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... remarkable body . This meritorious achieve- ment was the means of procuring for him a widely known reputation . A vacancy for an assistant having occurred at Schröter's Observatory at Lilienthal , the post was offered to Bessel and ...
... remarkable body . This meritorious achieve- ment was the means of procuring for him a widely known reputation . A vacancy for an assistant having occurred at Schröter's Observatory at Lilienthal , the post was offered to Bessel and ...
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... remarkable harmony with which the orbs of the system perform their motions is strongly indicative of their common origin and that their evolution occurred in subor- dination to the law of universal gravitation . The following are the ...
... remarkable harmony with which the orbs of the system perform their motions is strongly indicative of their common origin and that their evolution occurred in subor- dination to the law of universal gravitation . The following are the ...
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... remarkable of these volcanic moun- tains have been named after distinguished men . ( 1 ) Copernicus is one of the most imposing ; its crater is 56 miles in diameter , and situated at its centre is a mountain with six peaks 2,400 feet in ...
... remarkable of these volcanic moun- tains have been named after distinguished men . ( 1 ) Copernicus is one of the most imposing ; its crater is 56 miles in diameter , and situated at its centre is a mountain with six peaks 2,400 feet in ...
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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