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... tion ( astronomy ) has sometimes led to erroneous systems for predicting terrestrial events ( astrology ) , we owe to the old astronomer and astrologer alike the deepest gratitude for their diligence in recording astro- nomical events ...
... tion ( astronomy ) has sometimes led to erroneous systems for predicting terrestrial events ( astrology ) , we owe to the old astronomer and astrologer alike the deepest gratitude for their diligence in recording astro- nomical events ...
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... tion . For further references to similar efforts of imagina- tion the 16 THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD.
... tion . For further references to similar efforts of imagina- tion the 16 THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD.
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George Forbes. For further references to similar efforts of imagina- tion the reader is referred to Sir George Cornwall Lewis's Historical Survey of the Astronomy of the Ancients ; London , 1862. His list of authorities is very complete ...
George Forbes. For further references to similar efforts of imagina- tion the reader is referred to Sir George Cornwall Lewis's Historical Survey of the Astronomy of the Ancients ; London , 1862. His list of authorities is very complete ...
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... tion , and perseverance of the man who had reaped such a harvest of most accurate data ; and though D Tycho hardly recognised the transcendent genius of the man who. PORTRAIT OF JOHANNES KEPLER . By F. Wanderer , from Reitlinger's ...
... tion , and perseverance of the man who had reaped such a harvest of most accurate data ; and though D Tycho hardly recognised the transcendent genius of the man who. PORTRAIT OF JOHANNES KEPLER . By F. Wanderer , from Reitlinger's ...
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... tion would doubtless have been discovered , though prob- ably not by the work of one man , even if Newton had not lived . But , if Kepler had not lived , who else could have discovered his laws ? 6. Galileo and the Telescope - Notions ...
... tion would doubtless have been discovered , though prob- ably not by the work of one man , even if Newton had not lived . But , if Kepler had not lived , who else could have discovered his laws ? 6. Galileo and the Telescope - Notions ...
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