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“The problem that first demands solution is to discover the disruptive agent which would be potent enough to rip the Cloghvorra Stone from its parent bed, to bear it down the valley for miles, and to cast it on the mountain side.” FirstsEnoughProblemWould BeParentSidesBearsBedDemandMountainSolutionsStonesCastsMilesAgentsValleysRipDisruptive Book:The Cause of an Ice Age Source: The Cause of an Ice Age
“The moons of Uranus seem to have got a twist.” SeemsMoonTwists Book:Star-Land: Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens Source: Star-Land: Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens
“The intrinsic brightness of theSun is fully 5,000 times as great as if the whole surface were formed of the molten steel just issuing from the Bessemer converter.” IfsWholeTimeSurfaceSteelBrightness Book:The Story of the Sun Source: The Story of the Sun
“Man is a creature adapted for life under circumstances which are very narrowly limited. A few degrees of temperature more or less, a slight variation in the composition of air, the precise suitability of food, makes all the difference between health and sickness; between life and death.” MenNatureDifferencesEnvironmentAirCircumstancesCreaturesDegreesSicknessLife And DeathCompositionPreciseTemperatureVariationAdaptedBetween Life And Death Book:The Story of the Heavens Source: The Story of the Heavens