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... greatest Nicety , their entire Skill , their fhrewdest Abilities , and their utmoft Sagacity in this Enquiry ; being well affur'd from my own Ob- fervations in this Matter , That the proper Refult of fuch an exact Historical Enquiry ...
... greatest Nicety , their entire Skill , their fhrewdest Abilities , and their utmoft Sagacity in this Enquiry ; being well affur'd from my own Ob- fervations in this Matter , That the proper Refult of fuch an exact Historical Enquiry ...
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... greatest Exactnefs poffible ; which equally obtains in the fecondary Planets , with regard to their primary Ones alfo ; and is the funda- mental Law of the entire Syftem . Mercury is the neareft to the Sun of all the known Planets . Its ...
... greatest Exactnefs poffible ; which equally obtains in the fecondary Planets , with regard to their primary Ones alfo ; and is the funda- mental Law of the entire Syftem . Mercury is the neareft to the Sun of all the known Planets . Its ...
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... greatest Distance to its leaft , as more than 100 to 1 , and therefore its greateft Light and Heat to its leaft , as more than Ten Thousand to One . The Middle Distance of the last must be about 5.600,000.000 . Miles ; and its longer ...
... greatest Distance to its leaft , as more than 100 to 1 , and therefore its greateft Light and Heat to its leaft , as more than Ten Thousand to One . The Middle Distance of the last must be about 5.600,000.000 . Miles ; and its longer ...
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... greatest Light and Heat to its leaft as above 400,000.000 to I. As to the Fixed Stars , they are vaftly remote from this our Planetary and Cometary System , but may perhaps every one be the Center of ano- ther fuch like Syftem . Dr ...
... greatest Light and Heat to its leaft as above 400,000.000 to I. As to the Fixed Stars , they are vaftly remote from this our Planetary and Cometary System , but may perhaps every one be the Center of ano- ther fuch like Syftem . Dr ...
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William Whiston. Body , as in all like Cafes , muft have the greatest Force and Efficacy to move the other . And we may full as well expect that a Sling , con- taining a Milftone in it , may be faften'd to a Pebble , and continue its ...
William Whiston. Body , as in all like Cafes , muft have the greatest Force and Efficacy to move the other . And we may full as well expect that a Sling , con- taining a Milftone in it , may be faften'd to a Pebble , and continue its ...
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