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 347
ize of this ring let us suppose that a railway werelaid across it, and the train you entered at one side was notto stop until it reached the other side, how long do youthink this journey would require 1 I recollect some timeago a picture in Punch which showed a train about to startfrom London to… … Fikr. Si.-A Great Reflecting Telescop Staxs. 333 let out ere the frightful journey was commenced. In thenebular railway the passengers would almost require such awarning. Let the train start at a speed of a mile a minute, youwould think, surely, that it must soon cross the ring. Butthe minutes…
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