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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... magnitude , 233. Encke's comet , 235. Ap- proaching the sun , 236. Resisting medium , 237. Biela's comet , 238 ... magnitude , 308. His father's research for the relative distances of stars of different magnitudes , 310. Peters's ...
... magnitude , 233. Encke's comet , 235. Ap- proaching the sun , 236. Resisting medium , 237. Biela's comet , 238 ... magnitude , 308. His father's research for the relative distances of stars of different magnitudes , 310. Peters's ...
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... magnitude of these orbits , their actual position in space , the values and 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 ...
... magnitude of these orbits , their actual position in space , the values and 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 ...
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... magnitudes , masses , distances , motions , and positions , at the close of a thousand revolutions . What mind possessed the gigantic power to grasp this mighty problem ? Reason was lost in wander- ing mazes , and the brightest ...
... magnitudes , masses , distances , motions , and positions , at the close of a thousand revolutions . What mind possessed the gigantic power to grasp this mighty problem ? Reason was lost in wander- ing mazes , and the brightest ...
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... magnitude and splendor , stood out conspicuously , from among the multitude of stars , leaving these minute but beautiful points of light , in one great class , unchangeable among themselves , fixed in their groupings and configura ...
... magnitude and splendor , stood out conspicuously , from among the multitude of stars , leaving these minute but beautiful points of light , in one great class , unchangeable among themselves , fixed in their groupings and configura ...
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... magnitude , of the same brilliancy . How impossible was this , on any hypothe- sis , except that of the fixed central position of the earth . Leaving the fixed stars , an examination of the motions of the sun and moon - their nearly ...
... magnitude , of the same brilliancy . How impossible was this , on any hypothe- sis , except that of the fixed central position of the earth . Leaving the fixed stars , an examination of the motions of the sun and moon - their nearly ...
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