The Simplicity of the Creation; Or, The Astronomical Monument of the Blessed Virgin: a New Theory of the Solar System, Thunderstorms, Waterspouts, Aurora Borealis, Etc., and the TidesBurns & Lambert, 1864 - Всего страниц: 368 |
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... floating through eternity , until by degrees , with the dawn of light , it began its rotating course . Suns , al- most stationary within the centres of their systems , partook of this motion , until , more and more repelled by each ...
... floating through eternity , until by degrees , with the dawn of light , it began its rotating course . Suns , al- most stationary within the centres of their systems , partook of this motion , until , more and more repelled by each ...
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... of the slow , but gradual , development of the earth , the transition from a primitive state of comparative rest of the heavenly bodies into that of a floating progression , and 18 THE NEW THEORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
... of the slow , but gradual , development of the earth , the transition from a primitive state of comparative rest of the heavenly bodies into that of a floating progression , and 18 THE NEW THEORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
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William Adolph. heavenly bodies into that of a floating progression , and ultimately rotating progressive motion , I do not mean to insist that one rotation of the earth round its own axis coincided with one of its revolutions round the ...
William Adolph. heavenly bodies into that of a floating progression , and ultimately rotating progressive motion , I do not mean to insist that one rotation of the earth round its own axis coincided with one of its revolutions round the ...
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... FLOAT onward . I am borne out in this new theory by Mr. Montagu Lyon Philipps , who says , in his " Worlds beyond the Earth : " " It is difficult to conceive a system , like that of the universe , to be stable without some agent to ...
... FLOAT onward . I am borne out in this new theory by Mr. Montagu Lyon Philipps , who says , in his " Worlds beyond the Earth : " " It is difficult to conceive a system , like that of the universe , to be stable without some agent to ...
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... floating mirror , a moving lens , at once convex and concave , surrounding everyone of the celestial bodies , should absorb , accumulate , send down and reflect upon them in myriads of rays the concentrated light of their suns ? And ...
... floating mirror , a moving lens , at once convex and concave , surrounding everyone of the celestial bodies , should absorb , accumulate , send down and reflect upon them in myriads of rays the concentrated light of their suns ? And ...
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Стр. 90 - THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds ; And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk, or grave: Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies.
Стр. 138 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Стр. 188 - And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word.
Стр. 188 - Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women. And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God. Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Стр. 98 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Стр. 140 - ... fluids; and hence it is that the bulk of the solid earth is continually increased; and the fluids, if they are not supplied from without, must be in a continual decrease, and quite fail at last. I suspect, moreover, that it is chiefly from the comets that spirit comes, which is indeed the smallest but...
Стр. 11 - I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number.
Стр. 96 - Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.
Стр. 194 - Its orbit, by a remarkable coincidence, very nearly intersects that of the earth ; and had the latter, at the time of its passage in 1832, been a month in advance of its actual place, it would have passed through the comet, — a singular rencontre, perhaps not unattended with danger.
Стр. 98 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.