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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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George Forbes. BOOK III . OBSERVATION IO . INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION - SIZE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM II . HISTORY OF THE TELescope - SpeCTROSCOPE Book IV . THE PHYSICAL PERIOD 12. THE SUN ยท PAGE 73 86 3 94 13. THE MOON AND PLANETS - 14. COMETS ...
George Forbes. BOOK III . OBSERVATION IO . INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION - SIZE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM II . HISTORY OF THE TELescope - SpeCTROSCOPE Book IV . THE PHYSICAL PERIOD 12. THE SUN ยท PAGE 73 86 3 94 13. THE MOON AND PLANETS - 14. COMETS ...
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... instruments and fixed the positions of the zodiacal stars , near to which all the planets in their orbits pass , thus facilitating the determination of planetary motions . Aristarchus ( 320-250 B.C. ) showed that THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 17.
... instruments and fixed the positions of the zodiacal stars , near to which all the planets in their orbits pass , thus facilitating the determination of planetary motions . Aristarchus ( 320-250 B.C. ) showed that THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 17.
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... instruments , etc. , painted on the wall ; showing assistants using the sight , watching the clock , and recording . ( From the author's copy of the Astronomia Instaurate Mechanica . ) Book II . THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD 5. Discovery of the.
... instruments , etc. , painted on the wall ; showing assistants using the sight , watching the clock , and recording . ( From the author's copy of the Astronomia Instaurate Mechanica . ) Book II . THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD 5. Discovery of the.
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... instruments , and never lost a chance of adding to his stock of careful observations.1 The account of all these instruments and observations , printed at his own press on the island , was published by Tycho Brahe himself , and the ...
... instruments , and never lost a chance of adding to his stock of careful observations.1 The account of all these instruments and observations , printed at his own press on the island , was published by Tycho Brahe himself , and the ...
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