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... positions onthese paths at anytime. Kepler's masterpiece is oneofthemost interesting books thatwas ever written, combining wit, imagination, ingenuity, and certainty. Lastly, it must benoted that, as a History of England cannot deal ...
... positions onthese paths at anytime. Kepler's masterpiece is oneofthemost interesting books thatwas ever written, combining wit, imagination, ingenuity, and certainty. Lastly, it must benoted that, as a History of England cannot deal ...
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... positions. Thus we find scientific men, evenin our owntime, responsible for the beliefthat stormsinthe Indian Ocean,the fertility of German vines, famines inIndia,and highorlow Nilefloods in Egypt followthe planetary positions. And ...
... positions. Thus we find scientific men, evenin our owntime, responsible for the beliefthat stormsinthe Indian Ocean,the fertility of German vines, famines inIndia,and highorlow Nilefloods in Egypt followthe planetary positions. And ...
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... position of the solstices, and ofthe obliquity of the ecliptic—records become rare, until 776 B.C., when eclipses began tobe recorded once more with some approach to continuity. Shortly afterwards noticesof comets were added. Biot gave ...
... position of the solstices, and ofthe obliquity of the ecliptic—records become rare, until 776 B.C., when eclipses began tobe recorded once more with some approach to continuity. Shortly afterwards noticesof comets were added. Biot gave ...
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