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... regarded as the crowning point of the science of astronomy , for , upon the unfailing energy of this mysterious power depend the order and stability of the universe , extending as it does to all material bodies existing in space ...
... regarded as the crowning point of the science of astronomy , for , upon the unfailing energy of this mysterious power depend the order and stability of the universe , extending as it does to all material bodies existing in space ...
Page 191
... regarded as a sure forerunner of the rising of the great river , the fertilising flood of which was attributed to the influ- ence of this beautiful star . It is believed that the Mazzaroth in Job is an allusion to this brilliant orb ...
... regarded as a sure forerunner of the rising of the great river , the fertilising flood of which was attributed to the influ- ence of this beautiful star . It is believed that the Mazzaroth in Job is an allusion to this brilliant orb ...
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... regarded as stray objects which visit our system once , and depart never to return again . Besides those al- ready mentioned there are many comets with orbits of such marked eccentricity that their el- lipses when near perihelion cannot ...
... regarded as stray objects which visit our system once , and depart never to return again . Besides those al- ready mentioned there are many comets with orbits of such marked eccentricity that their el- lipses when near perihelion cannot ...
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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