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... diameter was nearly equal to six inches- the narrowness of the apartment not permitting me conveniently to use a larger size . I divided the circumference of this circle into 360 degrees in the usual manner , and its diameter into ...
... diameter was nearly equal to six inches- the narrowness of the apartment not permitting me conveniently to use a larger size . I divided the circumference of this circle into 360 degrees in the usual manner , and its diameter into ...
Page 66
... diameter of Venus , as her shadow was depicted on the paper , was larger indeed than the thirtieth part of the solar diameter , though not more so than the sixth , or at the utmost the fifth of such a part . Therefore let the diameter ...
... diameter of Venus , as her shadow was depicted on the paper , was larger indeed than the thirtieth part of the solar diameter , though not more so than the sixth , or at the utmost the fifth of such a part . Therefore let the diameter ...
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... diameter of 142 miles and an area of 16,500 square miles . The rocky annulus which surrounds it is very lofty and precipitous , and at one point reaches a height of 17,300 feet . Up- wards of 90 craters have been counted within this ...
... diameter of 142 miles and an area of 16,500 square miles . The rocky annulus which surrounds it is very lofty and precipitous , and at one point reaches a height of 17,300 feet . Up- wards of 90 craters have been counted within this ...
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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