... conceive to be another, namely, that the stony bodies should come from any other source than our own globe. The notion that these bodies come from the moon, though it has been laughed at as lunacy, is, when impartially considered, neither absurd nor... The Medical and Physical Journal - الصفحة 1341818عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 458
...when impartially considered, neither absurd nor impossible. It is quite true, that the quiet way ' in which they visit us is against such an origin ;...attraction into that of our earth. The cause of this projective force may be a volcano, and if thus impelled, the body would reach us in about two days,... | |
| 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 616
...is, when impartially considered, neither absurd nor impossible. It is quite true, that the quiet way in which they visit us is against such an origin ;...second, that is, about three times the velocity of a cannon-ball, would throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction into that of our earth. The cause... | |
| 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 484
...is, when impartially considered, neither absurd nor impossible. It is quite true, that the quiet way in which they visit. us is against such an origin...a body 6000 feet in a second, that is, about three limes the velocity of a cannon ball, would throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction into that... | |
| 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 492
...is, when impartially considered, neither absurd nor impossible. It is quite true, that the quiet way in which they visit us is against such an origin ; it seems, however, thai any power which would move a body COOO feet in a second, that is, about three times the velocity... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 666
...is, when impartially considered, neither absurd nor impossible. It is quite true, that the quiet way in which they visit us is against such an origin ;...second, that is, about three times the velocity of a cannon-ball, would throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction into that of our earth. The cause... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 488
...from the moon is, when considered, neither absurd nor impossible. It is quite true, that the quiet way in which they visit us is against such an origin ;...attraction into that of our earth. The cause of this projective force may be a volcano, and if thus impelled, the body would reach us in about two days,... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 784
...would move a body 6000 feet in a second, that is, about three times the velocity of a cannon-ball, would throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction into that of our earth. The cause of this projective force may be a volcano, and if thus impelled, the body would reach us in about two days,... | |
| 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 580
...is, whea impartially considered, neither absurd nor impossible. It is quite true that the quiet way in which they visit us is against such an origin :...second, (that is, about three times the velocity of a cannon-ball,) would throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction into that of our earth. The cause... | |
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