 Earth were actually to receive a shock from one of these bodies, " having any considerable density," the consequences would indeed be awful. A new direction would be given to its rotary motion, and it would revolve around a new axis. The seas, forsaking...  The Planetarium, and Astronomical Calculator ... - Page 32by Tobias Ostrander - 1834 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Arnold - Marine insurance - 1822 - 1010 pages
...the globe would revolve round a new axis. The seas, forsaking their ancient beds, would he hurried by their centrifugal force, to the new equatorial...vestige of human industry and genius at once destroyed. The chances against such an event, however, are so very numerous, that there is no dread of its occurrence.... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1822 - 442 pages
...centrifugal force to the new equatorial regions ; islands aod continents would be covered by the rush of waters to the new equator, and every vestige of human industry and genius at once be destroyed. Perhaps, at no time has the earth been threatened with a nearer appulse from a comet,... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - Science - 1828 - 468 pages
...the globe would revolve round a new axis. The seas, forsaking their ancient beds, would be hurried by their centrifugal force to the new equatorial regions; islands and continents, the abode of men and animals, would be covered with the universal rush of the waters to the new equator,... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 832 pages
...the globe would revolve round a new axis. The seas, forsaking their ancient beds, •would be hurried by their centrifugal force, to the new equatorial regions ; islands and continents, the abodee of men and animale, would be covered by. the universal rush of the waters to the new equator,... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1838 - 342 pages
...motion, and it wonld revolve.- around a new axis. The seas, forsaking their beds, would be hurried, by their centrifugal force, to the new equatorial...equator, and every vestige of human industry and genius would be at once destroyed. The chances against such an event, however, are so very numerous, that... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Constellations - 1842 - 346 pages
...forsaking their bods, would be hurried, by their centrifugal force, to the new equatorial regions : lslanda and continents, the abodes of men and animals, would be covered by tho universal rush of the waters to the new equator, and every vestige of human industry and genius... | |
 | George Brewster - Astronomy - 1850 - 240 pages
...rotary motion, and it would revolve around a new axis. The seas, forsaking their beds, would be hurried, by their centrifugal force, to the new equatorial regions ; islands and continents, the bodies of men and animals, would be covered by the universal rush of the waters to the new equator,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...ancient beds, would he hurried by their centrifugal force, to the new equatorial regions; islands vd continents, the abodes of men and animals, would be...every vestige of human industry and genius at once de°utroyed. The chances against such an event, however, are so very numerous, that there is no dread... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1856 - 358 pages
...rotary motion, and it would revolve around a new axis. The seas, forsaking their beds, would be hurried, by their centrifugal force, to the new equatorial regions ; islands and continents, the abodes <if men and animals, would be covered by the universal rush of the waters to the new equator, and every... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Constellations - 1860 - 360 pages
...motion, and it would revolve around a new axis.- The seas, forsaking their beds, would be hurried, by their centrifugal force, to the new equatorial...new equator, and every vestige of human industry and genlus would be at once destroyed. But so far as we are as yet acquainted with these singular bodies,... | |
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