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Aristillus and Timocharis set up instruments and fixed the positions of the
zodiacal stars , near to which all the planets in their orbits pass , thus facilitating
the determination of planetary motions . Aristarchus ( 320 – 250 B . THE
GEOMETRICAL ...
Aristillus and Timocharis set up instruments and fixed the positions of the
zodiacal stars , near to which all the planets in their orbits pass , thus facilitating
the determination of planetary motions . Aristarchus ( 320 – 250 B . THE
GEOMETRICAL ...
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This was the point to which the motions of the planets were referred , for the
planes of their orbits were made to pass through it , and their points of least and
greatest velocities were also determined with reference to it . By this arrangement
the ...
This was the point to which the motions of the planets were referred , for the
planes of their orbits were made to pass through it , and their points of least and
greatest velocities were also determined with reference to it . By this arrangement
the ...
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Kepler ' s first great discovery was that the planes of all the orbits pass through
the sun ; his second was that the line of apses of each planet passes through the
sun ; both were contradictory to the Copernican theory . He proceeds cautiously ...
Kepler ' s first great discovery was that the planes of all the orbits pass through
the sun ; his second was that the line of apses of each planet passes through the
sun ; both were contradictory to the Copernican theory . He proceeds cautiously ...
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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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