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... visible that are imperceptible to ordi- nary vision . In the sword - handle of Perseus there is a cluster which , to the naked eye , appears as a small patch of luminous cloud . This inconspicuous object when observed with an instrument ...
... visible that are imperceptible to ordi- nary vision . In the sword - handle of Perseus there is a cluster which , to the naked eye , appears as a small patch of luminous cloud . This inconspicuous object when observed with an instrument ...
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... visible in a moderate - sized telescope as a well - defined , flat , oval ring ; its central part is not quite dark but is occupied by a filmy haze of luminous matter which is prolonged inwards from the margin of the ring . When ...
... visible in a moderate - sized telescope as a well - defined , flat , oval ring ; its central part is not quite dark but is occupied by a filmy haze of luminous matter which is prolonged inwards from the margin of the ring . When ...
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... visible for a moment as a streak of light and then vanish . They are the result of the combustion of small meteoric masses having a celestial origin , and travelling with cosmical velo- city , and which , in their headlong flight ...
... visible for a moment as a streak of light and then vanish . They are the result of the combustion of small meteoric masses having a celestial origin , and travelling with cosmical velo- city , and which , in their headlong flight ...
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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