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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... facts recorded in the books . Up to that period our country , and the west particularly , had given but little attention to practical astronomy . A few individuals , with a zeal and ardor deserving of all praise , had struggled on to ...
... facts recorded in the books . Up to that period our country , and the west particularly , had given but little attention to practical astronomy . A few individuals , with a zeal and ardor deserving of all praise , had struggled on to ...
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... fact , 261. Bradley's researches for parallax , 263. Discovery of nutation and its value , 264. Discovery of aberration — its explanation , 266. Herschel's researches for parallax , 269. Dis- covery of the revolving stars , 270. Power ...
... fact , 261. Bradley's researches for parallax , 263. Discovery of nutation and its value , 264. Discovery of aberration — its explanation , 266. Herschel's researches for parallax , 269. Dis- covery of the revolving stars , 270. Power ...
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... fact , that not one solitary object , visible to the eye , is at rest . Motion is the attribute of sun and moon and planets and stars . The earth we inhabit alone remains fixed , to the senses . The first great problem propounded for ...
... fact , that not one solitary object , visible to the eye , is at rest . Motion is the attribute of sun and moon and planets and stars . The earth we inhabit alone remains fixed , to the senses . The first great problem propounded for ...
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... fact , that whether the sun was moving or at rest , the relative distance of it and the earth never changed by any great amount ; and whatever changes did occur , were all obliterated in a short period and the distance by which these ...
... fact , that whether the sun was moving or at rest , the relative distance of it and the earth never changed by any great amount ; and whatever changes did occur , were all obliterated in a short period and the distance by which these ...
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... fact that they wan- dered from point to point , and at the end of inter vals widely differing among themselves , swept round the entire heavens , and returned to their starting point , to recommence their ceaseless journies . These were ...
... fact that they wan- dered from point to point , and at the end of inter vals widely differing among themselves , swept round the entire heavens , and returned to their starting point , to recommence their ceaseless journies . These were ...
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