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... grandeur displayed in the Divine harmony of the Universe . " One God , one law , one element , And one far - off Divine event To which the whole creation moves . " The following works , among others , have been freely 6 PREFACE .
... grandeur displayed in the Divine harmony of the Universe . " One God , one law , one element , And one far - off Divine event To which the whole creation moves . " The following works , among others , have been freely 6 PREFACE .
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... move- ments of the heavenly bodies . When Alexander took Babylon , two centuries before Christ , he found in that city a record of their observations reaching back about nineteen centuries , or nearly to the con- fusion of tongues at ...
... move- ments of the heavenly bodies . When Alexander took Babylon , two centuries before Christ , he found in that city a record of their observations reaching back about nineteen centuries , or nearly to the con- fusion of tongues at ...
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... move in harmony , making the " music of the spheres , " but that this celestial concert is heard only by the gods - the ears of man being too gross for such divine melody . Eudoxus , who lived in the fourth century B. C. , in- vented ...
... move in harmony , making the " music of the spheres , " but that this celestial concert is heard only by the gods - the ears of man being too gross for such divine melody . Eudoxus , who lived in the fourth century B. C. , in- vented ...
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... moving themselves , under the guidance - as Aristotle taught —of a tutelary genius , who resides in each , and rules over it as the mind rules over the body . Hipparchus , who flourished in the second century B. C. , has been called the ...
... moving themselves , under the guidance - as Aristotle taught —of a tutelary genius , who resides in each , and rules over it as the mind rules over the body . Hipparchus , who flourished in the second century B. C. , has been called the ...
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... moving in the same direction as the sun , then going apparently behind the sun , appeared to pass on again in a ... move . They then conceived that a bar , or some- thing equivalent , is connected at one end with the earth ; that at ...
... moving in the same direction as the sun , then going apparently behind the sun , appeared to pass on again in a ... move . They then conceived that a bar , or some- thing equivalent , is connected at one end with the earth ; that at ...
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appear Aries astronomers atmosphere axis Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia cause Celestial Sphere centre Cepheus circle color comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli dark density Describe diameter disk earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars full moon globe heat heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon inclined inferior conjunction inferior planet Jupiter latitude length light luminous lunar Lyra magnitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian meteors miles moon's motion move naked eye nearly nebula Neptune night node north pole Orion parallax pass path penumbra perihelion Perseus Pisces polar Polaris precession rays revolve ring rising Saturn seasons seen shine side sidereal sidereal day solar day solar system solstice space spots summer sun's surface synodic revolution tance Taurus telescope theory tion Uranus Ursa Major Ursa Minor varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible winter Zodiac