Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 111
MOONEARTH Fig. 101.—Moon and Earth Joined Together Like a Dumbbell, separated from the Sun and became a planet so the Moon was oncea part of the Earth and was thrown off and became herdaughter. The first idea as to how the Moon was made is that a smallercore was formed in the gaseous matter of the… … Fig. 102. — Balls Con-nected with an Elastic. together like a dumbbell, as shown in Fig. 101, began to spread apart like a pair of balls fastened together with a piece of elastic when they are whirled rapidlyround each other, as shown in Fig.102. So, too, the high speed withwhich the Earth turned…
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