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... Astronomia Nova , seu Physica Cœlestis tradita commentariis de Motibus Stellę Martis , Prague , 1609 . It took him nine years more1 to discover his third law , that the squares of the periodic times are propor- tional to the cubes of ...
... Astronomia Nova , seu Physica Cœlestis tradita commentariis de Motibus Stellę Martis , Prague , 1609 . It took him nine years more1 to discover his third law , that the squares of the periodic times are propor- tional to the cubes of ...
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... Astronomia Nova , is a pleasure to read ; the mass of observations that are used , and the , ingenuity of the propositions , contrast strongly with the loose and imperfectly supported explanations of all his predecessors ; and the ...
... Astronomia Nova , is a pleasure to read ; the mass of observations that are used , and the , ingenuity of the propositions , contrast strongly with the loose and imperfectly supported explanations of all his predecessors ; and the ...
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... Astronomia Nova , may now be mentioned : - ence . E2 E , 1. Every body at rest remains at rest if outside the attractive power of other bodies . 2. Gravity is a property of masses mutually attract- ing in such manner that the earth ...
... Astronomia Nova , may now be mentioned : - ence . E2 E , 1. Every body at rest remains at rest if outside the attractive power of other bodies . 2. Gravity is a property of masses mutually attract- ing in such manner that the earth ...
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