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The stars seemed to be fixed on this vault; the moon, and later the planets, were
seen to crawl over it. It was a great step to look on thevaultasa hollow
spherecarrying thesun too.It must havebeen difficult tobelieve thatat midday the
stars are ...
The stars seemed to be fixed on this vault; the moon, and later the planets, were
seen to crawl over it. It was a great step to look on thevaultasa hollow
spherecarrying thesun too.It must havebeen difficult tobelieve thatat midday the
stars are ...
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Making use ofChaldæan eclipses, he was able to get an accurate value ofthe
moon's mean motion. [Halley, in 1693, compared this valuewith his own
measurements, and so discovered the acceleration of themoon's mean motion.
This was ...
Making use ofChaldæan eclipses, he was able to get an accurate value ofthe
moon's mean motion. [Halley, in 1693, compared this valuewith his own
measurements, and so discovered the acceleration of themoon's mean motion.
This was ...
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| Title | History of Astronomy Volume 1 of Library of Alexandria |
| Author | George Forbes |
| Publisher | Library of Alexandria, 2020 |
| ISBN | 1465583602, 9781465583604 |
| Length | 200 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Classics Fiction / Fantasy / Romantic History / Social History Reference / General |
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