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... SpeCTROSCOPE Book IV . THE PHYSICAL PERIOD 12. THE SUN · PAGE 73 86 3 94 13. THE MOON AND PLANETS - 14. COMETS AND METEORS 107 120 15. THE STARS AND NEBULĘ - n 125 INDEX 147 PREFACE An attempt has been made in these pages to vi CONTENTS.
... SpeCTROSCOPE Book IV . THE PHYSICAL PERIOD 12. THE SUN · PAGE 73 86 3 94 13. THE MOON AND PLANETS - 14. COMETS AND METEORS 107 120 15. THE STARS AND NEBULĘ - n 125 INDEX 147 PREFACE An attempt has been made in these pages to vi CONTENTS.
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... Physical , drawn from ancient Chinese books ; and later by Father Moyriac - de - Mailla , who in 1777-1785 published Annals of the Chinese Empire , translated from Tong - Kien - Kang- Mou . Bailly , in his Astronomie Ancienne ( 1781 ) ...
... Physical , drawn from ancient Chinese books ; and later by Father Moyriac - de - Mailla , who in 1777-1785 published Annals of the Chinese Empire , translated from Tong - Kien - Kang- Mou . Bailly , in his Astronomie Ancienne ( 1781 ) ...
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... physical philosophers , ...... and , in fine , he held that the speculators on the universe and on the laws of the heavenly bodies were no better than madmen ( Xen . Mem , i . 1 , 11-15 ) . Plato ( born 429 B.C. ) , the pupil of ...
... physical philosophers , ...... and , in fine , he held that the speculators on the universe and on the laws of the heavenly bodies were no better than madmen ( Xen . Mem , i . 1 , 11-15 ) . Plato ( born 429 B.C. ) , the pupil of ...
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... physically its controller . 4. The Reign of Epicycles - From Ptolemy to Copernicus . After Ptolemy had published his book there seemed to be nothing more to do for the solar system except to go on observing and finding more and more ...
... physically its controller . 4. The Reign of Epicycles - From Ptolemy to Copernicus . After Ptolemy had published his book there seemed to be nothing more to do for the solar system except to go on observing and finding more and more ...
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... physical connexion with the planets as the centre of their motions . According to Copernicus ' sixth book , the planes of the planetary orbits do not pass through the sun , and the lines of apses do not pass through to the sun . Such ...
... physical connexion with the planets as the centre of their motions . According to Copernicus ' sixth book , the planes of the planetary orbits do not pass through the sun , and the lines of apses do not pass through to the sun . Such ...
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