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... seen it . This statement is not incompatible with Galileo's affirmation that he had not seen the original instru- ment , and knew no more about it than what had been communicated to him in the letters from the French capital . It was ...
... seen it . This statement is not incompatible with Galileo's affirmation that he had not seen the original instru- ment , and knew no more about it than what had been communicated to him in the letters from the French capital . It was ...
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... seen through a semi - transparent piece of horn . When examined with a high magnifying power it is seen to occupy a largely extended area measuring 4 ° in length and 21 ° in breadth . Its luminosity increases from the circumference to ...
... seen through a semi - transparent piece of horn . When examined with a high magnifying power it is seen to occupy a largely extended area measuring 4 ° in length and 21 ° in breadth . Its luminosity increases from the circumference to ...
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... seen . First in his east the glorious lamp was seen , Regent of day , and all the horizon round Invested with bright rays , jocund to run His longitude through Heaven's high road ; the grey Dawn , and the Pleiades before him danced ...
... seen . First in his east the glorious lamp was seen , Regent of day , and all the horizon round Invested with bright rays , jocund to run His longitude through Heaven's high road ; the grey Dawn , and the Pleiades before him danced ...
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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