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... original some of the classics of astronomy . Many students have much compassion for the schoolboy of to - day , who is not allowed the luxury of learning the art of reasoning from him who still remains pre - eminently its greatest ...
... original some of the classics of astronomy . Many students have much compassion for the schoolboy of to - day , who is not allowed the luxury of learning the art of reasoning from him who still remains pre - eminently its greatest ...
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... original sculptures , papyri , and inscribed bricks , dating back thousands of years . In attempting to appraise the efforts of the beginners we must remember that it was natural to look upon the earth ( as all the first astronomers did ) ...
... original sculptures , papyri , and inscribed bricks , dating back thousands of years . In attempting to appraise the efforts of the beginners we must remember that it was natural to look upon the earth ( as all the first astronomers did ) ...
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... original scientific investigation to other races of the same era . The Chaldæans , being the most ancient Babylonians , held the same station and dignity in the State as did the priests in Egypt , and spent all their time in the study ...
... original scientific investigation to other races of the same era . The Chaldæans , being the most ancient Babylonians , held the same station and dignity in the State as did the priests in Egypt , and spent all their time in the study ...
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... transcendent genius of the man who. PORTRAIT OF JOHANNES KEPLER . By F. Wanderer , from Reitlinger's " Johannes Kepler " ( original in Strassburg ) . DEATH MASK OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON . Photographed specially for. THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD 39 39.
... transcendent genius of the man who. PORTRAIT OF JOHANNES KEPLER . By F. Wanderer , from Reitlinger's " Johannes Kepler " ( original in Strassburg ) . DEATH MASK OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON . Photographed specially for. THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD 39 39.
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... original principles involved in them , will ever assure to him a distinguished place among those who have extended the domains of science . " But it was work of a different kind that established Galileo's popular reputation . In 1609 ...
... original principles involved in them , will ever assure to him a distinguished place among those who have extended the domains of science . " But it was work of a different kind that established Galileo's popular reputation . In 1609 ...
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