History of Physical Astronomy: From the Earliest Ages to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century. Comprehending a Detailed Account of the Establishment of the Theory of Gravitation by Newton, with an Exposition of the Progress of Research on All the Other Subjects of Celestial Physics |
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... Observatory of Paris extend to 1882 , in the autumn of which year he died . The name of this astronomer is im- perishably associated with the improvements effected in practical astro- nomy in the seventeenth century . It cannot but be a ...
... Observatory of Paris extend to 1882 , in the autumn of which year he died . The name of this astronomer is im- perishably associated with the improvements effected in practical astro- nomy in the seventeenth century . It cannot but be a ...
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... observatory . " I differ very widely , " says he , " from those who have hitherto decked out observatories more for show than for use , accommodating the instruments to the buildings rather than the buildings to the instruments ...
... observatory . " I differ very widely , " says he , " from those who have hitherto decked out observatories more for show than for use , accommodating the instruments to the buildings rather than the buildings to the instruments ...
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... Observatory of Dorpat , so celebrated for his labours on various subjects relating to astronomical science , and more especially for his observations of double stars . The imperial instructions relative to this object were characterised ...
... Observatory of Dorpat , so celebrated for his labours on various subjects relating to astronomical science , and more especially for his observations of double stars . The imperial instructions relative to this object were characterised ...
Contents
Early notions of Physical Astronomy Newton His first Rescarches on the sub | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 33 |
CHAPTER III | 41 |
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