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... AND THE TELESCOPE - NOTIONS OF GRAVITY BY HORROCKS , ETC. 7. SIR ISAAC NEWTON - LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVI- 23 33 46 TATION 51 8. NEWTON'S SUCCESSORS HALLEY , EULER , LA- GRANGE , LAPLACE , ETC. 60 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS - HERSCHEL ...
... AND THE TELESCOPE - NOTIONS OF GRAVITY BY HORROCKS , ETC. 7. SIR ISAAC NEWTON - LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVI- 23 33 46 TATION 51 8. NEWTON'S SUCCESSORS HALLEY , EULER , LA- GRANGE , LAPLACE , ETC. 60 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS - HERSCHEL ...
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... 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 attempt — perhaps a hopeless one ...
... 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 attempt — perhaps a hopeless one ...
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... and the develop- ment of reasoning powers are in both cases based upon the accumulation of experiences , and on the comparison , classification , arrangement , and nomenclature of these experiences . During the infancy of each the ...
... and the develop- ment of reasoning powers are in both cases based upon the accumulation of experiences , and on the comparison , classification , arrangement , and nomenclature of these experiences . During the infancy of each the ...
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... and the deaths of great rulers . Sometimes they thought they could trace con- nections which might lead them to say that a comet presaged famine , or an eclipse war . Even if these men were sometimes led to evolve laws of cause and ...
... and the deaths of great rulers . Sometimes they thought they could trace con- nections which might lead them to say that a comet presaged famine , or an eclipse war . Even if these men were sometimes led to evolve laws of cause and ...
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... for the secular acceleration of the moon's longi- tude and the node of her orbit than any that could be R. A. S. Monthly Notices , Sup .; 1905 . Containing record of solar eclipse , 1062 B.C. , used THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 3.
... for the secular acceleration of the moon's longi- tude and the node of her orbit than any that could be R. A. S. Monthly Notices , Sup .; 1905 . Containing record of solar eclipse , 1062 B.C. , used THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 3.
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