| Amédée Guillemin - 1867 - 588 páginas
...This extension of the horizon would be inexplicable if the Earth had the form of an extended plane. The curvature of the surface of the sea manifests...manner. Suppose yourself on the coast, at the summit of u high tower, hill, or a steep, rocky shore ; a vessel appears on the horizon, you see only the tops... | |
| Amédée Guillemin - 1871 - 452 páginas
...the horizon would be inexplicable if the Earth had the form of an extended plane. THE -SOLAR SYSTEM. striking manner, Suppose yourself on the coast, at...only the tops of the masts, the highest sails ; the lower sails and the hull are invisible. As the vessel approaches, its lower part comes into view above... | |
| Amédée Guillemin - 1872 - 460 páginas
...This extension of the horizon would be inexplicable if the Earth had the form of an extended plane. The curvature of the surface of the sea manifests...only the tops of the masts, the highest sails ; the lower sails and the hull are invisible. As the vessel approaches, its lower part comes into view above... | |
| Amédée Victor Guillemin - 1876 - 476 páginas
...This extension of the horizon would be inexplicable if the Earth had the form of an extended plane. The curvature of the surface of the sea manifests...only the tops of the masts, the highest sails ; the lower sails and the hull are invisible. A» the vessel approaches, its lower part comes into view above... | |
| Joseph Anthony Gillet - 1882 - 496 páginas
...extension of the horizon would be inexplicable if the earth had the form of an extended plane. (3) The curvature of the surface of the sea manifests itself in a still more striking manner. If we are on the coast at the summit of a hill, and a vessel appears on the horizon (Fig. 66), we see... | |
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