Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 29Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1967 |
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Page 99
... direction of the former planet , or opposite , or in a path largely inclined to it ? The chances are five or six to one against the sameness of direction that is found to exist ; but counting them merely two to one , because the motions ...
... direction of the former planet , or opposite , or in a path largely inclined to it ? The chances are five or six to one against the sameness of direction that is found to exist ; but counting them merely two to one , because the motions ...
Page 100
... direction round the sun . If the several boats should be steered directly towards the shore , or very nearly so , the chances against this being done without a cause cannot be expressed by any of the ordinary names in our arithmetical ...
... direction round the sun . If the several boats should be steered directly towards the shore , or very nearly so , the chances against this being done without a cause cannot be expressed by any of the ordinary names in our arithmetical ...
Page 104
... direction of rotation coincides with that of the outer portions of the ring , and is opposite to that of the inner portions . In this way the rotation of the earth and of all the planets on their axes , in one and the same direction ...
... direction of rotation coincides with that of the outer portions of the ring , and is opposite to that of the inner portions . In this way the rotation of the earth and of all the planets on their axes , in one and the same direction ...
Contents
ARTICLE PAGE I THEORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL | 3 |
THE SIX DAYS OF CREATION | 21 |
IIILA BORDES INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY | 51 |
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