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... Jupiter into conjunction , an eclipse occurred sixteen minutes twenty - six seconds later than it did when Jupiter was in opposition or nearest to the Earth . As there existed an impression that light travelled instantaneously , it was ...
... Jupiter into conjunction , an eclipse occurred sixteen minutes twenty - six seconds later than it did when Jupiter was in opposition or nearest to the Earth . As there existed an impression that light travelled instantaneously , it was ...
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... Jupiter . On the following night he was surprised to find all three to the west of the planet , and nearer to each other . This caused him considerable perplexity , and he was at a loss to understand how Jupiter could be east of the ...
... Jupiter . On the following night he was surprised to find all three to the west of the planet , and nearer to each other . This caused him considerable perplexity , and he was at a loss to understand how Jupiter could be east of the ...
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... Jupiter which accounted for the observed phenomena . Galileo watched the stars attentively on successive evenings and discovered a fourth , and on observing how they changed their positions relatively to each other he soon arrived at ...
... Jupiter which accounted for the observed phenomena . Galileo watched the stars attentively on successive evenings and discovered a fourth , and on observing how they changed their positions relatively to each other he soon arrived at ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 45 |
MILTONS ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE | 81 |
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