A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1859)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Mason brothers · leaf 83
seas by the Almighty Creator. (See G-enesis i., 2, 9,10.)Thus we see that true science and the Bible are always in harmony with each other. 153. The difference between the polar and equatorialdiameters of the planets, so far as known, is as follows :the Earth, 26 miles; Mars, 25; Jupiter, 6,000;… … The plain line in the middle figure shows the original form, and the dotted line itspresent form. The difference is the change produced by its rotation. When measuredby the proper instruments, it is found, in the case of Jupiter, to amount to about —■?vf his average diameter; and that being 89,000…
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