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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... heavens south of the equator , and the re - measure- ment of Strüve's double stars in that region . Should this work progress but slowly , let it be remembered that the director of the observatory has no assistant , out of his own ...
... heavens south of the equator , and the re - measure- ment of Strüve's double stars in that region . Should this work progress but slowly , let it be remembered that the director of the observatory has no assistant , out of his own ...
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... HEAVENS IRE SENT FOR SOLUTION . FIRST revolution of the Heavens witnessed by man , 18. The curiosity excited and its effects , 19. Object of the course , 20 . The astronomer lives in all ages , 22. First problem to distinguish between ...
... HEAVENS IRE SENT FOR SOLUTION . FIRST revolution of the Heavens witnessed by man , 18. The curiosity excited and its effects , 19. Object of the course , 20 . The astronomer lives in all ages , 22. First problem to distinguish between ...
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... heavens do not display their glittering constellations in the glare of day , while the rush and turmoil of business incapacitate man for the enjoyment of their solemn grandeur . It is in the stillness of the mid- night hour , when all ...
... heavens do not display their glittering constellations in the glare of day , while the rush and turmoil of business incapacitate man for the enjoyment of their solemn grandeur . It is in the stillness of the mid- night hour , when all ...
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... heavens - these are the ob- jects , proposed for accomplishment , and these are the topics to which I would invite ... heaven ? -Shall we refuse to contemplate this architecture , because " its architraves , its archways , seem ghostly ...
... heavens - these are the ob- jects , proposed for accomplishment , and these are the topics to which I would invite ... heaven ? -Shall we refuse to contemplate this architecture , because " its architraves , its archways , seem ghostly ...
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... Heavens , I propose in this introductory lecture to announce the nature of the problem , which the mind has essayed to resolve , and to point out the more important auxiliaries , mental and mechanical , which it has conjured to its aid ...
... Heavens , I propose in this introductory lecture to announce the nature of the problem , which the mind has essayed to resolve , and to point out the more important auxiliaries , mental and mechanical , which it has conjured to its aid ...
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