The Planetary and Stellar Worlds: A Popular Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern Astronomy. In a Series of Ten LecturesOakley & Mason, 1868 - 320 páginas |
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... commence the erection of the building for the observatory . The grounds were enclosed , a road built , rendering the access to the hill - top comparatively easy , the excavations for the foundations were made , and , on the 9th day of ...
... commence the erection of the building for the observatory . The grounds were enclosed , a road built , rendering the access to the hill - top comparatively easy , the excavations for the foundations were made , and , on the 9th day of ...
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... commenced , trusting to activity and perseverance to supply the means as the work progressed . During the first week but three workmen were employed ; but by the commencement of the next week the funds had been obtained to pay these ...
... commenced , trusting to activity and perseverance to supply the means as the work progressed . During the first week but three workmen were employed ; but by the commencement of the next week the funds had been obtained to pay these ...
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... commences , 84. Co- pernicus and his discoveries , 86. His system promulged with great caution , 87. Kepler , the character of his mind , his mode of research , 91. His great discoveries ; he finds the orbits of the planets , 92 ...
... commences , 84. Co- pernicus and his discoveries , 86. His system promulged with great caution , 87. Kepler , the character of his mind , his mode of research , 91. His great discoveries ; he finds the orbits of the planets , 92 ...
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... commenced , 206. Causes of this search , 207. Leverrier's researches on Mer- cury , 209. Its transit in May , 1845,211 . Leverrier presents his computations to the French Academy , 212. Popular exhibition of his reasoning , 215. The ...
... commenced , 206. Causes of this search , 207. Leverrier's researches on Mer- cury , 209. Its transit in May , 1845,211 . Leverrier presents his computations to the French Academy , 212. Popular exhibition of his reasoning , 215. The ...
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... commences his investigations on the hill tops of Eden - he studies the stars through the long centuries of antideluvian life . The deluge sweeps from the earth its inhabitants , their cities and their monu- ments - but when the storm is ...
... commences his investigations on the hill tops of Eden - he studies the stars through the long centuries of antideluvian life . The deluge sweeps from the earth its inhabitants , their cities and their monu- ments - but when the storm is ...
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