Shuler, Molton Ancrum. [from old catalog] · New York, Broadway publishing company · leaf 71
rizontal line in which it moved at the moment of itsdischarge from the cannon on the mountain. Arriv-ing at the point marked C, it would still be the sameheight above the earth and its speed would not beabated in the least; therefore, it would continue onuntil it described a complete circle around… … D *cHow The Moon Revolver For an understanding of the subject here involved,we may imagine the moon to have been fired from amighty cannon stationed nearly a quarter of a millionmiles above the earth. Of course, this item of distanceis contrary to the tidal theory, which declares that theearth and…
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