The Fairy-land of ScienceD. Appleton and Company, 1903 - 252 страници |
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... forces around us , and among us , which I shall ask you to allow me to call fairies , and these are ten thousand times more wonderful , more magical , and more beautiful in their work , than those of the old fairy tales . They , too ...
... forces around us , and among us , which I shall ask you to allow me to call fairies , and these are ten thousand times more wonderful , more magical , and more beautiful in their work , than those of the old fairy tales . They , too ...
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... forces or fairies , and how can we see them ? " Just go out into the country , and sit down quietly . and watch nature at work . Listen to the wind as it blows , look at the clouds rolling overhead , and the waves rippling on the pond ...
... forces or fairies , and how can we see them ? " Just go out into the country , and sit down quietly . and watch nature at work . Listen to the wind as it blows , look at the clouds rolling overhead , and the waves rippling on the pond ...
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... forces * or fairies , till the cold wind passed by and chilled the air . Then , when there was no longer so much heat , another invisible force , cohesion , which is always ready and waiting , seized on the tiny particles at once , and ...
... forces * or fairies , till the cold wind passed by and chilled the air . Then , when there was no longer so much heat , another invisible force , cohesion , which is always ready and waiting , seized on the tiny particles at once , and ...
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Arabella Burton Buckley. larger and larger they fell into the grasp of another invisible force , gravitation , which dragged them down to the earth , drop by drop , till they made a shower of rain . Pause for a moment and think . You ...
Arabella Burton Buckley. larger and larger they fell into the grasp of another invisible force , gravitation , which dragged them down to the earth , drop by drop , till they made a shower of rain . Pause for a moment and think . You ...
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... force of crystal- lization , " has caught hold of the tiny particles of water before " cohesion " had made them into round drops , and there silently but rapidly , has moulded . them into those delicate crystal stars known as " snow ...
... force of crystal- lization , " has caught hold of the tiny particles of water before " cohesion " had made them into round drops , and there silently but rapidly , has moulded . them into those delicate crystal stars known as " snow ...
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