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Something of this sort had been proposed by the Egyptians ( we are told by
Cicero and others ) , and was accepted by Tycho Brahe ; and was as true a
representation of the relative motions in the solar system as when we suppose
the sun to ...
Something of this sort had been proposed by the Egyptians ( we are told by
Cicero and others ) , and was accepted by Tycho Brahe ; and was as true a
representation of the relative motions in the solar system as when we suppose
the sun to ...
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It has been necessary to devote perhaps undue space to the interesting work of
Copernicus , because by a curious chance his name has become so widely
known . He has been spoken of very generally as the founder of the solar system
that ...
It has been necessary to devote perhaps undue space to the interesting work of
Copernicus , because by a curious chance his name has become so widely
known . He has been spoken of very generally as the founder of the solar system
that ...
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Maskelyne measured many proper motions of stars , from which W . Herschel :
came to the conclusion that these apparent motions are for the most part due to a
motion of the solar system in space towards a point in the constellation Hercules
...
Maskelyne measured many proper motions of stars , from which W . Herschel :
came to the conclusion that these apparent motions are for the most part due to a
motion of the solar system in space towards a point in the constellation Hercules
...
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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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