An Astronomical Catechism: Or, Dialogues Between a Mother and Her Daughtersold, 1818 - 400 páginas |
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... hundred years before Christ . I suppose astronomy must have rapidly im- proved , when men ventured to embark on the mighty ocean ? This certainly must have been the case ; yet how little was known to the Greeks is obvious from the ...
... hundred years before Christ . I suppose astronomy must have rapidly im- proved , when men ventured to embark on the mighty ocean ? This certainly must have been the case ; yet how little was known to the Greeks is obvious from the ...
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... hundred years before Christ . Which are the constellations he names ? The Hyades and the Pleiades , Sirius , Orion , and Arcturus . But was not Homer a more distinguished poet than Hesiod ? How many does he mention ? A proper inquiry ...
... hundred years before Christ . Which are the constellations he names ? The Hyades and the Pleiades , Sirius , Orion , and Arcturus . But was not Homer a more distinguished poet than Hesiod ? How many does he mention ? A proper inquiry ...
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... hundred years before Christ . Did he remain in Egypt , or return to Greece ? He returned to his native country with his mind richly furnished with all the treasures of Egyptian learning , but peculiarly so with astro- nomical ...
... hundred years before Christ . Did he remain in Egypt , or return to Greece ? He returned to his native country with his mind richly furnished with all the treasures of Egyptian learning , but peculiarly so with astro- nomical ...
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... hundred and forty - seven years before Christ . Did this philosopher also go into Egypt ? Yes ; but not till after he had spent the years of his youth , in the most diligent exertions at the academy at Samos . From thence he re- turned ...
... hundred and forty - seven years before Christ . Did this philosopher also go into Egypt ? Yes ; but not till after he had spent the years of his youth , in the most diligent exertions at the academy at Samos . From thence he re- turned ...
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... hundred years after . If he taught them the true system , he in- formed them , that the planets go round the sun ? It is probable that he had not a very clear idea on the subject , but still a considerable step was taken ; the motion of ...
... hundred years after . If he taught them the true system , he in- formed them , that the planets go round the sun ? It is probable that he had not a very clear idea on the subject , but still a considerable step was taken ; the motion of ...
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An Astronomical Catechism: Or, Dialogues Between a Mother and Her Daughter Catherine Vale Whitwell Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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