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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... influences , 139. The moon's acceleration ; motion of her apsides , nodes , & c . , and the discovery of the change in the figure of the earth's orbit , 146 . Perplexity occasioned by the seeming discrepancy between the observed and ...
... influences , 139. The moon's acceleration ; motion of her apsides , nodes , & c . , and the discovery of the change in the figure of the earth's orbit , 146 . Perplexity occasioned by the seeming discrepancy between the observed and ...
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... influences computed , their complex wanderings made clear , until the mind , majestic in its strength , has mounted step by step up the rocky height of its self - built pyramid , from whose star- crowned summit it looks out upon the ...
... influences computed , their complex wanderings made clear , until the mind , majestic in its strength , has mounted step by step up the rocky height of its self - built pyramid , from whose star- crowned summit it looks out upon the ...
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... influence which each exerted on the other , the simplicity of their movements was gone for ever ; orbits once fixed in the heavens , slowly swung away from their moorings ; the beautiful precision which had to all appearance marked the ...
... influence which each exerted on the other , the simplicity of their movements was gone for ever ; orbits once fixed in the heavens , slowly swung away from their moorings ; the beautiful precision which had to all appearance marked the ...
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... influences to which it may be subjected , how numerous its revolu- tions , no escape is possible . This subtle analysis clings to its object , tracing its path and fixing its place with equal ease , at the beginning , middle , or close ...
... influences to which it may be subjected , how numerous its revolu- tions , no escape is possible . This subtle analysis clings to its object , tracing its path and fixing its place with equal ease , at the beginning , middle , or close ...
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... influence over the age , as did the astronomy of Ptolemy . It appears , indeed , that the followers of Aristotle re- garded their master as absolutely infallible , and gave to his doctrines a credence so firm , that even the clearest ...
... influence over the age , as did the astronomy of Ptolemy . It appears , indeed , that the followers of Aristotle re- garded their master as absolutely infallible , and gave to his doctrines a credence so firm , that even the clearest ...
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