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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... precisely contrary to the general revolution of the heavens , from east to west . With a curiosity deeply aroused , he watches from night to night , to learn , whether she will return upon her track ; but she marches steadily onward ...
... precisely contrary to the general revolution of the heavens , from east to west . With a curiosity deeply aroused , he watches from night to night , to learn , whether she will return upon her track ; but she marches steadily onward ...
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... precisely double of the inclination of the eclip- tic or sun's path to the equator , and the inclination of these two rays marked exactly the annual motion of the sun from south to north , or from north to south . A close examination of ...
... precisely double of the inclination of the eclip- tic or sun's path to the equator , and the inclination of these two rays marked exactly the annual motion of the sun from south to north , or from north to south . A close examination of ...
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... precisely at the computed time of her passage across the sun's track . Here he makes his stand , and on the day of the occurrence of that new moon , he announ- ces to the startled inhabitants of the world , that the sun shall expire in ...
... precisely at the computed time of her passage across the sun's track . Here he makes his stand , and on the day of the occurrence of that new moon , he announ- ces to the startled inhabitants of the world , that the sun shall expire in ...
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... precisely similar . From these discoveries , it became manifest , that in case the motions of the sun and moon were circular and uniform , the earth did not occupy the exact centres of their orbits ; for on this hypothesis any ...
... precisely similar . From these discoveries , it became manifest , that in case the motions of the sun and moon were circular and uniform , the earth did not occupy the exact centres of their orbits ; for on this hypothesis any ...
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... precisely the point the mind had reached , and the na- ture of the investigations which next demanded its attention . From the first of Kepler's laws , the figure of the planetary orbits became known , and the mag- nitude of the ellipse ...
... precisely the point the mind had reached , and the na- ture of the investigations which next demanded its attention . From the first of Kepler's laws , the figure of the planetary orbits became known , and the mag- nitude of the ellipse ...
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