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The cumbrous system advocated by Ptolemy answered its purpose , enabling
him to predict astronomical events ... until the seventeenth century , when the
accurate observations of Tycho Brahe enabled Kepler to abolish these purely ...
The cumbrous system advocated by Ptolemy answered its purpose , enabling
him to predict astronomical events ... until the seventeenth century , when the
accurate observations of Tycho Brahe enabled Kepler to abolish these purely ...
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The present notice must be limited to noting the work done , and the qualities of
character which enabled him to attain his scientific aims , and which have been
conspicuous in many of his successors . He studied in Germany , but King ...
The present notice must be limited to noting the work done , and the qualities of
character which enabled him to attain his scientific aims , and which have been
conspicuous in many of his successors . He studied in Germany , but King ...
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George Forbes. to make a map of the solar spectrum on a large scale . In 1866
Lockyer : threw an image of the sun upon the slit of a spectroscope , and was
thus enabled to compare the spectrum of a spot with that of the general solar
surface .
George Forbes. to make a map of the solar spectrum on a large scale . In 1866
Lockyer : threw an image of the sun upon the slit of a spectroscope , and was
thus enabled to compare the spectrum of a spot with that of the general solar
surface .
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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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