the east to the west , and sometimes from the west to the east . See Moon . Hence it is , that some parts in the moon's western limb , or ...
... motion of the moon , by which she seems to librate , or waver about her own axis ; sometimes from the east to the west , and sometimes from the west to the east . See Moon . Hence it is , that some parts in the moon's western limb , or ...
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... motion , its motion of revolu- tion solely would discover to us all the points of its surface in succession : the visual ray would therefore meet that surface successively in different points , which to us would appear to pass , the one ...
... motion , its motion of revolu- tion solely would discover to us all the points of its surface in succession : the visual ray would therefore meet that surface successively in different points , which to us would appear to pass , the one ...
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... motion , by a body ignited or otherwise properly qualified to make objects visible to us . Father Malebranche explains the nature of light from a supposed analogy between it and sound . - Thas he supposes all the parts of a luminous ...
... motion , by a body ignited or otherwise properly qualified to make objects visible to us . Father Malebranche explains the nature of light from a supposed analogy between it and sound . - Thas he supposes all the parts of a luminous ...
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... motion is at the rate of 121 miles per second nearly , it follows that the former , or the velocity of light , is at the rate of about 195000 miles in a second : a motion according to which it will require just 8 ′ 7 ′′ to move from the ...
... motion is at the rate of 121 miles per second nearly , it follows that the former , or the velocity of light , is at the rate of about 195000 miles in a second : a motion according to which it will require just 8 ′ 7 ′′ to move from the ...
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... motion , which , in- stead of exceeding the force of a 24 - pounder dis- charged from a cannon , is almost infinitely less than that of the smallest shot discharged from a pocket - pistol , or less than any that art can create . He also ...
... motion , which , in- stead of exceeding the force of a 24 - pounder dis- charged from a cannon , is almost infinitely less than that of the smallest shot discharged from a pocket - pistol , or less than any that art can create . He also ...
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