Collections of the Massachusetts Historical SocietyThe Society, 1792 For the statement above quoted, also for full bibliographical information regarding this publication, and for the contents of the volumes [1st ser.] v. 1- 7th series, v. 5, cf. Griffin, Bibl. of Amer. hist. society. 2d edition, 1907, p. 346-360. |
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... appeared and streamed , so they continually vanished like the lucid path of a rocket , while others were incessantly making their appearance in different places round about . The motion of them all was now pointed upwards , and reached ...
... appeared and streamed , so they continually vanished like the lucid path of a rocket , while others were incessantly making their appearance in different places round about . The motion of them all was now pointed upwards , and reached ...
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... appeared . There remains a difficulty or two more yet to be solved , viz . How it came to be fired ? and why it appeared more than once ? To the first , I say , it may be fired , by what the philosophers of old called the Antiperistasis ...
... appeared . There remains a difficulty or two more yet to be solved , viz . How it came to be fired ? and why it appeared more than once ? To the first , I say , it may be fired , by what the philosophers of old called the Antiperistasis ...
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... appearance . It is accessible for boats in many places ; but , as I before observed , there appeared no good anchorage . As to the number of inhabitants , I cannot say , as we saw only two ca- noes ; the one beforementioned , and one ...
... appearance . It is accessible for boats in many places ; but , as I before observed , there appeared no good anchorage . As to the number of inhabitants , I cannot say , as we saw only two ca- noes ; the one beforementioned , and one ...
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CIRCULAR Letter of the Historical Society | 1 |
ibid | 11 |
Account of the Discovery of seven Islands in the South Pacifick | 17 |
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