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... move in an elliptic figure or near it , ' and finally he arrived at the conclusion that ' comets move in elliptical orbits , being carried round the Sun with a velocity which is probably variable . ' This theory has been verified by ...
... move in an elliptic figure or near it , ' and finally he arrived at the conclusion that ' comets move in elliptical orbits , being carried round the Sun with a velocity which is probably variable . ' This theory has been verified by ...
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... move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter , when they come to model Heaven , And calculate the stars ... move in circles round the Earth . was observed that the Sun , when on one side of his orbit , had an accelerated ...
... move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter , when they come to model Heaven , And calculate the stars ... move in circles round the Earth . was observed that the Sun , when on one side of his orbit , had an accelerated ...
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... move ? Which else to several spheres thou must ascribe , Moved contrary with thwart obliquities , Or save the Sun his labour , and that swift Nocturnal and diurnal rhomb supposed Invisible else above all stars , the wheel Of day and ...
... move ? Which else to several spheres thou must ascribe , Moved contrary with thwart obliquities , Or save the Sun his labour , and that swift Nocturnal and diurnal rhomb supposed Invisible else above all stars , the wheel Of day and ...
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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