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The discoverer of a planet has a right to name it , so Herschel called it Georgium
Sidus , after the king . But Lalande urged the adoption of the name Herschel .
Bode suggested Uranus , and this was adopted . The and Saturn , being 4 . 3
times ...
The discoverer of a planet has a right to name it , so Herschel called it Georgium
Sidus , after the king . But Lalande urged the adoption of the name Herschel .
Bode suggested Uranus , and this was adopted . The and Saturn , being 4 . 3
times ...
Page 114
Later he inferred that spots near the equator rotate quicker than those in higher
latitudes ( the same as Carrington found for the sun ) ; and W . Herschel
confirmed this in 1778 - 9 . Jupiter ' s rapid rotation ought , according to Newton '
s theory ...
Later he inferred that spots near the equator rotate quicker than those in higher
latitudes ( the same as Carrington found for the sun ) ; and W . Herschel
confirmed this in 1778 - 9 . Jupiter ' s rapid rotation ought , according to Newton '
s theory ...
Page 133
Herschel did , indeed , discover changes of distance , but not of the character to
indicate parallax . Following this by further observation , he found that the
motions were not uniform nor rectilinear , and by a clear analysis of the
movements he ...
Herschel did , indeed , discover changes of distance , but not of the character to
indicate parallax . Following this by further observation , he found that the
motions were not uniform nor rectilinear , and by a clear analysis of the
movements he ...
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Contents
Ancient GREEK ASTRONOMY | 3 |
INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISIONSIZE OF THE SOLAR | 10 |
GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPENOTIONS OF GRAVITY | 46 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Astronomy Hist. of sci. series History of science series |
| Author | George Forbes |
| Publisher | Watts, 1909 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 13 Jan 2011 |
| Length | 154 pages |
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