terraqueous
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From its founding, on not very solid ground, Washington, D.C. has been terraqueous; a city of both land and water, where maps chart realty and reality interchangeably.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 19, 2017
The discovery of antipodes led straight to the concept of the terraqueous globe; but Copernicanism did not lead directly to the view that all planets shine by reflected light—the telescope had to intervene.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The victory of the terraqueous globe theory following the discovery of America is the first great triumph of experience over philosophical deduction, and thus the beginning of a revolution.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
An immediate consequence, therefore, which is the subject of Chapter 4, was a radical transformation in the understanding of how the Earth is constructed: the emergence of the concept of the terraqueous globe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The terraqueous globe theory was not underdetermined; in this case the relationship between the theory and the facts was a tight one, not a loose one.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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