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In connection with Hipparchus ' great discovery it may be mentioned that modern
astronomers have often attempted to fix dates in history by the effects of
precession of the equinoxes . ( 1 ) At about the date when the Great Pyramid may
have ...
In connection with Hipparchus ' great discovery it may be mentioned that modern
astronomers have often attempted to fix dates in history by the effects of
precession of the equinoxes . ( 1 ) At about the date when the Great Pyramid may
have ...
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He adopted the excentric and equant of Hipparchus to explain the unequal
motions of the sun and moon . He adopted the epicycles and deferents the
retrograde motions of the planets . We , who know that the earth revolves round
the sun ...
He adopted the excentric and equant of Hipparchus to explain the unequal
motions of the sun and moon . He adopted the epicycles and deferents the
retrograde motions of the planets . We , who know that the earth revolves round
the sun ...
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... upon Hipparchus 1 , 700 years before . He felt it his duty to catalogue all the
principal stars , so that there should be no mistake in the future . During the
construction of his catalogue of 1 , 000 stars he prepared and used accurate
tables of ...
... upon Hipparchus 1 , 700 years before . He felt it his duty to catalogue all the
principal stars , so that there should be no mistake in the future . During the
construction of his catalogue of 1 , 000 stars he prepared and used accurate
tables of ...
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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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