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Page 152
... circling canopy of sapphire hue , stretches overhead from horizon to horizon , resplendent by night with myriad stars of different magnitudes and varied brilliancy , forming clusterings and configurations of fantastic shape and beauty ...
... circling canopy of sapphire hue , stretches overhead from horizon to horizon , resplendent by night with myriad stars of different magnitudes and varied brilliancy , forming clusterings and configurations of fantastic shape and beauty ...
Page 204
... circling orbs can accomplish their revolutions without being swayed and deflected from their paths by the gravitational attraction of adjacent members of the same system . Perplexing though the arrangement of such a scheme may be to our ...
... circling orbs can accomplish their revolutions without being swayed and deflected from their paths by the gravitational attraction of adjacent members of the same system . Perplexing though the arrangement of such a scheme may be to our ...
Page 318
... to thee appear Seen in the Galaxy , that Milky Way Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest Powdered with stars .-- vii . 548-81 . Milton , throughout his description of the Crea- tion , 318 THE ASTRONOMY OF ' PARADISE LOST '
... to thee appear Seen in the Galaxy , that Milky Way Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest Powdered with stars .-- vii . 548-81 . Milton , throughout his description of the Crea- tion , 318 THE ASTRONOMY OF ' PARADISE LOST '
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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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