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For these reasons we find that the earnest men of all ages have recorded the
occurrence of comets , eclipses , new stars , meteor showers , and remarkable
conjunctions of the planets , as well as plagues and famines , floods and
droughts ...
For these reasons we find that the earnest men of all ages have recorded the
occurrence of comets , eclipses , new stars , meteor showers , and remarkable
conjunctions of the planets , as well as plagues and famines , floods and
droughts ...
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This was the point to which the motions of the planets were referred , for the
planes of their orbits were made to pass ... By this arrangement the sun was
situate mathematically near the centre of the planetary system , but he did not
appear to ...
This was the point to which the motions of the planets were referred , for the
planes of their orbits were made to pass ... By this arrangement the sun was
situate mathematically near the centre of the planetary system , but he did not
appear to ...
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... both revolving in nearly the same plane , inclined 80° to the ecliptic , and the
motion of both was retrograde . In 1772 , before Herschel ' s discovery , Bode '
had discovered a curious arbitrary law of planetary distances . Opposite each
planet ...
... both revolving in nearly the same plane , inclined 80° to the ecliptic , and the
motion of both was retrograde . In 1772 , before Herschel ' s discovery , Bode '
had discovered a curious arbitrary law of planetary distances . Opposite each
planet ...
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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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