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... complete an entire circuit of the heavens . Milton alludes to the ecliptic when he mentions the arrival of Satan upon the Earth : - Down from the ecliptic , sped with hoped success , Throws his steep flight in many an airy wheel , Nor ...
... complete an entire circuit of the heavens . Milton alludes to the ecliptic when he mentions the arrival of Satan upon the Earth : - Down from the ecliptic , sped with hoped success , Throws his steep flight in many an airy wheel , Nor ...
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... complete a revolu- tion in about eight centuries . The united mass of the system is about one - half that of the Sun , and in point of luminosity they are much inferior to that orb . The star 70 Ophiuchi ( fig . 3 ) may be regarded as ...
... complete a revolu- tion in about eight centuries . The united mass of the system is about one - half that of the Sun , and in point of luminosity they are much inferior to that orb . The star 70 Ophiuchi ( fig . 3 ) may be regarded as ...
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Thomas Nathaniel Orchard. Those most familiarly known complete their periods in years as follows : -Encke's 33 ; Swift's , 5 · 5 ; Winnecke's , 5-6 ; Tempel's , 6 ; Brorsen's , 5 · 5 ; Faye's , 7 · 4 ; Tuttle's , 13.8 , and Halley's , 76 ...
Thomas Nathaniel Orchard. Those most familiarly known complete their periods in years as follows : -Encke's 33 ; Swift's , 5 · 5 ; Winnecke's , 5-6 ; Tempel's , 6 ; Brorsen's , 5 · 5 ; Faye's , 7 · 4 ; Tuttle's , 13.8 , and Halley's , 76 ...
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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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