The Planetary and Stellar Worlds: A Popular Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern AstronomyOakley & Mason, 1866 - 326 páginas |
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... determined to visit the city of Munich . The fame of the optical insti tute of the celebrated Frauenhofer had even reached the banks of the Ohio ; and it was hoped that , in that great manufactory , an instrument such as the society ...
... determined to visit the city of Munich . The fame of the optical insti tute of the celebrated Frauenhofer had even reached the banks of the Ohio ; and it was hoped that , in that great manufactory , an instrument such as the society ...
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... determined , 35 . Motions among the stars , 36. The binary systems ; movement of the sun in space , 37. Investigations yet to be made , and pro- bable success , 39 . LECTURE II . THE DISCOVERIES OF THE PRIMITIVE AGES . The founder of ...
... determined , 35 . Motions among the stars , 36. The binary systems ; movement of the sun in space , 37. Investigations yet to be made , and pro- bable success , 39 . LECTURE II . THE DISCOVERIES OF THE PRIMITIVE AGES . The founder of ...
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... determined from the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites , and employed as a unit , 256 . Parallax of the fixed stars , 258. No parallax sensible to the naked eye , 260. Great distance of the fixed stars inferred from this fact , 261 ...
... determined from the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites , and employed as a unit , 256 . Parallax of the fixed stars , 258. No parallax sensible to the naked eye , 260. Great distance of the fixed stars inferred from this fact , 261 ...
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... determine the relations existing between the sun and earth ; to endue with motion that one of these bodies which did move , and to fix the limits within which the observed changes occurred , both in time and distance . While the ...
... determine the relations existing between the sun and earth ; to endue with motion that one of these bodies which did move , and to fix the limits within which the observed changes occurred , both in time and distance . While the ...
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... determined with any precision . Like the ocean islands which guided the early mariners , so God has given to us the stars of heaven as the fixed points to which we can ever refer , in all parts of their revolutions , the places of the ...
... determined with any precision . Like the ocean islands which guided the early mariners , so God has given to us the stars of heaven as the fixed points to which we can ever refer , in all parts of their revolutions , the places of the ...
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