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PREFACE An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of
intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery , and , by
recognising the different points of view of the different ages , to give due credit
even to the ...
PREFACE An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of
intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery , and , by
recognising the different points of view of the different ages , to give due credit
even to the ...
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But ” ( as Dreyer says in his most interesting book , Tycho Brahe ) “ proofs of the
physical truth of his system Copernicus had given none , and could give none , ”
any more than Pythagoras or Aristarchus . · There was nothing so startlingly ...
But ” ( as Dreyer says in his most interesting book , Tycho Brahe ) “ proofs of the
physical truth of his system Copernicus had given none , and could give none , ”
any more than Pythagoras or Aristarchus . · There was nothing so startlingly ...
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... glowing in a white gas flame ) give continuous spectra ; gases , except under
enormous pressure , give bright lines . ... it gives it a yellow colour , and its
spectrum is a bright yellow line agreeing in position with line D of the solar
spectrum .
... glowing in a white gas flame ) give continuous spectra ; gases , except under
enormous pressure , give bright lines . ... it gives it a yellow colour , and its
spectrum is a bright yellow line agreeing in position with line D of the solar
spectrum .
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Contents
ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY | 3 |
GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPENOTIONS OF GRAVITY | 46 |
NEWTONS SUCCESSORS HALLEY EULER | 60 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Astronomy The history of science series |
| Author | George Forbes |
| Publisher | Watts, 1921 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 150 pages |
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