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He held that an observa - . tion is not completed until it has been reduced to a -
Sir George Airy was very jealous of this honourable title . He rightly held that
there is only one Astronomer Royal at a time , as there is only one Mikado , one
Dalai ...
He held that an observa - . tion is not completed until it has been reduced to a -
Sir George Airy was very jealous of this honourable title . He rightly held that
there is only one Astronomer Royal at a time , as there is only one Mikado , one
Dalai ...
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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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