A natural philosophy : embracing the most recent discoveries in the various branches of physics, and exhibiting the application of scientific principles in everyday life .. (1899)
Quackenbos, G. P. (George Payn), 1826-1881 · New York, Cincinnati [etc.], American book company · leaf 373
sides opposite the polesof the axis and its ends as far from them as possible. Similar attraction andrepulsion are exhibited if the substances are presented to either pole sepa-rately. An indifferent substance will remain in any position in which it isplaced, being neither attracted like the iron… … CHAPTER XVIII. ASTRONOMY. 931. Astronomy is the science that treats of the heav-enly bodies,—their motions, size, distance, &c. By the heavenly bodies are meant the sun, the moon,stars, planets, and comets. 932. Astronomy, as it is the most sublime, is also the oldest of sciences.The shepherds…
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