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Page 106
... path described by a stone when thrown obliquely into the air . He perceived that its motion was governed by the impulse imparted to it by the hand , and also by the attractive force of the Earth . Under these two influences , the stone ...
... path described by a stone when thrown obliquely into the air . He perceived that its motion was governed by the impulse imparted to it by the hand , and also by the attractive force of the Earth . Under these two influences , the stone ...
Page 107
... path , and bent towards that luminary , and by the combined action of the projective and at- tractive forces is made to describe an orbit which , if elliptical , has one of its foci occupied by the Sun. So evenly balanced are those two ...
... path , and bent towards that luminary , and by the combined action of the projective and at- tractive forces is made to describe an orbit which , if elliptical , has one of its foci occupied by the Sun. So evenly balanced are those two ...
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... path that he now pursues , which is the ecliptic . Instead of remaining on the equator , he travels an equal dis- tance from this line upwards and downwards in each hemisphere . The path of the Sun in the heavens is described by Milton ...
... path that he now pursues , which is the ecliptic . Instead of remaining on the equator , he travels an equal dis- tance from this line upwards and downwards in each hemisphere . The path of the Sun in the heavens is described by Milton ...
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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