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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... directions . On making known to Mr. Longworth the pros- pects and wants of the Astronomical Society , the writer was directed by him to select four acres on the hill - top , out of a tract of some twenty five acres , and to proceed at ...
... directions . On making known to Mr. Longworth the pros- pects and wants of the Astronomical Society , the writer was directed by him to select four acres on the hill - top , out of a tract of some twenty five acres , and to proceed at ...
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... direction of the solar motion , 300. His reasoning , 302. Argelander's research for the point towards which the solar system is moving , 306. Struve's investigation for the quantity of angular motion of the system , as seen from . stars ...
... direction of the solar motion , 300. His reasoning , 302. Argelander's research for the point towards which the solar system is moving , 306. Struve's investigation for the quantity of angular motion of the system , as seen from . stars ...
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... directions of their principal lines , the laws of their motion , all these and many more questions of equal importance and intricacy presented themselves in the outset of the examination now fairly commenced . Human skill was exhausted ...
... directions of their principal lines , the laws of their motion , all these and many more questions of equal importance and intricacy presented themselves in the outset of the examination now fairly commenced . Human skill was exhausted ...
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... directions , without law , and regardless of order -when with telescopic aid , thousands are increased to millions , and suns and systems and universes , rise in sublime perspective , as the visual ray sweeps out- ward to distances ...
... directions , without law , and regardless of order -when with telescopic aid , thousands are increased to millions , and suns and systems and universes , rise in sublime perspective , as the visual ray sweeps out- ward to distances ...
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... direction , and as the heavens revolved from east to west , it seemed impossible that the moon , which manifestly participated in this general move ment , should have another and a different motion , from west to east . There was one ...
... direction , and as the heavens revolved from east to west , it seemed impossible that the moon , which manifestly participated in this general move ment , should have another and a different motion , from west to east . There was one ...
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