North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 8Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1965 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 164
... means of the telescope , we have appropriated them to our use . They often present as many eclipses in one night , as ours does in a year , and , what is of the greatest importance , the commencement and termination of these eclipses ...
... means of the telescope , we have appropriated them to our use . They often present as many eclipses in one night , as ours does in a year , and , what is of the greatest importance , the commencement and termination of these eclipses ...
Page 206
... means of cultivating Astronomy , and in their encouragement of those persons who were disposed to make use of them . We are almost the only nation of any pretensions to learning and the arts , which has totally neg lected to provide for ...
... means of cultivating Astronomy , and in their encouragement of those persons who were disposed to make use of them . We are almost the only nation of any pretensions to learning and the arts , which has totally neg lected to provide for ...
Page 245
... means of unfolding to this people prejudices and superstitions , more ru- inous than their own , and the instruction conveyed was not without a highly salutary effect . A lover of science , even at this late day , is filled with ...
... means of unfolding to this people prejudices and superstitions , more ru- inous than their own , and the instruction conveyed was not without a highly salutary effect . A lover of science , even at this late day , is filled with ...
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