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... Airy , whose pupil he was , and the key to whose character was exactness and accuracy ; and he recognises that Science is impotent except in her own limited sphere . It has been necessary to curtail many parts of the History in the ...
... Airy , whose pupil he was , and the key to whose character was exactness and accuracy ; and he recognises that Science is impotent except in her own limited sphere . It has been necessary to curtail many parts of the History in the ...
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... Airy fixed the date May 28th , 585 B.C. But other modern astronomers give different dates . Thales went to Egypt to study science , and learnt from its priests the length of the year ( which was kept a profound secret ! ) , and the ...
... Airy fixed the date May 28th , 585 B.C. But other modern astronomers give different dates . Thales went to Egypt to study science , and learnt from its priests the length of the year ( which was kept a profound secret ! ) , and the ...
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... Airy's account of epicycles , in the beautifully clear language of his Six Lectures on Astronomy , the impression is made that the jointed bars there spoken of for describing the circles were supposed to be real . This is no more the ...
... Airy's account of epicycles , in the beautifully clear language of his Six Lectures on Astronomy , the impression is made that the jointed bars there spoken of for describing the circles were supposed to be real . This is no more the ...
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... Airy estab- lished an altazimuth at Greenwich Observatory with this special object , to get observations of the moon in all phases . ] He also discovered other lunar equalities , and wanted to add another epicycle to the moon's orbit ...
... Airy estab- lished an altazimuth at Greenwich Observatory with this special object , to get observations of the moon in all phases . ] He also discovered other lunar equalities , and wanted to add another epicycle to the moon's orbit ...
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... Airy , Ivory , Delaunay , Le Verrier , Adams , and others of later date . By passing over these important developments it is possible to trace some of the steps in the crowning triumph of the Newtonian theory , by which the planet ...
... Airy , Ivory , Delaunay , Le Verrier , Adams , and others of later date . By passing over these important developments it is possible to trace some of the steps in the crowning triumph of the Newtonian theory , by which the planet ...
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