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These students pity also the man of to - morrow , who is not to be allowed to read
, in the original Latin of the brilliant Kepler , how he was able — by observations
taken from a moving platform , the earth , of the directions of a moving object ...
These students pity also the man of to - morrow , who is not to be allowed to read
, in the original Latin of the brilliant Kepler , how he was able — by observations
taken from a moving platform , the earth , of the directions of a moving object ...
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The testimony of the Greek writers has fortunately been confirmed , and we now
have in addition a mass of facts translated from the original sculptures , papyri ,
and inscribed bricks , dating back thousands of years . In attempting to appraise ...
The testimony of the Greek writers has fortunately been confirmed , and we now
have in addition a mass of facts translated from the original sculptures , papyri ,
and inscribed bricks , dating back thousands of years . In attempting to appraise ...
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George Forbes. ator to a Newton to commit to writing , and present to the. Death
MASK OF Sir Isaac NEWTON . Photographed specially for this work from the
original , by kind permission of the Royal Society , London .
George Forbes. ator to a Newton to commit to writing , and present to the. Death
MASK OF Sir Isaac NEWTON . Photographed specially for this work from the
original , by kind permission of the Royal Society , London .
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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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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 |
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