The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts (1915)
Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 109
rt of its bulk as the Moon, it has been figured out that the Earth must have made a complete turn on its axis every 2 hours, instead of one turn in 24 hours, as it now does; and it was while the Earth was turning at this terrific rate of speed that the centrifugal force over-came the force of… … Fig. 103.—Map Showing Pacific Ocean. THE MOON, THE EARTHS DAUGHTER 91 of the Pacific Ocean and there are several reasons why thisseems very likely. First, if the waters which form the Pacific Ocean were rolledinto a big ball it would be just about the size of the Moon;second, the space between the…
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