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... four hours . After the death of Ptolemy no worthy successor was found to occupy his place , the study of astronomy began to decline among the Greeks , and after a time it ceased to be cultivated by that people . The Arabs next took up ...
... four hours . After the death of Ptolemy no worthy successor was found to occupy his place , the study of astronomy began to decline among the Greeks , and after a time it ceased to be cultivated by that people . The Arabs next took up ...
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... four moons which revolved round Jupiter after the manner in which the Moon revolves round the Earth . Having assured himself that the four new stars were four moons that with periodical regularity circled round the great planet ...
... four moons which revolved round Jupiter after the manner in which the Moon revolves round the Earth . Having assured himself that the four new stars were four moons that with periodical regularity circled round the great planet ...
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... four planets by the help of the double eye - glass . Wachenfels stopped his carriage at my door to tell me , when such a fit of wonder seized me at a report which seemed so very absurd , and I was thrown into such agitation at seeing an ...
... four planets by the help of the double eye - glass . Wachenfels stopped his carriage at my door to tell me , when such a fit of wonder seized me at a report which seemed so very absurd , and I was thrown into such agitation at seeing an ...
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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