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It would also explain the retrograde motion of planets when in opposition . We
must here notice that at this stage Copernicus was actually confronted with the
system accepted later by Tycho Brahe , with the earth fixed . But he now recalled
and ...
It would also explain the retrograde motion of planets when in opposition . We
must here notice that at this stage Copernicus was actually confronted with the
system accepted later by Tycho Brahe , with the earth fixed . But he now recalled
and ...
Page 38
... following in the footsteps of Aristarchus of Samos , though there was nothing in
it contrary to mathematical principles , was in opposition to those of physics , as
the heavy and sluggish earth is unfit to move , and the system is even opposed to
...
... following in the footsteps of Aristarchus of Samos , though there was nothing in
it contrary to mathematical principles , was in opposition to those of physics , as
the heavy and sluggish earth is unfit to move , and the system is even opposed to
...
Page 112
One of the most unexpected and interesting of all telescopic discoveries took
place in the opposition of 1877 , when Mars was unusually near to the earth . The
Washington Observatory had acquired the fine 26 - inch refractor , and Asaph
Hall ...
One of the most unexpected and interesting of all telescopic discoveries took
place in the opposition of 1877 , when Mars was unusually near to the earth . The
Washington Observatory had acquired the fine 26 - inch refractor , and Asaph
Hall ...
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Contents
ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY | 3 |
GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPENOTIONS OF GRAVITY | 46 |
NEWTONS SUCCESSORS HALLEY EULER | 60 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Astronomy The history of science series |
| Author | George Forbes |
| Publisher | Watts, 1921 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 150 pages |
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