 ... it is most probably also inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe.  Manual of astronomy - Page 11by John Drew - 1853 - 331 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...axis ; and the fall of heavy bodif s on its surface; leads us to suppose that it 1ч most probably inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. If it be objected, that from the effects produced at... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 462 pages
...its axis ; and the fall of heavy bodies on its surface ; leads us to suppose that it is most probably inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. If it be objected, that from the effects produced at... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...atmosphere, and its diversified surface ; the rotation on its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, leads us on to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited,...the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. Whatever fanciful poets might say, in making the sun... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - Education - 1815 - 598 pages
...— and the fall of heavy bodies towards its surface — leads us to suppose that it is most probably inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the nature of that vast globe. This way of considering the sun is of the utmost importance in its consequences.... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - Natural history - 1818 - 590 pages
...axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, leads us on to suppose that it is most probably also inhahited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. Whatever fanciful poets might say, in making the sun... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...its axis; and the fall of heavy bodies on its surface , leads us to suppose that it is most probably inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. If it be objected, that from the effects produced at... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 384 pages
...its exis j and the fall of heavy bodies on its surface ; leads us to suppose that it is most probably inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. If it be objected that, from the effects produced at... | |
 | Luke Herbert - Industrial arts - 1824 - 394 pages
...atmosphere, and its diversified surface, the rotation on its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, leads us on to suppose that it is most probably' also inhabited,...the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. " It may not, however, be amiss to remove a certain... | |
 | George G. Carey - Astronomy - 1825 - 274 pages
...surface, the rotation on its axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, lead to the supposition that it is inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings, whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. Should it be objected that the heat of the sun renders... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1826 - 254 pages
...diversified with mountains, and valleys, and rotation on axis, lead us to suppose, that it is most probably inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings •whose organs are adapted to their peculiar circumttances. 10. Though it may be objected, from the effects produced at the distance... | |
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