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... telescopes , by which modern astronomy has been able to display the heavens in new beauty and order . When Franklin , by close observation , had established the identity of lightning with the electric spark , he was imme- diately led to ...
... telescopes , by which modern astronomy has been able to display the heavens in new beauty and order . When Franklin , by close observation , had established the identity of lightning with the electric spark , he was imme- diately led to ...
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... telescopes . They made use of seal - rings containing inscrip- tions ; and they marked their flocks with brands , containing the owner's name . In each of these practices , faint rudi- ments of the art of printing are concealed . Cicero ...
... telescopes . They made use of seal - rings containing inscrip- tions ; and they marked their flocks with brands , containing the owner's name . In each of these practices , faint rudi- ments of the art of printing are concealed . Cicero ...
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... telescope was contrived , and , from the more accurately observed movements of the heavenly bodies , tables of longitude were constructed , which gave new confidence to the navigator . He now visits new shores , lying under different ...
... telescope was contrived , and , from the more accurately observed movements of the heavenly bodies , tables of longitude were constructed , which gave new confidence to the navigator . He now visits new shores , lying under different ...
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... telescope , and turned it to the heavens , he calculated that two hundred and fifty thousand stars passed through its field in a quarter of an hour ! no more . It may not irreverently be conjectured to be the harmo- nious plan of the ...
... telescope , and turned it to the heavens , he calculated that two hundred and fifty thousand stars passed through its field in a quarter of an hour ! no more . It may not irreverently be conjectured to be the harmo- nious plan of the ...
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... telescope ! Providence has furnished this eye ; but art must contribute the telescope , or the wonders of the heavens remain unnoticed ; and it is for want of the little , that human means must add to the wonderful capacity for ...
... telescope ! Providence has furnished this eye ; but art must contribute the telescope , or the wonders of the heavens remain unnoticed ; and it is for want of the little , that human means must add to the wonderful capacity for ...
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