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... telescope , amplified and adorned with new inventions of his own , whereby he can take the diameters of the Sun or Moon , or any small angle in the heavens or upon the earth , most exactly through the glass to a second . ' The ...
... telescope , amplified and adorned with new inventions of his own , whereby he can take the diameters of the Sun or Moon , or any small angle in the heavens or upon the earth , most exactly through the glass to a second . ' The ...
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... telescope was still fresh in his memory . By the invention of the telescope and its appli- cation to astronomical research , a vast amount of information and additional detail have been learned regarding the bodies which enter into the ...
... telescope was still fresh in his memory . By the invention of the telescope and its appli- cation to astronomical research , a vast amount of information and additional detail have been learned regarding the bodies which enter into the ...
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... telescope . Galileo must be regarded as the inventor of this kind of telescope , which in one respect differed very materially from the one constructed by the Dutch optician . If what has been said with regard to the inverted ...
... telescope . Galileo must be regarded as the inventor of this kind of telescope , which in one respect differed very materially from the one constructed by the Dutch optician . If what has been said with regard to the inverted ...
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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