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George Forbes. PREFACE An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the ... have been equal to that of Kepler or Newton , but the point of view was different . Then , again , new points of view ...
George Forbes. PREFACE An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the ... have been equal to that of Kepler or Newton , but the point of view was different . Then , again , new points of view ...
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... has not solved directly the problem of only three bodies . These reflections ... have founded upon these discoveries a science as exact in its observation of ... been necessary to curtail many parts of the History in the attempt — perhaps ...
... has not solved directly the problem of only three bodies . These reflections ... have founded upon these discoveries a science as exact in its observation of ... been necessary to curtail many parts of the History in the attempt — perhaps ...
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... has its counterpart in that of the individual , especially in the earliest stages . Intellectual activity and the ... have been sub- stituted in its place . The first inhabitants of the world were compelled to accommodate their acts ...
... has its counterpart in that of the individual , especially in the earliest stages . Intellectual activity and the ... have been sub- stituted in its place . The first inhabitants of the world were compelled to accommodate their acts ...
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... have helped the progress of astronomy in all ages . So , also , Mr. Cowell1 has examined the marks made on the baked bricks used by the Chaldæans for record- ing the eclipses of 1062 B.C. and 762 B.C .; and has thereby been enabled , in ...
... have helped the progress of astronomy in all ages . So , also , Mr. Cowell1 has examined the marks made on the baked bricks used by the Chaldæans for record- ing the eclipses of 1062 B.C. and 762 B.C .; and has thereby been enabled , in ...
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... have been difficult to believe that at midday the stars are shining as brightly in the blue sky as they do at night . It must have been difficult to explain how the sun , having set in the west , could get back to rise in the east ...
... have been difficult to believe that at midday the stars are shining as brightly in the blue sky as they do at night . It must have been difficult to explain how the sun , having set in the west , could get back to rise in the east ...
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