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Scientific Dialogues: Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People : in which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy are Fully Explained, Volume 1

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Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1825

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Conversation Page XXVII Of the Figure of the Earth	149

Of the Diurnal Motion of the Earth	155

Of Day and Night	162

Of the Annual Motion of the Earth	167

Of the Seasons	171

Of the Seasons	176

Of the Equation of Time	183

Of Leap Year	190

Of the Tides	207

Of the Harvest Moon	213

Of Mercury	219

Of Venus	223

Of Mars 227	231

Of Saturn	234

Of the Herschel Planet	237

Of Comets	239

Of the Moon	194

Of Eclipses	201

Of the Sun	243

Of the Fixed Stars	245

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Title	Scientific Dialogues: Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People : in which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy are Fully Explained, Volume 1 Scientific Dialogues: Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People : in which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy are Fully Explained, Jeremiah Joyce
Author	Jeremiah Joyce
Publisher	Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1825

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