The Universe and the Coming Transits: Presenting Researches Into and New Views Respecting the Constitution of the Heavens: Together with an Investigation of the Conditions of the Coming Transits of Venus ...Longmans, Green, and Company, 1874 - 303 páginas |
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... history of their discovery , or an account of particular nebulæ ( save in illus- tration of the considerations I have to deal with ) , would be wholly out of place in this essay - occupying , as it does , the position of a simple ...
... history of their discovery , or an account of particular nebulæ ( save in illus- tration of the considerations I have to deal with ) , would be wholly out of place in this essay - occupying , as it does , the position of a simple ...
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... history of observational astronomy . Assuming a certain approach to uniformity in the distribution of the stars , and also ( for this is very important ) that there is no such law of extinction of light in traversing great distances as ...
... history of observational astronomy . Assuming a certain approach to uniformity in the distribution of the stars , and also ( for this is very important ) that there is no such law of extinction of light in traversing great distances as ...
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... historical , as essential to the character of the true astronomer , we must in every case exclude many who have given nearly the whole of their scientific life and labour to the advancement of the science of astronomy . We might thus ...
... historical , as essential to the character of the true astronomer , we must in every case exclude many who have given nearly the whole of their scientific life and labour to the advancement of the science of astronomy . We might thus ...
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... access to his work . The above passage is taken from the abstract of Wright's theory in Professor Grant's excellent History of Physical Astronomy . ' N 6 Kant's speculations , so far as they relate to THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEAVENS . 177.
... access to his work . The above passage is taken from the abstract of Wright's theory in Professor Grant's excellent History of Physical Astronomy . ' N 6 Kant's speculations , so far as they relate to THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEAVENS . 177.
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... History of Physical Astronomy , ' makes but the briefest refer- ence to Kant . The reason for this may probably be found in the circumstance that , in describing Wright's ideas , Grant had already presented all those of Kant's views ...
... History of Physical Astronomy , ' makes but the briefest refer- ence to Kant . The reason for this may probably be found in the circumstance that , in describing Wright's ideas , Grant had already presented all those of Kant's views ...
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