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... PHYSICAL PERIOD 12. THE SUN · 13. THE MOON AND PLANETS PAGE 73 86 3883 94 107 14. COMETS AND METEORS 15. THE STARS AND NEBULÆ - 120 125 BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX · 147 151 PREFACE AN attempt has been made in these pages to vi CONTENTS.
... PHYSICAL PERIOD 12. THE SUN · 13. THE MOON AND PLANETS PAGE 73 86 3883 94 107 14. COMETS AND METEORS 15. THE STARS AND NEBULÆ - 120 125 BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX · 147 151 PREFACE AN attempt has been made in these pages to vi CONTENTS.
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... moon with as much confidence as it is affirmed in Lord Wolseley's Soldier's Pocket Book . Even if the scientific ... moon's longi- tude and the node of her orbit than any that could be R. A. S. Monthly Notices , Sup .; 1905 . Containing ...
... moon with as much confidence as it is affirmed in Lord Wolseley's Soldier's Pocket Book . Even if the scientific ... moon's longi- tude and the node of her orbit than any that could be R. A. S. Monthly Notices , Sup .; 1905 . Containing ...
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... moon , and later the planets , were seen to crawl over it . It was a great step to look on the vault as a hollow sphere carrying the sun too . It must have been difficult to believe that at midday the stars are shining as brightly in ...
... moon , and later the planets , were seen to crawl over it . It was a great step to look on the vault as a hollow sphere carrying the sun too . It must have been difficult to believe that at midday the stars are shining as brightly in ...
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... moon , and of the motions of the planets among the stars , became later the highest goal in astronomy . To not one of the above important steps in the progress of astronomy can we assign the author with certainty . Probably many of them ...
... moon , and of the motions of the planets among the stars , became later the highest goal in astronomy . To not one of the above important steps in the progress of astronomy can we assign the author with certainty . Probably many of them ...
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... moon were in conjunction at 9 a.m. , and that on March 1st the moon was in conjunction with the other four planets . But this needs confirmation . Yao , referred to above , gave instructions to his astronomers to determine the positions ...
... moon were in conjunction at 9 a.m. , and that on March 1st the moon was in conjunction with the other four planets . But this needs confirmation . Yao , referred to above , gave instructions to his astronomers to determine the positions ...
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