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_ Fragments of a library at Agade have been preserved at Nineveh , from which
we learn that the star - charts were even then divided into constellations , which
were known by the names which they bear to this day , and that the signs of the ...
_ Fragments of a library at Agade have been preserved at Nineveh , from which
we learn that the star - charts were even then divided into constellations , which
were known by the names which they bear to this day , and that the signs of the ...
Page 65
By passing over these important developments it is possible to trace some of the
steps in the crowning triumph of the Newtonian theory , by which the planet
Neptune was added to the known members of the solar system by the
independent ...
By passing over these important developments it is possible to trace some of the
steps in the crowning triumph of the Newtonian theory , by which the planet
Neptune was added to the known members of the solar system by the
independent ...
Page 129
These successes led to renewed zeal , and now the distances of many stars are
known more or less accurately . Several of the brightest stars , which might be
expected to be the nearest , have not shown a parallax amounting to a twentieth
of ...
These successes led to renewed zeal , and now the distances of many stars are
known more or less accurately . Several of the brightest stars , which might be
expected to be the nearest , have not shown a parallax amounting to a twentieth
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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