terrestrial sphere
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Every day our terrestrial sphere revolves into and out of the sun’s light, irrespective of what we on its surface codify into laws and regardless of what numbers we display on our clocks.
From Scientific American • Mar. 17, 2022
The weary old terrestrial sphere was either too hot or too cold and capricious in doling out its moisture.
From Time Magazine Archive
To most of us, dwellers upon the face of the earth, this terrestrial sphere is quite a comfortable place of residence.
From The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire by Morris, Charles
A man is not what oft he seems, On this terrestrial sphere, No pow'r to wield, no honor'd place, Oft curb his spirit here.
From Canada and Other Poems by Young, T. F. (Thomas Frederick)
Then follows a description of the constitution of the sublunar world, the terrestrial sphere consisting of part earth, part water, and being surrounded by the successive spheres of air and fire.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
