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George Forbes. PREFACE An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astro- nomical discovery , and , by recognising the different points of view of the different ages , to give ...
George Forbes. PREFACE An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astro- nomical discovery , and , by recognising the different points of view of the different ages , to give ...
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George Forbes. addition of new points of view and of new means of inves- tigation . It would , indeed , be a pleasure to entertain the hope that these pages might , among new recruits , arouse an interest in the greatest of all the ...
George Forbes. addition of new points of view and of new means of inves- tigation . It would , indeed , be a pleasure to entertain the hope that these pages might , among new recruits , arouse an interest in the greatest of all the ...
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... acts to the daily and annual alternations of light and darkness and of heat and cold , as much as to the irregular changes of weather , attacks of disease , and the fortune of I Book THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY.
... acts to the daily and annual alternations of light and darkness and of heat and cold , as much as to the irregular changes of weather , attacks of disease , and the fortune of I Book THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY.
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George Forbes. obtained from modern observations made with instru- ments of the highest precision . So again , Mr. Hind1 was enabled to trace back the period during which Halley's comet has been a member of the solar system , and to ...
George Forbes. obtained from modern observations made with instru- ments of the highest precision . So again , Mr. Hind1 was enabled to trace back the period during which Halley's comet has been a member of the solar system , and to ...
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George Forbes. proper place in the development of primitive notions . about astronomy . The fact that some alleged observa- tions date back to a period before the Chinese had invented the art of writing leads immediately to the question ...
George Forbes. proper place in the development of primitive notions . about astronomy . The fact that some alleged observa- tions date back to a period before the Chinese had invented the art of writing leads immediately to the question ...
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