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To calculate the quantity of water it contains , we must therefore suppose a
medium depth . If we reckon its average depth at two miles , it will contain 296
million of cu . bical miles of water . We shall have a more specific idea of this
enormous ...
To calculate the quantity of water it contains , we must therefore suppose a
medium depth . If we reckon its average depth at two miles , it will contain 296
million of cu . bical miles of water . We shall have a more specific idea of this
enormous ...
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It now contains a population of 12 , 000 inhabitants , including the suburbs , if we
may so call the environs of a village . The water power of the river , within the
distance of two miles , is immense . Within the village the same water is used two
or ...
It now contains a population of 12 , 000 inhabitants , including the suburbs , if we
may so call the environs of a village . The water power of the river , within the
distance of two miles , is immense . Within the village the same water is used two
or ...
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Now , reckoning the ocean , as formerly , to contain 296 millions of cubical miles
of water , this last number divided by the ... and that it contains only 85 millions of
square miles , and he estimates the average depth of the ocean to be only 440 ...
Now , reckoning the ocean , as formerly , to contain 296 millions of cubical miles
of water , this last number divided by the ... and that it contains only 85 millions of
square miles , and he estimates the average depth of the ocean to be only 440 ...
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The civil solar year contains 365 days , for three years running , which are called
common years ; and then comes in what is called Bissextile or Leap year , which
contains 366 days . This is called the Julian year , on account of Julius Cæsar ...
The civil solar year contains 365 days , for three years running , which are called
common years ; and then comes in what is called Bissextile or Leap year , which
contains 366 days . This is called the Julian year , on account of Julius Cæsar ...
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The surface of the earth contains , of square miles , . . . . . . . 296 , 643 , 3 : 15
Mercury , and all the other planets , contain about , . . . . . 46 , 790 , 511 , 000 The
sun contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 , 442 , 900 , 000 , 000 2 , 489 , 887 , 174 , 553
Hence ...
The surface of the earth contains , of square miles , . . . . . . . 296 , 643 , 3 : 15
Mercury , and all the other planets , contain about , . . . . . 46 , 790 , 511 , 000 The
sun contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 , 442 , 900 , 000 , 000 2 , 489 , 887 , 174 , 553
Hence ...
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Страница 340 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Страница 237 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth ; both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Страница 132 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Страница 320 - How manifold are thy works, O Lord ! In wisdom hast thou made them all...
Страница 8 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Страница 236 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled ; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Страница 72 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Страница 168 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Страница 271 - Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, with kings, The powerful of the earth, the wise, the good, Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past — All in one mighty sepulchre.
Страница 271 - Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods; rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man!