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... celestial orbs such as can only be attained by a proficient and intimate acquaint- ance with this science . The arguments in favour of or against the Ptolemaic and Copernican theories were well known to Milton , even as regards their ...
... celestial orbs such as can only be attained by a proficient and intimate acquaint- ance with this science . The arguments in favour of or against the Ptolemaic and Copernican theories were well known to Milton , even as regards their ...
Page 124
... celestial regions with his telescope , and on carefully examining some of the heavenly bodies , made many wonderful discoveries which added greatly to the fame and lustre of his name . The first celestial object to which Galileo ...
... celestial regions with his telescope , and on carefully examining some of the heavenly bodies , made many wonderful discoveries which added greatly to the fame and lustre of his name . The first celestial object to which Galileo ...
Page 152
... celestial sphere , and the great circles by which it is circumscribed . Two of those -the colures - he alludes to in the following lines , when he describes the manner in which Satan , to avoid detection , compassed the Earth , after ...
... celestial sphere , and the great circles by which it is circumscribed . Two of those -the colures - he alludes to in the following lines , when he describes the manner in which Satan , to avoid detection , compassed the Earth , after ...
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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