Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed : illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds (1845)
Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857, Parker, E. S., former owner. DSI, David H. DeVorkin Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI · Philadelphia : Published by Edward C. Biddle · leaf 100
e to indulge our imaginations on this sub-ject, this circumstance might lead us to form various concep-tions of the glory and magnificence of the diversified objectswhich may be presented to the view of the intellectual beingswho inhabit this world; but, in the mean time, we have nosufficient data… … sented in the above figure, the larger circle showing the size;uf the sun from Venus. With regard to the heat in this planet, according to theprinciples and facts formerly stated, (page 62,) it may be modi-fied by the constitution of its atmosphere and the nature of thesubstances which compose its…
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