Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - Almanacs, English |
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... plants or animals , taken in itself , throws light upon one moment of the future ; and for once to suppose that it does , is to reverse the order and cause of effect , and put an end to all philosophy - to all common sense . And are we ...
... plants or animals , taken in itself , throws light upon one moment of the future ; and for once to suppose that it does , is to reverse the order and cause of effect , and put an end to all philosophy - to all common sense . And are we ...
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... plants , as much as possible , from the influence of pollen , by weeding out the male plants , or covering up the flowers : -the details of which we cannot spare room to give . The results were 1st . That in each of two qualities of ...
... plants , as much as possible , from the influence of pollen , by weeding out the male plants , or covering up the flowers : -the details of which we cannot spare room to give . The results were 1st . That in each of two qualities of ...
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... plants , is as different in a species as the plants themselves , and therefore it would be no less rational to maintain that a field of wheat would spring up if you should sow barber- ries , or coltsfoot seed , than that the seed of the ...
... plants , is as different in a species as the plants themselves , and therefore it would be no less rational to maintain that a field of wheat would spring up if you should sow barber- ries , or coltsfoot seed , than that the seed of the ...
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1st day 4th day afterwards aphelion appears ascending node astronomer beautiful Beetle birds born Butterfly CALENDAR OF BRITISH celebrated celestial comet conjunction Daniel Bernoulli dark death Declin diameter died difference of latitude Digits eclipsed disc distance early earth eclipse Emersion eminent Equation FLEMING FORM OF SATURN'S Galileo greatest heavens Herschel inferior conjunction inferior planets insects John John Herschel Jupiter Kepler labours LEACH light LINNEUS Lord LUNAR magnitude Major axis Mars MARTYR Mercury Minor axis moon morning Moth motion nature never night node o'er Observatory observed orbit Pallas perigee perihelion period planet published QUADRUPEDS remarkable RENNIE revolution Right Ascen ring of Saturn round Royal SATURN'S RING says Second satellite seen Semi-diameter shadow shining solar solar eclipse stars STEPHENS telescope TEMMINCK thee thou tion transit transits of Mercury trees Uranus Venus visible volumes vulgaris winter