The Astronomy of Milton's Paradise Lost |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 42
Page 15
... became yellow ; it next changed to a red colour , resembling Aldebaran ; afterwards it appeared like Saturn , and as it grew smaller it decreased in brightness , until it finally became invisible . In 1573 Tycho Brahé married a peasant ...
... became yellow ; it next changed to a red colour , resembling Aldebaran ; afterwards it appeared like Saturn , and as it grew smaller it decreased in brightness , until it finally became invisible . In 1573 Tycho Brahé married a peasant ...
Page 154
... became a busy and prosperous man . Besides attending to his numerous private engagements , he organised con- certs , oratorios , and other public musical entertain- ments , which gained him much popularity among the cultivated classes ...
... became a busy and prosperous man . Besides attending to his numerous private engagements , he organised con- certs , oratorios , and other public musical entertain- ments , which gained him much popularity among the cultivated classes ...
Page 161
... became much more numerous , and that in the Milky Way itself there was evidence of the gravitation of stars towards certain regions forming aggregations and clusters which would ultimately lead to its breaking up into numerous separate ...
... became much more numerous , and that in the Milky Way itself there was evidence of the gravitation of stars towards certain regions forming aggregations and clusters which would ultimately lead to its breaking up into numerous separate ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 45 |
MILTONS ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE | 81 |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able appearance arrived ascertained associated astronomers attention attraction beautiful became become believed bodies bright brilliancy called caused celestial centre circling clusters comet compared complete conclusion consists constellation created dark described diameter directed discovered discovery distance Earth equal existence expressed four Galileo globe greater heavens Herschel imagination important indicated influence Jupiter Kepler knowledge known less light luminous magnitude manner mass matter means miles Milky Milton minute Moon motion move nature nebula night object observed occupied occur orbit path perceived period planets poem portion position possessed present reason regarded regions remained remarkable resembling result revolving ring rising round seen similar situated solar space sphere stars stellar Sun's surface telescope theory thou thousand tion travels Tycho universe vast Venus visible worlds writes