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PREFACE An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of
intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery , and , by
recognising the different points of view of the different ages , to give due credit
even to the ...
PREFACE An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of
intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery , and , by
recognising the different points of view of the different ages , to give due credit
even to the ...
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To not one of the above important steps in the progress of astronomy can we
assign the author with certainty . Probably many of them were independently
taken by Chinese , Indian , Persian , Tartar , Egyptian , Babylonian , Assyrian ...
To not one of the above important steps in the progress of astronomy can we
assign the author with certainty . Probably many of them were independently
taken by Chinese , Indian , Persian , Tartar , Egyptian , Babylonian , Assyrian ...
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stars by means of the spectroscope , and when Warren De la Rue set up a
photoheliograph at Kew , we see that a progress in the same direction as before ,
in the evolution of our conception of the universe , was being made . Without
definite ...
stars by means of the spectroscope , and when Warren De la Rue set up a
photoheliograph at Kew , we see that a progress in the same direction as before ,
in the evolution of our conception of the universe , was being made . Without
definite ...
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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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