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" ... to affirm that the sun is stationary, contrary to the apparent evidence of the senses ; yet the one is as well ascertained as the other. For example, at Ceylon, Dr. "
Alphabet of Scientific Chemistry, for the Use of Beginners - Page 107
by James Rennie - 1833 - 193 pages
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The Architecture of Birds

James Rennie - 1833 - 422 pages
...say that the body is equally warm on a cold winter's morning and on the most sultry of the dog-days, as to affirm that the sun is stationary contrary to...example, Captain Parry found that when the air was from 3° to 32° at Winter Isle, lat. 66° 11' N., the interior temperature of the foxes when killed was...
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The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Volume 1

Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1831 - 690 pages
...body is equally warm on a cold winter's morning as on the most sultry of the dog-days, as to affirm the sun is stationary, contrary to the apparent evidence of the senses, yet the one is as well ascertained as the other. For example, Captain Parry found, that when the air was from 3°...
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Goldsmith's Natural history, with notes collected, with a life of O ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 pages
...say that the body is equally warm on a cold winter's morning and on the most sultry of the dog-days, as to affirm that the sun is stationary contrary to...evidence of the senses ; yet the one truth is as well ascertaint'd as the other. For example, Captain Parry founil that when the air was from 30° to 32P...
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A shilling's worth of reading for the rail, the road, and the fireside; a ...

Shilling - 1857 - 98 pages
...that the body is equally warm on a cold winter morning as on the most sultry of the dog-days, than to affirm that the sun is stationary, contrary to the apparent evidence of the senses ; yet the one is as well ascertained as the other. For example, at Ceylon, Dr. Davy found that the temperature of...
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Things Not Generally Known: A Popular Hand-book of Facts Not Readily ...

John Timbs - 1857 - 444 pages
...that the hody is equally warm on a cold winter morning, as on the most sultry of the dog-days, than to affirm that the sun is stationary, contrary to the apparent evidence of the senses ; yet the one is as well ascertained as the other. For example, at Ceylon, Dr. Davy found that the temperature of...
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Things not generally known. Popular errors explained and illustrated

John Timbs - 1858 - 296 pages
...that the body is equally warm on a cold winter morning as on the most sultry of the dog-days, than to affirm that the sun is stationary, contrary to the apparent evidence of the senses ; yet the one is as well ascertained as the other. For example, at Ceylon, Dr. Davy found that the temperature of...
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Popular Errors Explained and Illustrated: A Book for Old and Young

John Timbs - 1869 - 280 pages
...that the body is equally warm ou a cold winter morning as on the most sultry of the dog-days, than to affirm that the sun is stationary, contrary to the apparent evidence of the senses ; yet the one is as well ascertained as the other. For example, at Ceylon, Dr. Davy found that the temperature of...
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