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Page 121
... similar to the one of which he had been informed ; and in the following words describes the process of reasoning by which he arrived at a successful result : ' I argued in the following manner . The contrivance consists either of one ...
... similar to the one of which he had been informed ; and in the following words describes the process of reasoning by which he arrived at a successful result : ' I argued in the following manner . The contrivance consists either of one ...
Page 154
... similar post at the Octagon Chapel in that city . Here , fortune smiled upon him , and he became a busy and prosperous man . Besides attending to his numerous private engagements , he organised con- certs , oratorios , and other public ...
... similar post at the Octagon Chapel in that city . Here , fortune smiled upon him , and he became a busy and prosperous man . Besides attending to his numerous private engagements , he organised con- certs , oratorios , and other public ...
Page 268
... similar to that which surrounds the Earth , the reflection and diffusion of light among the minute particles of watery vapour which per- meate it would give rise to a gradual transition from light to darkness ; the lunar surface would ...
... similar to that which surrounds the Earth , the reflection and diffusion of light among the minute particles of watery vapour which per- meate it would give rise to a gradual transition from light to darkness ; the lunar surface would ...
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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