Hutton's Book of Nature Laid Open1820 - 281 pages |
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... diurnal motion round its axis ; or , had it been possible for them to have remained , what resistance must these angles have occasioned in the performance of that motion ! What a conti- nual state of perturbation and tempest in the air ...
... diurnal motion round its axis ; or , had it been possible for them to have remained , what resistance must these angles have occasioned in the performance of that motion ! What a conti- nual state of perturbation and tempest in the air ...
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... diurnal motion , and circles along with it in its annual course . The Air is one of the most heterogeneous mix . tures imaginable . " In it , " says Goldsmith , " all the bodies of the earth are continually sending up a part of their ...
... diurnal motion , and circles along with it in its annual course . The Air is one of the most heterogeneous mix . tures imaginable . " In it , " says Goldsmith , " all the bodies of the earth are continually sending up a part of their ...
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