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For a complete life of this great man the reader is referred to Dreyer ' s Tycho
Brahe , Edinburgh , 1890 , containing a complete bibliography . The present
notice must be limited to noting the work done , and the qualities of character
which ...
For a complete life of this great man the reader is referred to Dreyer ' s Tycho
Brahe , Edinburgh , 1890 , containing a complete bibliography . The present
notice must be limited to noting the work done , and the qualities of character
which ...
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Tycho Brahe found that the tables of Copernicus were in error as much as two
degrees . He re - discovered the inequality called “ variation ” by observing the
moon in all phases — a thing which had not been attended to . [ It is remarkable
that ...
Tycho Brahe found that the tables of Copernicus were in error as much as two
degrees . He re - discovered the inequality called “ variation ” by observing the
moon in all phases — a thing which had not been attended to . [ It is remarkable
that ...
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Tycho Brahe tried these , but discarded them as being inaccurate . ments in
armillary spheres , quadrants , sextants ; and large celestial globes . With these
he measured the positions of stars , or the distance of a comet from several
known ...
Tycho Brahe tried these , but discarded them as being inaccurate . ments in
armillary spheres , quadrants , sextants ; and large celestial globes . With these
he measured the positions of stars , or the distance of a comet from several
known ...
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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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