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Page iii
... , etc. WITII ILLUSTRATIONS [ ISSUED FOR THE RATIONALIST PRESS ASSOCIATION , LIMITED ] LONDON : WATTS & CO . , 17 , JOHNSON'S COURT , FLEET STREET , E. C. PREFACE - CONTENTS BOOK I. THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD I. PRIMITIVE 1909.
... , etc. WITII ILLUSTRATIONS [ ISSUED FOR THE RATIONALIST PRESS ASSOCIATION , LIMITED ] LONDON : WATTS & CO . , 17 , JOHNSON'S COURT , FLEET STREET , E. C. PREFACE - CONTENTS BOOK I. THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD I. PRIMITIVE 1909.
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... PERIOD 5. DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM - TYCHO BRAHE KEPLER 6. GALILEO AND THE TElescope - NOTIONS OF GRAVITY BY HORROCKS , ETC. 7. SIR ISAAC NEWTON - LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVI- TATION 8. NEWTON'S PAGE vii I 7 13 23 333 46 51 ...
... PERIOD 5. DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM - TYCHO BRAHE KEPLER 6. GALILEO AND THE TElescope - NOTIONS OF GRAVITY BY HORROCKS , ETC. 7. SIR ISAAC NEWTON - LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVI- TATION 8. NEWTON'S PAGE vii I 7 13 23 333 46 51 ...
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... 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.
... 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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... regrets the necessity that thus arises of leaving without mention the names of many who are now making history in astronomical work . August 1st , 1909 . G. F. Book I. THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 1. Primitive Astronomy and Astrology PREFACE ix.
... regrets the necessity that thus arises of leaving without mention the names of many who are now making history in astronomical work . August 1st , 1909 . G. F. Book I. THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 1. Primitive Astronomy and Astrology PREFACE ix.
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