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... ( Uranus ) ,, 192 52 وو 95 4+ 48 = 52 4+ 96 = 100 Mars 99 15 4 + 12 = 16 4+ 192 = 196 4 + 384 = 388 4 + 24 = 28 All the five planets , and the earth , fitted this rule , except that there was a blank between Mars and Jupiter . When Uranus ...
... ( Uranus ) ,, 192 52 وو 95 4+ 48 = 52 4+ 96 = 100 Mars 99 15 4 + 12 = 16 4+ 192 = 196 4 + 384 = 388 4 + 24 = 28 All the five planets , and the earth , fitted this rule , except that there was a blank between Mars and Jupiter . When Uranus ...
Page 68
... Uranus , before it had ever been seen , when the analysis of Adams and Le Verrier gave a final proof of the powers of Newton's great law to explain any planetary irregularity . After Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus , in 1781 , it ...
... Uranus , before it had ever been seen , when the analysis of Adams and Le Verrier gave a final proof of the powers of Newton's great law to explain any planetary irregularity . After Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus , in 1781 , it ...
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... Uranus could be explained by assuming a certain orbit , and position in that orbit , of a hypothetical planet even more distant than Uranus , Such an explanation had been suggested , but until 1843 no one had the boldness to attack the ...
... Uranus could be explained by assuming a certain orbit , and position in that orbit , of a hypothetical planet even more distant than Uranus , Such an explanation had been suggested , but until 1843 no one had the boldness to attack the ...
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... Uranus's motion to mean that an unknown planet was in a certain place in the heavens , where it was found . At the time there was an unpleasant display of inter- national jealousy . The British people thought that the earlier date of ...
... Uranus's motion to mean that an unknown planet was in a certain place in the heavens , where it was found . At the time there was an unpleasant display of inter- national jealousy . The British people thought that the earlier date of ...
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... ( Uranus and Neptune being still indeterminate ) . The general surface of Mars is a deep yellow ; but there are dark grey or greenish patches . Sir John Herschel was the first to attribute the ruddy colour of Mars to its soil rather than ...
... ( Uranus and Neptune being still indeterminate ) . The general surface of Mars is a deep yellow ; but there are dark grey or greenish patches . Sir John Herschel was the first to attribute the ruddy colour of Mars to its soil rather than ...
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