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... astronomers . Several of the ancient nations of the earth , including the Chaldeans , Egyptians , Hindus , and Chinese , claim to have been the earliest astronomers . Chinese records of astro- nomy reveal an antiquity of near 3,000 ...
... astronomers . Several of the ancient nations of the earth , including the Chaldeans , Egyptians , Hindus , and Chinese , claim to have been the earliest astronomers . Chinese records of astro- nomy reveal an antiquity of near 3,000 ...
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... astronomers , Her- schel possessed the requisite skill which enabled him to construct his own telescopes . Being de ... astronomer . On March 31 , 1781 , when examining the stars in the constellation Gemini , Herschel observed a star ...
... astronomers , Her- schel possessed the requisite skill which enabled him to construct his own telescopes . Being de ... astronomer . On March 31 , 1781 , when examining the stars in the constellation Gemini , Herschel observed a star ...
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... astronomer , formed a list of stellar pairs , and announced , in 1776 , the supposed discovery of ' satellites ' to many ... astronomers with regard to double stars were afterwards con- firmed by Herschel , when , by his observation of a ...
... astronomer , formed a list of stellar pairs , and announced , in 1776 , the supposed discovery of ' satellites ' to many ... astronomers with regard to double stars were afterwards con- firmed by Herschel , when , by his observation of a ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 45 |
MILTONS ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE | 81 |
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