 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
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Constellations - 1873 - 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...be covered by the universal rush of the waters to tiie new equator, and every vestige of human industry and genius would be at once destroyed. But so... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1873 - 360 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 abo<les of men and animals, would be covered by the universal rush of the waters to the new equator,... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bombay - Asia - 1914 - 712 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...animals, would be covered by the universal rush of waters to the new equator, and every prestige of human industry and genius at once destroyed. The chances... | |
 | Sir Jivanji Jamshedji Modi - Asia - 1927 - 330 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...animals, would be covered by the universal rush of waters to the new equator, and every prestige of human industry and genius at once destroyed. The chances... | |
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