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... - 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 -
... - 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 · 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 · PAGE 73 86 3 94 13. THE MOON AND PLANETS - 14. COMETS ...
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... observation of facts as in theories . So it is that these men , who have built up the most sure and most solid of all the sciences , refuse to invite others to join them in vain speculation . The writer has , therefore , in this short ...
... observation of facts as in theories . So it is that these men , who have built up the most sure and most solid of all the sciences , refuse to invite others to join them in vain speculation . The writer has , therefore , in this short ...
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... observations taken from a moving platform , the earth , of the directions of a moving object , Mars - to deduce the exact shape of the path of each of these planets , and their actual positions on these paths at any time . Kepler's ...
... observations taken from a moving platform , the earth , of the directions of a moving object , Mars - to deduce the exact shape of the path of each of these planets , and their actual positions on these paths at any time . Kepler's ...
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... observation and deduction . If the ancient Chaldæans gave to the planetary con- junctions an influence over terrestrial events , let us remember that in our own time people have searched for connection between terrestrial conditions and ...
... observation and deduction . If the ancient Chaldæans gave to the planetary con- junctions an influence over terrestrial events , let us remember that in our own time people have searched for connection between terrestrial conditions and ...
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