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... NEWTON'S PAGE vii I 7 13 23 333 46 51 SUCCESSORS HALLEY , --- EULER , LA- 60 GRANGE , LAPLACE , ETC. 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS HERSCHEL , PIAZZI , ADAMS , AND Le Verrier- 64 BOOK III . OBSERVATION IO . INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION -
... NEWTON'S PAGE vii I 7 13 23 333 46 51 SUCCESSORS HALLEY , --- EULER , LA- 60 GRANGE , LAPLACE , ETC. 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS HERSCHEL , PIAZZI , ADAMS , AND Le Verrier- 64 BOOK III . OBSERVATION IO . INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION -
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... IV . THE 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.
... IV . THE 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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... planetary orbits are concerned , Kepler's three laws ( B , C , D ) were identical with Newton's law of gravitation ( A ) . No one recognises more than the mathe- matical astronomer this feebleness of the human intellect , and no one is ...
... planetary orbits are concerned , Kepler's three laws ( B , C , D ) were identical with Newton's law of gravitation ( A ) . No one recognises more than the mathe- matical astronomer this feebleness of the human intellect , and no one is ...
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... planets , and their actual positions on these paths at any time . Kepler's masterpiece is one of the most interesting books that was ever written , combining wit , imagination , ingenuity , and certainty . Lastly , it must be noted that ...
... planets , and their actual positions on these paths at any time . Kepler's masterpiece is one of the most interesting books that was ever written , combining wit , imagination , ingenuity , and certainty . Lastly , it must be noted that ...
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... planets , as well as plagues and famines , floods and droughts , wars and the deaths of great rulers . Sometimes ... planetary con- junctions an influence over terrestrial events , let us remember that in our own time people have ...
... planets , as well as plagues and famines , floods and droughts , wars and the deaths of great rulers . Sometimes ... planetary con- junctions an influence over terrestrial events , let us remember that in our own time people have ...
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