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... globe . In a similar manner , when , on his return journey , the Sun is again on the equator , the autumnal equinox occurs . In summer the North Pole is inclined towards the Sun , consequently his rays fall more direct and impart much ...
... globe . In a similar manner , when , on his return journey , the Sun is again on the equator , the autumnal equinox occurs . In summer the North Pole is inclined towards the Sun , consequently his rays fall more direct and impart much ...
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... globe : some say the Sun Was bid turn reins from the equinoctial road Like distant breadth - to Taurus with the seven Atlantic Sisters , and the Spartan Twins , Up to the Tropic Crab ; thence down amain . By Leo , and the Virgin , and ...
... globe : some say the Sun Was bid turn reins from the equinoctial road Like distant breadth - to Taurus with the seven Atlantic Sisters , and the Spartan Twins , Up to the Tropic Crab ; thence down amain . By Leo , and the Virgin , and ...
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... globe are concerned . Besides affording us light by night , the Moon is the principal cause of the ebb and flow of ... globes , each of the weight of the Moon , would be required to counter- balance the weight of the Earth , and fifty ...
... globe are concerned . Besides affording us light by night , the Moon is the principal cause of the ebb and flow of ... globes , each of the weight of the Moon , would be required to counter- balance the weight of the Earth , and fifty ...
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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