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... Comets . By Richard A. Proctor 628 Contemporary Life and Thought in France . By Gabriel Monod . 641 NOVEMBER , 1882 . Public Education in France . By Jules Simon Seventeen Years After . By the Dean of Shanghai The Truthful Character of ...
... Comets . By Richard A. Proctor 628 Contemporary Life and Thought in France . By Gabriel Monod . 641 NOVEMBER , 1882 . Public Education in France . By Jules Simon Seventeen Years After . By the Dean of Shanghai The Truthful Character of ...
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... comet which has for its orbit a very excentric ellipse . When farthest away from its gravitating centre , the sun , its energy is almost altogether potential , its actual velocity being very small ; when nearest the sun on the other ...
... comet which has for its orbit a very excentric ellipse . When farthest away from its gravitating centre , the sun , its energy is almost altogether potential , its actual velocity being very small ; when nearest the sun on the other ...
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... abroad . Hemmed in within the precincts of its own dominion , despotic Czardom would soon receive a decisive shock . KARL BLIND . COMETS . URING the last two years several comets - RADICAL AND REVOLUTIONARY PARTIES . 627.
... abroad . Hemmed in within the precincts of its own dominion , despotic Czardom would soon receive a decisive shock . KARL BLIND . COMETS . URING the last two years several comets - RADICAL AND REVOLUTIONARY PARTIES . 627.
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COMETS . URING the last two years several comets - some telescopic , others D visible to the naked eye , and even ... comet apparently comes out from the remote depths of space in a condition of comparative calm . It appears as a ...
COMETS . URING the last two years several comets - some telescopic , others D visible to the naked eye , and even ... comet apparently comes out from the remote depths of space in a condition of comparative calm . It appears as a ...
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... comet had rapidly formed and as rapidly vanished , remaining , while visible , in an almost unchanging position ... COMETS . 635.
... comet had rapidly formed and as rapidly vanished , remaining , while visible , in an almost unchanging position ... COMETS . 635.
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