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Page 180
... earth's sphere of attraction ; so they returned to the earth . Did they fall backward in very nearly the line of their ascent ? or did they , ra- ther , tend strongly into an orbit about the earth ? Of course the principle would be ...
... earth's sphere of attraction ; so they returned to the earth . Did they fall backward in very nearly the line of their ascent ? or did they , ra- ther , tend strongly into an orbit about the earth ? Of course the principle would be ...
Page 255
... Earth , we upon the Earth now looking at the Moon , see her , not as she is now , but as she was nearly a second and a quarter ago . So the Sun , ninety - five million miles distant from us , four hun- dred times farther than the Moon ...
... Earth , we upon the Earth now looking at the Moon , see her , not as she is now , but as she was nearly a second and a quarter ago . So the Sun , ninety - five million miles distant from us , four hun- dred times farther than the Moon ...
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... Earth . Then , it is impossible - it is in con- tradiction to the laws of thought- that the Deity , regarded as a 66 man with human powers , but in a far su- perior degree , " may travel from the Earth to a star more quickly than the ...
... Earth . Then , it is impossible - it is in con- tradiction to the laws of thought- that the Deity , regarded as a 66 man with human powers , but in a far su- perior degree , " may travel from the Earth to a star more quickly than the ...
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