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... by recognisingthe different points of view of the different ages, to give due credit even to the ancients. No one can expect, in a history of astronomy of limited size, tofind a treatise on "practical" or on "theoreticalastronomy ...
... by recognisingthe different points of view of the different ages, to give due credit even to the ancients. No one can expect, in a history of astronomy of limited size, tofind a treatise on "practical" or on "theoreticalastronomy ...
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George Forbes. human mind as a logical machine. For it required the new point of view imagined by Newton's analysis to enable people to see that, so far as planetary orbits are concerned, Kepler's three laws(B, C, D) wereidentical with ...
George Forbes. human mind as a logical machine. For it required the new point of view imagined by Newton's analysis to enable people to see that, so far as planetary orbits are concerned, Kepler's three laws(B, C, D) wereidentical with ...
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George Forbes. schoolboy of today, who is not allowed the luxury of learning the art of reasoning from him who still remains pre eminently its greatest exponent, Euclid. These students pity also the manoftomorrow, whois not tobe allowed ...
George Forbes. schoolboy of today, who is not allowed the luxury of learning the art of reasoning from him who still remains pre eminently its greatest exponent, Euclid. These students pity also the manoftomorrow, whois not tobe allowed ...
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... for the beliefthat stormsinthe Indian Ocean,the fertility of German vines, famines inIndia,and highorlow Nilefloods in Egypt followthe planetary positions. And, again, the desireto foretell the weather isso laudable that wecannot ...
... for the beliefthat stormsinthe Indian Ocean,the fertility of German vines, famines inIndia,and highorlow Nilefloods in Egypt followthe planetary positions. And, again, the desireto foretell the weather isso laudable that wecannot ...
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... from theoriginal sculptures, papyri, and inscribed bricks, dating back thousands of years. In attempting toappraise the efforts ofthe beginners we must remember thatitwas natural ... with its concavity turned downwards. The stars seemed to.
... from theoriginal sculptures, papyri, and inscribed bricks, dating back thousands of years. In attempting toappraise the efforts ofthe beginners we must remember thatitwas natural ... with its concavity turned downwards. The stars seemed to.
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