The Planetary and Stellar Worlds: A Popular Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern Astronomy. In a Series of Ten LecturesC. Scribner, 1868 - 320 páginas |
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... Discovery of the true center of motion , 29. The planets form a system ; their orbits , laws , stability , 31. Pertur- bations , 32. Analytic machinery , 33. Examination of the starry heavens , 34. Distance of the fixed stars to be ...
... Discovery of the true center of motion , 29. The planets form a system ; their orbits , laws , stability , 31. Pertur- bations , 32. Analytic machinery , 33. Examination of the starry heavens , 34. Distance of the fixed stars to be ...
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... DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT LAWS OF MOTION AND GRAVITATION The philosophy of Aristotle - its hold on the mind , 101. Cha racteristics of Galileo's mind , 102. He detects the errors of Aris- totle , 103. Attacks his theories , and ...
... DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT LAWS OF MOTION AND GRAVITATION The philosophy of Aristotle - its hold on the mind , 101. Cha racteristics of Galileo's mind , 102. He detects the errors of Aris- totle , 103. Attacks his theories , and ...
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... DISCOVERY OF THE NEW PLANETS . Kepler's speculations , 194. Discovery of Uranus , 195. Bode's law of interplanetary spaces , 196. The astronomical congress of Lilienthal , in 1800 , 198. Piazzi's discovery of a new planet , Ceres ; its ...
... DISCOVERY OF THE NEW PLANETS . Kepler's speculations , 194. Discovery of Uranus , 195. Bode's law of interplanetary spaces , 196. The astronomical congress of Lilienthal , in 1800 , 198. Piazzi's discovery of a new planet , Ceres ; its ...
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... Discovery of nutation and its value , 264. Discovery of aberration - its explanation , 266. Herschel's researches for parallax , 269. Dis- covery of the revolving stars , 270. Power of modern telescopes , 271. Bessel discovers the ...
... Discovery of nutation and its value , 264. Discovery of aberration - its explanation , 266. Herschel's researches for parallax , 269. Dis- covery of the revolving stars , 270. Power of modern telescopes , 271. Bessel discovers the ...
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... discovery . - One barrier after another has given way to the force of intellect - mysterious movements have been unravelled - mighty laws have been revealed - ponderous orbs have been weighed , their reciprocal influences computed ...
... discovery . - One barrier after another has given way to the force of intellect - mysterious movements have been unravelled - mighty laws have been revealed - ponderous orbs have been weighed , their reciprocal influences computed ...
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