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Page 49
... manner for all the phenomena observed in connection with its variable appearance . The true form of the ring is circular , but by us it is seen foreshortened ; consequently , when the Earth is above or below its plane , it appears of an ...
... manner for all the phenomena observed in connection with its variable appearance . The true form of the ring is circular , but by us it is seen foreshortened ; consequently , when the Earth is above or below its plane , it appears of an ...
Page 121
... manner . The contrivance consists either of one glass or of more - one is not sufficient , since it must be either convex , concave , or plane . The last does not produce any sensible alteration in objects ; the concave diminishes them ...
... manner . The contrivance consists either of one glass or of more - one is not sufficient , since it must be either convex , concave , or plane . The last does not produce any sensible alteration in objects ; the concave diminishes them ...
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... manner a suc- cession of revolving rings may be detached from the condensing spheroid ; each newly - formed ring being nearer to the centre of the contracting mass and revolving in a shorter period than its predeces- sor . In the ...
... manner a suc- cession of revolving rings may be detached from the condensing spheroid ; each newly - formed ring being nearer to the centre of the contracting mass and revolving in a shorter period than its predeces- sor . In 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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