The Astronomy of Milton's Paradise Lost |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 92
Page 76
... planets travel round the Sun in elliptical orbits , he was enabled to abolish cycles and epicycles , which created such confusion and entanglement in the system , and to explain many apparent irregularities of motion by ascribing to the ...
... planets travel round the Sun in elliptical orbits , he was enabled to abolish cycles and epicycles , which created such confusion and entanglement in the system , and to explain many apparent irregularities of motion by ascribing to the ...
Page 107
... planets in their orbits resides in the Sun. By the orb's attractive influence a planet , after having received its first impulse , is deflected from its original straight path , and bent towards that luminary , and by the combined ...
... planets in their orbits resides in the Sun. By the orb's attractive influence a planet , after having received its first impulse , is deflected from its original straight path , and bent towards that luminary , and by the combined ...
Page 108
... planets , which are travelling together round the Sun with different velocities , and in orbits of unequal mag- nitude . In his allusion to the Copernican system the planet ' Earth ' is described by Milton as seventh . This is not ...
... planets , which are travelling together round the Sun with different velocities , and in orbits of unequal mag- nitude . In his allusion to the Copernican system the planet ' Earth ' is described by Milton as seventh . This is not ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 45 |
MILTONS ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE | 81 |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able appearance arrived ascertained associated astronomers attention attraction beautiful became become believed bodies bright brilliancy called caused celestial centre circling clusters comet compared complete conclusion consists constellation created dark described diameter directed discovered discovery distance Earth equal existence expressed four Galileo globe greater heavens Herschel imagination important indicated influence Jupiter Kepler knowledge known less light luminous magnitude manner mass matter means miles Milky Milton minute Moon motion move nature nebula night object observed occupied occur orbit path perceived period planets poem portion position possessed present reason regarded regions remained remarkable resembling result revolving ring rising round seen similar situated solar space sphere stars stellar Sun's surface telescope theory thou thousand tion travels Tycho universe vast Venus visible worlds writes