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... UNIVERSAL GRAVI- 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 -
... UNIVERSAL GRAVI- 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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... Laplace declared that by this invention the life - work of an astronomer was doubled . Jeremiah Horrocks ( born 1619 , died 1641 ) was an ardent admirer of Tycho Brahe and Kepler , and was able to improve the Rudolphine tables so much ...
... Laplace declared that by this invention the life - work of an astronomer was doubled . Jeremiah Horrocks ( born 1619 , died 1641 ) was an ardent admirer of Tycho Brahe and Kepler , and was able to improve the Rudolphine tables so much ...
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... Laplace only expressed the universal opinion of posterity when he said that to the Principia is assured a pre - eminence above all the other productions of the human intellect . " 66 The name of Flamsteed , First Astronomer Royal , must ...
... Laplace only expressed the universal opinion of posterity when he said that to the Principia is assured a pre - eminence above all the other productions of the human intellect . " 66 The name of Flamsteed , First Astronomer Royal , must ...
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... Laplace , etc. Edmund Halley succeeded Flamsteed as Second Astronomer Royal in 1721. Although he did not con- tribute directly to the mathematical proofs of Newton's theory , yet his name is closely associated with some of its greatest ...
... Laplace , etc. Edmund Halley succeeded Flamsteed as Second Astronomer Royal in 1721. Although he did not con- tribute directly to the mathematical proofs of Newton's theory , yet his name is closely associated with some of its greatest ...
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... Laplace now took the matter in hand . He tried the effect of a non - instantaneous action of gravity , to no purpose ... Laplace's calculations showed the new value to depend upon the excentricity of the earth's orbit , which , according ...
... Laplace now took the matter in hand . He tried the effect of a non - instantaneous action of gravity , to no purpose ... Laplace's calculations showed the new value to depend upon the excentricity of the earth's orbit , which , according ...
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