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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... stars or planets , 25 . Fixed stars , points of reference , 27. Complexity of the planetary movements , 28. Discovery of the true center of motion , 29. The planets form a system ; their orbits , laws , stability , 31. Pertur- bations ...
... stars or planets , 25 . Fixed stars , points of reference , 27. Complexity of the planetary movements , 28. Discovery of the true center of motion , 29. The planets form a system ; their orbits , laws , stability , 31. Pertur- bations ...
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... fixed stars , 110 . Venus , 111. Questions relating to the planetary motions , 113 . Laws of motion ; the centrifugal force , 114. Problem presented for solution to Newton , 116. Discoveries of Descartes ; conjec tures of Kepler , 117 ...
... fixed stars , 110 . Venus , 111. Questions relating to the planetary motions , 113 . Laws of motion ; the centrifugal force , 114. Problem presented for solution to Newton , 116. Discoveries of Descartes ; conjec tures of Kepler , 117 ...
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... fixed stars , 258. No parallax sensible to the naked eye , 260. Great distance of the fixed stars inferred from this fact , 261. Bradley's researches for parallax , 263. Discovery of nutation and its value , 264. Discovery of aberration ...
... fixed stars , 258. No parallax sensible to the naked eye , 260. Great distance of the fixed stars inferred from this fact , 261. Bradley's researches for parallax , 263. Discovery of nutation and its value , 264. Discovery of aberration ...
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... stars fade - the planets are extinguished - the eye is fixed in mute astonishment on the growing splendor , till the first rays of the returning sun dart their radiance on the young earth and its solitary inhabitant . To him " the ...
... stars fade - the planets are extinguished - the eye is fixed in mute astonishment on the growing splendor , till the first rays of the returning sun dart their radiance on the young earth and its solitary inhabitant . To him " the ...
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... stars . The earth we inhabit alone remains fixed , to the senses . The first great problem propounded for human ingenuity , is to sever real motion from that which is unreal and only apparent . To accomplish this , some knowledge of the ...
... stars . The earth we inhabit alone remains fixed , to the senses . The first great problem propounded for human ingenuity , is to sever real motion from that which is unreal and only apparent . To accomplish this , some knowledge of the ...
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