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... occur- rence of the phenomenon on the very day , and almost at the hour it appeared , and of which he and his friend ... occurred on the day previous to that of his intended visit to his friend at Broughton . He expired on January 3 ...
... occur- rence of the phenomenon on the very day , and almost at the hour it appeared , and of which he and his friend ... occurred on the day previous to that of his intended visit to his friend at Broughton . He expired on January 3 ...
Page 209
... occur in the quantity of light emitted by them . The difference in the luminosity of some stars is at times . so marked that , in a few weeks or months , they de- cline from the first or second magnitudes to invisi- bility , and , after ...
... occur in the quantity of light emitted by them . The difference in the luminosity of some stars is at times . so marked that , in a few weeks or months , they de- cline from the first or second magnitudes to invisi- bility , and , after ...
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... occur- ring which escape our observation . Though the changes which occur in the spots and faculæ appear to be slow when observed through the telescope , yet in reality they are not so . Tremendous storms and cyclones of intensely ...
... occur- ring which escape our observation . Though the changes which occur in the spots and faculæ appear to be slow when observed through the telescope , yet in reality they are not so . Tremendous storms and cyclones of intensely ...
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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