... of their attraction beyond calculable limits. Under such circumstances we might have years of unequal length, and seasons of capricious temperature ; planets and moons of portentous size and aspect glaring and disappearing at uncertain intervals ;... The Popular Science Monthly - Pàgina 6561876Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| William Whewell - 1833 - 298 pàgines
...have " years of unequal length, and seasons of capricious temperature, planets and moons of portentous size and aspect, glaring and disappearing at uncertain intervals;" tides like deluges, sweeping over whole continents ; and, perhaps, the collision of two of the planets, and the consequent... | |
| 1836 - 566 pàgines
...have " years of unequal length, and seasons of capricious temperature, planets and moons of portentous size and aspect, glaring and disappearing at uncertain intervals;" tides like deluges, sweeping over whole continents ; and, perhaps, the collision of two of the planets, and the consequent... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 300 pàgines
...have years of unequal length, and seasons of capricious temperature ; planets and moons of portentous size and aspect glaring and disappearing at uncertain intervals ; tides like deluges sweeping over whole continents ; and, perhaps, the collision of two of the planets, and the consequent... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 306 pàgines
...have years of unequal length, and seasons of capricious temperature ; planets and moons of portentous size and aspect glaring and disappearing at uncertain intervals ; tides like deluges sweeping over whole continents ; and, perhaps, the collision of two of the planets, and the consequent... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 pàgines
...have years of unequal length, and seasons of capricious temperature ; planets and moons, of portentous size and aspect, glaring and disappearing at uncertain intervals ; tides, like deluges, sweeping over whole continents ; and perhaps the collision of two of the planets, and the consequent... | |
| Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - 1851 - 366 pàgines
...have years of unequal length, and seasons of capricious temperature ; planets and moons, of portentous size and aspect, glaring and disappearing at uncertain intervals ; tides, like deluges, sweeping over whole continents ; and perhaps the collision of two of the planets, and the consequent... | |
| Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - 1851 - 374 pàgines
...have years of unequal length, and seasons of capricious temperature ; planets and moons, of portentous size and aspect, glaring and disappearing at uncertain intervals ; tides, like deluges, sweeping over whole continents ; and perhaps the collision of two of the planets, and the consequent... | |
| William Chambers - 1853 - 858 pàgines
...hâve " years of unequal length and seasons of capricious temperature; planets and moons of portentous size and aspect, glaring and disappearing at uncertain intervals; tides like deluges sweeping over whole continents; and, perhaps, the collision of two planets, and the consequent destruction... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1855 - 484 pàgines
...have years of unequal length, and seasons of capricious temperature ; planets and moons, of portentous size and aspect, glaring and disappearing at uncertain intervals ; tides, like deluges, sweeping over whole continents ; and perhaps the collision of two of the planets, and the consequent... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1858 - 454 pàgines
...have years of unequal length, and seasons of capricious temperature ; planets and moons, of portentous size and aspect, glaring and disappearing at uncertain intervals ; tides, like deluges, sweeping over whole continents ; and perhaps the collision of two of the planets, and the consequent... | |
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