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... observation , Galileo perceived that the lateral bodies gradually decreased in size , until they became invisible . At the expira- tion of a certain period of time they reappeared , and were observed to go through a certain cycle of ...
... observation , Galileo perceived that the lateral bodies gradually decreased in size , until they became invisible . At the expira- tion of a certain period of time they reappeared , and were observed to go through a certain cycle of ...
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... observed at various periods since the time that reliable data of those objects have been published . Pliny mentions ... observed in Scorpio , which resembled Saturn . The most remarkable star of this kind was one observed by Tycho Brahé ...
... observed at various periods since the time that reliable data of those objects have been published . Pliny mentions ... observed in Scorpio , which resembled Saturn . The most remarkable star of this kind was one observed by Tycho Brahé ...
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... observed . It was by observation of the spots that the period of the axial rotation of the Sun became known . Sun - spots vary very much in size - some are only a few hundred miles in width , whilst others have a diameter of 40,000 or ...
... observed . It was by observation of the spots that the period of the axial rotation of the Sun became known . Sun - spots vary very much in size - some are only a few hundred miles in width , whilst others have a diameter of 40,000 or ...
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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