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... motion of the Moon discovered by Ptolemy , whereby her mean longi- tude is increased or diminished , was explained by Horrox as depending upon the libratory motion of the apsides , and the change which takes place in the eccentricity of ...
... motion of the Moon discovered by Ptolemy , whereby her mean longi- tude is increased or diminished , was explained by Horrox as depending upon the libratory motion of the apsides , and the change which takes place in the eccentricity of ...
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... motion was not always maintained by those bodies which were believed to move in circles round the Earth . was observed that the Sun , when on one side of his orbit , had an accelerated motion , as compared with the speed at which he ...
... motion was not always maintained by those bodies which were believed to move in circles round the Earth . was observed that the Sun , when on one side of his orbit , had an accelerated motion , as compared with the speed at which he ...
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... motion is only apparent , and can be explained as a result of the combined motions of the Earth and planets , which ... motion of a top , and is the cause of the alternation of day and night . This rotatory motion is sustained with such ...
... motion is only apparent , and can be explained as a result of the combined motions of the Earth and planets , which ... motion of a top , and is the cause of the alternation of day and night . This rotatory motion is sustained with such ...
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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