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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... SOLAR SYSTEM . The era of physical astronomy commences , 132. A theoretic system proposed and discussed , a central sun and solitary planet 133. Planets and satellites added and their effects considered 136. Αν TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... SOLAR SYSTEM . The era of physical astronomy commences , 132. A theoretic system proposed and discussed , a central sun and solitary planet 133. Planets and satellites added and their effects considered 136. Αν TABLE OF CONTENTS .
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... satellites added and their effects considered 136. How the imagined system may be made the system of na ture , 137. Discussion of the relative motions of the sun , moon and earth , under the action of their mutual influences , 139. The ...
... satellites added and their effects considered 136. How the imagined system may be made the system of na ture , 137. Discussion of the relative motions of the sun , moon and earth , under the action of their mutual influences , 139. The ...
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... 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. Bradley's researches for parallax , 263 ...
... 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. Bradley's researches for parallax , 263 ...
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... satellites , and the mysterious comet , and ventures to propound the question , do these bodies so interfere with ... satellite is weighed against planet , and planet against the sun , until the mass of matter contained in each ...
... satellites , and the mysterious comet , and ventures to propound the question , do these bodies so interfere with ... satellite is weighed against planet , and planet against the sun , until the mass of matter contained in each ...
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... satellite and comet , sink forever in the sun . Long and arduous was the strug- gle to reach the true answer to this difficult question . The entire solution involved a multitude of parts . When the mutual dependence of the multitude of ...
... satellite and comet , sink forever in the sun . Long and arduous was the strug- gle to reach the true answer to this difficult question . The entire solution involved a multitude of parts . When the mutual dependence of the multitude of ...
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