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... - 23 33 46 TATION 51 8. NEWTON'S SUCCESSORS HALLEY , EULER , LA- GRANGE , LAPLACE , ETC. 60 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS - HERSCHEL , PIAZZI , ADAMS , AND LE VERRIER- 64 BOOK III . OBSERVATION IO . INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION -
... - 23 33 46 TATION 51 8. NEWTON'S SUCCESSORS HALLEY , EULER , LA- GRANGE , LAPLACE , ETC. 60 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS - HERSCHEL , PIAZZI , ADAMS , AND LE VERRIER- 64 BOOK III . OBSERVATION IO . INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION -
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... Herschel , Piazzi , Adams , and Le Verrier . It would be very interesting , but quite impossible in these pages , to discuss all the exquisite researches of the mathematical astronomers , and to inspire a rever- ence for the names ...
... Herschel , Piazzi , Adams , and Le Verrier . It would be very interesting , but quite impossible in these pages , to discuss all the exquisite researches of the mathematical astronomers , and to inspire a rever- ence for the names ...
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... Herschel was , as usual , engaged on examining some small stars , and , noticing that one of them appeared to be larger than the fixed stars , suspected that it might be a comet . To test this he increased his magnifying power from 227 ...
... Herschel was , as usual , engaged on examining some small stars , and , noticing that one of them appeared to be larger than the fixed stars , suspected that it might be a comet . To test this he increased his magnifying power from 227 ...
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... Herschel called it Georgium Sidus , after the king . But Lalande urged the adoption of the name Herschel . Bode suggested Uranus , and this was adopted . The new planet was found to rank in size next to Jupiter and Saturn , being 4.3 ...
... Herschel called it Georgium Sidus , after the king . But Lalande urged the adoption of the name Herschel . Bode suggested Uranus , and this was adopted . The new planet was found to rank in size next to Jupiter and Saturn , being 4.3 ...
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... Herschel discovered Uranus , in 1781 , it was found that astronomers had observed it on many previous occasions , mistaking it for a fixed star of the sixth or seventh magnitude . Altogether , nine- teen observations of Uranus's ...
... Herschel discovered Uranus , in 1781 , it was found that astronomers had observed it on many previous occasions , mistaking it for a fixed star of the sixth or seventh magnitude . Altogether , nine- teen observations of Uranus's ...
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