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... vast dimensions occupying regions unknown to us , but by a knowledge of the existence of which an en- larged conception is conveyed to our minds of the greatness of the universe . The most rapid of known revolving pairs is d Equulei ...
... vast dimensions occupying regions unknown to us , but by a knowledge of the existence of which an en- larged conception is conveyed to our minds of the greatness of the universe . The most rapid of known revolving pairs is d Equulei ...
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... vast profundity obscure ; And said , ' Thus far extend , thus far thy bounds ; This be thy just circumference , O World ! ' Thus God the Heaven created , thus the Earth , Matter unformed and void . Darkness profound Covered the abyss ...
... vast profundity obscure ; And said , ' Thus far extend , thus far thy bounds ; This be thy just circumference , O World ! ' Thus God the Heaven created , thus the Earth , Matter unformed and void . Darkness profound Covered the abyss ...
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... vast are the dimensions of the celestial sphere that those distances when measured upon it sink into utter insignificance . As the receding depths of space are penetrated by powerful telescopes , they are found to be pervaded with stars ...
... vast are the dimensions of the celestial sphere that those distances when measured upon it sink into utter insignificance . As the receding depths of space are penetrated by powerful telescopes , they are found to be pervaded with stars ...
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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