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... revolving body . If the velocity with which the revolving body is impelled be equal to what it would acquire by falling through half the radius of a circle described from the centre of deflection , its orbit will be circular ; but if 1 ...
... revolving body . If the velocity with which the revolving body is impelled be equal to what it would acquire by falling through half the radius of a circle described from the centre of deflection , its orbit will be circular ; but if 1 ...
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... revolving worlds , and although we are utterly unable to catch a glimpse of their planetary attendants , even with the aid of the most powerful telescopes , yet they have in a few instances been felt , and have afforded unmistakable ...
... revolving worlds , and although we are utterly unable to catch a glimpse of their planetary attendants , even with the aid of the most powerful telescopes , yet they have in a few instances been felt , and have afforded unmistakable ...
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... revolving rings may be detached from the condensing spheroid ; each newly - formed ring being nearer to the centre of the contracting mass and revolving in a shorter period than its predeces- sor . In the evolution of our system , the ...
... revolving rings may be detached from the condensing spheroid ; each newly - formed ring being nearer to the centre of the contracting mass and revolving in a shorter period than its predeces- sor . In the evolution of our system , 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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