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... beautiful- ly simple is the idea of considering the sun the grand centre about which revolve the earth and all the planets . He noticed how constantly , when we are riding swiftly , we forget our own motion , and think that the trees ...
... beautiful- ly simple is the idea of considering the sun the grand centre about which revolve the earth and all the planets . He noticed how constantly , when we are riding swiftly , we forget our own motion , and think that the trees ...
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... Brahé was a noble- man of wealth , and , in addition , received large sums from the Government . He erected a magnificent observatory , and made many beautiful and rare in- struments . Clad in his robes of state , he 24 INTRODUCTION .
... Brahé was a noble- man of wealth , and , in addition , received large sums from the Government . He erected a magnificent observatory , and made many beautiful and rare in- struments . Clad in his robes of state , he 24 INTRODUCTION .
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... beautiful figure in nature , has neither beginning nor ending , therefore it is the only form worthy of God , and He must have used it for the orbits of the worlds He has made . Imbued with this romantic view , Kepler commenced with a ...
... beautiful figure in nature , has neither beginning nor ending , therefore it is the only form worthy of God , and He must have used it for the orbits of the worlds He has made . Imbued with this romantic view , Kepler commenced with a ...
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... beautiful simplicity of this theory than the cumbersome com- plexity of the old Ptolemaic belief ! Diurnal motion of the Sun. - The explanation just given illustrates the apparent motion of the sun , and the cause of day and night . be ...
... beautiful simplicity of this theory than the cumbersome com- plexity of the old Ptolemaic belief ! Diurnal motion of the Sun. - The explanation just given illustrates the apparent motion of the sun , and the cause of day and night . be ...
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... beautiful corona or halo of light , like that which paint- ers give to the head of the Virgin Mary . Flames of a blood - red color play around the disk of the moon , and when only a mere crescent of the sun is BCLIPSE OF 1858 visible ...
... beautiful corona or halo of light , like that which paint- ers give to the head of the Virgin Mary . Flames of a blood - red color play around the disk of the moon , and when only a mere crescent of the sun is BCLIPSE OF 1858 visible ...
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appearance Aries astronomers atmosphere axis body Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus circle color comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli dark density Describe diameter disk Draco earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars full moon globe heat heavens Hercules Herschel horizon inclined inferior inferior conjunction inferior planet Jupiter latitude length light lunar Lyra magnitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian meteors miles moon moon's motion move naked eye nearly nebula Neptune node north pole orbit Orion parallax pass path penumbra perihelion Perseus Pisces planet Polaris precession rays revolve ring rising Saturn seasons seen shadow shines shower sidereal sidereal day solar day solar system space spots summer sun's superior planet surface synodic revolution tance Taurus telescope theory tion Uranus Ursa Major Ursa Minor varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible zodiac