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Page 121
... result : ' I argued in the following manner . The contrivance consists either of one glass or of more - one is not sufficient , since it must be either convex , concave , or plane . The last does not produce any sensible alteration in ...
... result : ' I argued in the following manner . The contrivance consists either of one glass or of more - one is not sufficient , since it must be either convex , concave , or plane . The last does not produce any sensible alteration in ...
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... result , carefully con- sidered every imaginable cause of error , and rigor- ously calculated any inaccuracies that might arise therefrom . Finally , he determined the parallax of the star to be 0.3483 - a result equivalent to a dis ...
... result , carefully con- sidered every imaginable cause of error , and rigor- ously calculated any inaccuracies that might arise therefrom . Finally , he determined the parallax of the star to be 0.3483 - a result equivalent to a dis ...
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... result from the collision of two condensed masses of matter . A collision occurring between two swarms of meteors ... resulting in the conflagration of worlds , and that Nature , in accomplishing her purposes , does not overstep the ...
... result from the collision of two condensed masses of matter . A collision occurring between two swarms of meteors ... resulting in the conflagration of worlds , and that Nature , in accomplishing her purposes , does not overstep the ...
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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