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Page 25
... noticed that Nicetas and others had ascribed the apparent diurnal rotation of the heavens to a real daily rotation of the earth about its axis , in the opposite direction to the apparent motion of the stars . Also in the writings of ...
... noticed that Nicetas and others had ascribed the apparent diurnal rotation of the heavens to a real daily rotation of the earth about its axis , in the opposite direction to the apparent motion of the stars . Also in the writings of ...
Page 29
... noticed that the astronomers -those who have evidently read his great book — are very cautious in the words with which they eulogise him , and refrain from attributing to him the foundation of our solar system , which is entirely due to ...
... noticed that the astronomers -those who have evidently read his great book — are very cautious in the words with which they eulogise him , and refrain from attributing to him the foundation of our solar system , which is entirely due to ...
Page 46
... noticed that things tend to come to rest ; a ball rolled on the ground , a boat moved on the water , a shot fired in the air . Galileo realised that in all of these cases a resist- ing force acts to stop the motion , and he was the ...
... noticed that things tend to come to rest ; a ball rolled on the ground , a boat moved on the water , a shot fired in the air . Galileo realised that in all of these cases a resist- ing force acts to stop the motion , and he was the ...
Page 52
... noticed , and to discover the oblate figure of the earth and the cause of the tides . These investigations occupied the best part of his life ; but he wrote the whole of his great book in fifteen months . The writer inherited from his ...
... noticed , and to discover the oblate figure of the earth and the cause of the tides . These investigations occupied the best part of his life ; but he wrote the whole of his great book in fifteen months . The writer inherited from his ...
Page 55
... noticed that the consequent bulging of matter at the equator would be attracted by the moon unequally , the nearest parts being most attracted ; and so the moon would tend to tilt the earth when in some parts of her orbit ; and the sun ...
... noticed that the consequent bulging of matter at the equator would be attracted by the moon unequally , the nearest parts being most attracted ; and so the moon would tend to tilt the earth when in some parts of her orbit ; and the sun ...
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