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Identifier: bibleastronomyor00melc (find matches)
Title: Bible astronomy; or, The little book on the mysteries and wonder of the rise and fall of Babylon
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: Melcher, Josiah F. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Bible Astronomy Astronomy in the Bible
Publisher: St. Louis, Mo., Printed at the St. Louis intelligencer buildings
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♦ BIBLE ASTRONOMY. 27 THE SOLAR SYSTEM BY COMPARISON. There are four or five classes of planets. First: Mercuryand Mars; Mecury being the nearest to the Sun, contains themost material, although less in diameter, or as much as Mars. Second class, Venus and the Earth; Venus being within theorbit of the Earth, it also contains as much matter as the lat-ter, although less in diameter. The third class is the Asteroids, formed from one planet. Fourth class is Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter contains morematerial than Saturn, ring and all. Fifth class is Herschel and Neptune. The first class of planets is formed of two worlds each, orone division by comparison. The second class, of two divisions. The third class, by a convulsion. The fourth class of four divisions, and three sub-divisionseach, including the divisions and sub-divisions of Saturnsring. Fifth class: There could be no comparison made, as thetime of rotation is not known. FORM OF THE PLANET MERCURY AS COMPAREDWITH THE EARTH. The fi

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