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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 refraction deduced from his own ...
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 refraction deduced from his own ...
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Since the days of very accurate observations numerous star - catalogues have
been produced by individuals or by ... stars , Rumker ' s Paramatta catalogue of
the southern hemisphere , and the frequent catalogues of national observatories .
Since the days of very accurate observations numerous star - catalogues have
been produced by individuals or by ... stars , Rumker ' s Paramatta catalogue of
the southern hemisphere , and the frequent catalogues of national observatories .
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Bruxelles , 1887 . Lalande , Bibliographie Astronomique . Up to 1803 . Royal
Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers . 1800 to 1883 . International Catalogue of
Scientific Literature . E . Astro . nomy . 1902 onwards . Astronomische
Jahrsbericht .
Bruxelles , 1887 . Lalande , Bibliographie Astronomique . Up to 1803 . Royal
Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers . 1800 to 1883 . International Catalogue of
Scientific Literature . E . Astro . nomy . 1902 onwards . Astronomische
Jahrsbericht .
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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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