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... Moon In dim eclipse , disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations , and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs ... MOON The Moon is the Earth's satellite , and next to the Sun is the most important of the celestial orbs so far as its ...
... Moon In dim eclipse , disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations , and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs ... MOON The Moon is the Earth's satellite , and next to the Sun is the most important of the celestial orbs so far as its ...
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... Moon is distant one quarter of the circumfer- ence of the heavens from the Sun. The Moon is then a semi - circle , or in quadrature . At the end of other seven days , the distance of the Moon from the Sun is at its greatest - half the ...
... Moon is distant one quarter of the circumfer- ence of the heavens from the Sun. The Moon is then a semi - circle , or in quadrature . At the end of other seven days , the distance of the Moon from the Sun is at its greatest - half the ...
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... Moon in ' Paradise Lost , ' and does not fail to set forth the distinctive charms asso- ciated with the unrivalled queen of the firmament . The majority of poets would most ... Moon when affected by the demoniacal practices THE MOON 269.
... Moon in ' Paradise Lost , ' and does not fail to set forth the distinctive charms asso- ciated with the unrivalled queen of the firmament . The majority of poets would most ... Moon when affected by the demoniacal practices THE MOON 269.
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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