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Page 83
... discovery with the thirty - inch reflector ( erected in 1897 ) ; and while doing so
Mr . Melotte made , in 1908 , the splendid discovery on some of the photographic
plates of an eighth satellite of Jupiter , at an enormous distance from the planet .
... discovery with the thirty - inch reflector ( erected in 1897 ) ; and while doing so
Mr . Melotte made , in 1908 , the splendid discovery on some of the photographic
plates of an eighth satellite of Jupiter , at an enormous distance from the planet .
Page 89
At Greenwich there is the 28 - inch photographic refractor , and the Thompson
equatoreal by Grubb , carrying both the 26 - inch photographic refractor and the
30 - inch reflector . At the Cape of Good Hope we find Mr . Frank McClean ' s 24 ...
At Greenwich there is the 28 - inch photographic refractor , and the Thompson
equatoreal by Grubb , carrying both the 26 - inch photographic refractor and the
30 - inch reflector . At the Cape of Good Hope we find Mr . Frank McClean ' s 24 ...
Page 140
George Forbes. the work of many observatories . This led Admiral Mouchez to
support the brothers Henry in their scheme . " Gill , having got his own
photographic work under way , suggested an international astrographic chart ,
the materials ...
George Forbes. the work of many observatories . This led Admiral Mouchez to
support the brothers Henry in their scheme . " Gill , having got his own
photographic work under way , suggested an international astrographic chart ,
the materials ...
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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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