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... attracted each other with a force varying according to the inverse ratio of the squares of their distances , but rejected the 1 iutual attraction of the molecules of matter , believing that they possessed gravity towards a central point ...
... attracted each other with a force varying according to the inverse ratio of the squares of their distances , but rejected the 1 iutual attraction of the molecules of matter , believing that they possessed gravity towards a central point ...
Page 204
... attraction of adjacent members of the same system . Perplexing though the arrangement of such a scheme may be to our conception , yet , each orb has been weighed , poised , and adjusted by Infinite Wisdom , to perform its intricate ...
... attraction of adjacent members of the same system . Perplexing though the arrangement of such a scheme may be to our conception , yet , each orb has been weighed , poised , and adjusted by Infinite Wisdom , to perform its intricate ...
Page 273
... attraction of other members of the solar system . The most important of these is Precession of the Equinoxes , which is caused by the attraction of the Sun , Moon , and planets , on the protuberant equatorial region of the globe . This ...
... attraction of other members of the solar system . The most important of these is Precession of the Equinoxes , which is caused by the attraction of the Sun , Moon , and planets , on the protuberant equatorial region of the globe . This ...
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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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