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... described , and by this means the Ptolemaic system was enabled to retain its ascen- dency for a longer period than it otherwise would have done . But more recent discoveries brought to light discrepancies and difficulties which were ...
... described , and by this means the Ptolemaic system was enabled to retain its ascen- dency for a longer period than it otherwise would have done . But more recent discoveries brought to light discrepancies and difficulties which were ...
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... described by him as opposed to all reason , and entailing upon them a journey which it would be impossible for material bodies to perform . None the less accurate is Milton's description of the Copernican system . He describes the Sun ...
... described by him as opposed to all reason , and entailing upon them a journey which it would be impossible for material bodies to perform . None the less accurate is Milton's description of the Copernican system . He describes the Sun ...
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... described by Milton as contri- buting to the general disarrangement of the happy condition of things that existed before the Fall . After having described the adverse physical changes which occurred in Nature as a consequence of the ...
... described by Milton as contri- buting to the general disarrangement of the happy condition of things that existed before the Fall . After having described the adverse physical changes which occurred in Nature as a consequence of the ...
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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