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Quite the most important event in the whole history of physical astronomy was the
publication , in 1687 , of Newton ' s Principia ( Philosophiae Naturalis Principia
Mathematica ) . In this great work Newton started from the beginning of things ...
Quite the most important event in the whole history of physical astronomy was the
publication , in 1687 , of Newton ' s Principia ( Philosophiae Naturalis Principia
Mathematica ) . In this great work Newton started from the beginning of things ...
Page 123
The physical transformations of comets are among the most wonderful of
unexplained phenomena in the heavens . But , for physical astronomers , the
greatest interest attaches to the reduction of radius vector of Encke ' s comet , the
splitting of ...
The physical transformations of comets are among the most wonderful of
unexplained phenomena in the heavens . But , for physical astronomers , the
greatest interest attaches to the reduction of radius vector of Encke ' s comet , the
splitting of ...
Page 127
But in Kepler ' s case the obviously implied physical theory of the planetary
motions , even before Newton explained the simplicity of conception involved ,
made astronomers quite ready to waive the claim for a rigid proof of the earth ' s
motion ...
But in Kepler ' s case the obviously implied physical theory of the planetary
motions , even before Newton explained the simplicity of conception involved ,
made astronomers quite ready to waive the claim for a rigid proof of the earth ' s
motion ...
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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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