History of Astronomy |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 12
Page 25
We must here notice that at this stage Copernicus was actually confronted with
the system accepted later by Tycho Brahe , with the earth fixed . But he now
recalled and accepted the views of Pythagoras and others , according to which
the sun ...
We must here notice that at this stage Copernicus was actually confronted with
the system accepted later by Tycho Brahe , with the earth fixed . But he now
recalled and accepted the views of Pythagoras and others , according to which
the sun ...
Page 98
It took many years before this coincidence was accepted as certainly more than
an accident by the oldfashioned astronomers , who want rigid proof for every new
theory . But the last doubts have long vanished , and a connection has been ...
It took many years before this coincidence was accepted as certainly more than
an accident by the oldfashioned astronomers , who want rigid proof for every new
theory . But the last doubts have long vanished , and a connection has been ...
Page 112
The new arguments are not yet generally accepted . Lowell believes he has , with
the spectroscope , proved the existence of water on Mars . One of the most
unexpected and interesting of all telescopic discoveries took place in the
opposition ...
The new arguments are not yet generally accepted . Lowell believes he has , with
the spectroscope , proved the existence of water on Mars . One of the most
unexpected and interesting of all telescopic discoveries took place in the
opposition ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
Ancient GREEK ASTRONOMY | 3 |
INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISIONSIZE OF THE SOLAR | 10 |
GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPENOTIONS OF GRAVITY | 46 |
5 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accepted accurate ancient appear astronomers attraction bodies born bright calculations called catalogue cause centre century circle comet compared complete Copernicus determined diameter direction discovered discovery distance earth eclipse effect enabled epicycles equal error excentric explain fact fixed follow force Galileo give given gravitation heavenly heavens held Herschel Hipparchus idea included interesting invented Jupiter Kepler knowledge known later light lunar Mars mass mathematical mean measured method miles minutes moon moon's motion move Newton noticed object observations Observatory opposition orbit original parallax pass period photographic physical planetary planets pole position predicted present principle progress proper proved records revolve rotation round Royal satellites says seems seen showed solar system spectroscope spectrum stars studied sun's supported supposed surface tables telescope theory tion trace true Tycho Brahe uniform universal
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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |