ABC's of Science by Charles A. (Charles Alexander) Oliver
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life is indestructible.
[Figures: Five line-drawings, captioned as follows. "Comet of 1881, the year Mother Shipton prophecied the Earth to come to an end." "Comet of 1744." "Comet of 1857." "Biela's comet discovered in 1827. returned at intervals of 6 1/2 years. In 1846 it returned split, returned in 1852, but never appeared since." "Saturn."] CHAPTER II ASTRONOMY (The word "vapor" used in general for water, ice, atmosphere, etc.) 1. Space without beginning or end, filled with unmaterial and material life. The material is in motion by the currents of unmaterial life. 2. The material is in perfect bodies, imperfect bodies, and unconcentrated material. 3. Perfect bodies group into constellation, called sun's planets, planetoids, and moons. 4. Imperfect bodies are comets, called periodic and parabolic comets. |
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