Star-land : being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens (1891)
Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840-1913 · London ; Paris : Cassell & Co. · leaf 129
o so if atthe time it was let go it was thrown sideways • the effect ofthe earths pull upon it is then shown in keeping the moonrevolving around us instead of allowing it to fly awayaltogether, as it would have done had the earth not beenthere to attract it.I H4 Star-Land. We can explain this by an… … Fig. 43.—An Illustration to explain the Movement of the Moon. have made the mountain look hundreds of times larger thanany mountain could possibly be ; and now I want you toimagine a cannon far stronger and gunpowder more potentthan any powder or cannon that has ever yet been manufac-tured. Fire…
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