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... orbit describe a tetrahedron ; the sphere containing this will be Jupiter's orbit . Round Jupiter's describe a cube ; the sphere in- cluding this will be Saturn's . Within the Earth's orbit inscribe an icosahedron ; the sphere inscribed ...
... orbit describe a tetrahedron ; the sphere containing this will be Jupiter's orbit . Round Jupiter's describe a cube ; the sphere in- cluding this will be Saturn's . Within the Earth's orbit inscribe an icosahedron ; the sphere inscribed ...
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... orbit from fourteen to forty - two times the radius of the Earth's orbit ; so that when at apastron they are three times as distant from each other as when at periastron . They complete a revolution in eighty - eight years . The ...
... orbit from fourteen to forty - two times the radius of the Earth's orbit ; so that when at apastron they are three times as distant from each other as when at periastron . They complete a revolution in eighty - eight years . The ...
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... orbit to the Sun coincides with the Earth's orbit , and the most distant part extends beyond the orbit of Uranus . These bodies accomplish a circuit of their orbit in 331 years . The Earth in her annual revolution intersects the path of ...
... orbit to the Sun coincides with the Earth's orbit , and the most distant part extends beyond the orbit of Uranus . These bodies accomplish a circuit of their orbit in 331 years . The Earth in her annual revolution intersects the path of ...
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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