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... regions of space in which the chief incidents in his poem are described - viz . HEAVEN , or THE EMPY- REAN , CHAOS ... region of light , of glory , and of happiness ; the dwelling- place of the Deity , Who , though omnipresent , here ...
... regions of space in which the chief incidents in his poem are described - viz . HEAVEN , or THE EMPY- REAN , CHAOS ... region of light , of glory , and of happiness ; the dwelling- place of the Deity , Who , though omnipresent , here ...
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Thomas Nathaniel Orchard. in some of its richest regions as many stars as are visible to the naked eye on a clear ... region a large oval - shaped dark vacuity , 8 ° by 5 ° in extent , that appears to be almost entirely denuded of stars ...
Thomas Nathaniel Orchard. in some of its richest regions as many stars as are visible to the naked eye on a clear ... region a large oval - shaped dark vacuity , 8 ° by 5 ° in extent , that appears to be almost entirely denuded of stars ...
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... regions in the Northern Hemisphere are found in Perseus , Cygnus , and Aquila . Night after night could be spent in sweeping the telescope over fields where the stars can be seen in amazing profusion . In the interval of a quarter of an ...
... regions in the Northern Hemisphere are found in Perseus , Cygnus , and Aquila . Night after night could be spent in sweeping the telescope over fields where the stars can be seen in amazing profusion . In the interval of a quarter of an ...
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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