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... travels through space with a measurable velocity . By diligently observing the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites , Roemer perceived that sometimes they occurred before , and sometimes after their predicted times . This irregularity , he ...
... travels through space with a measurable velocity . By diligently observing the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites , Roemer perceived that sometimes they occurred before , and sometimes after their predicted times . This irregularity , he ...
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... travels an equal dis- tance from this line upwards and downwards in each hemisphere . The path of the Sun in the heavens is described by Milton with marked precision , and he mentions in regular order the names of the zodiacal constel ...
... travels an equal dis- tance from this line upwards and downwards in each hemisphere . The path of the Sun in the heavens is described by Milton with marked precision , and he mentions in regular order the names of the zodiacal constel ...
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... travels in an elliptical orbit with planetary velocity a vast shoal of meteoric bodies some millions of miles in ... travel in orbital paths round the Sun. Milton , in his poem , alludes to falling stars upon two occasions . In ...
... travels in an elliptical orbit with planetary velocity a vast shoal of meteoric bodies some millions of miles in ... travel in orbital paths round the Sun. Milton , in his poem , alludes to falling stars upon two occasions . In ...
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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