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... Solar System .Hind . Popular Astronomy ..Airy . Popular Astronomy ..Arago . Astronomy Astronomy Astronomy Age of Fable . Poetry of Science . .Norton . ... Robinson . .Loomis . .Bulfinch . .Hunt . Outlines of Astronomy . .Herschel ...
... Solar System .Hind . Popular Astronomy ..Airy . Popular Astronomy ..Arago . Astronomy Astronomy Astronomy Age of Fable . Poetry of Science . .Norton . ... Robinson . .Loomis . .Bulfinch . .Hunt . Outlines of Astronomy . .Herschel ...
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... solar system . ( P. 282. ) A considerable modification of the Nebular Hypothesis is probable , leaving its general idea , however , intact . One view sup- poses that the rupture of the parent body ( sun or planet ) did not take place ...
... solar system . ( P. 282. ) A considerable modification of the Nebular Hypothesis is probable , leaving its general idea , however , intact . One view sup- poses that the rupture of the parent body ( sun or planet ) did not take place ...
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... SYSTEMS OF CIRCLES II . THE SOLAR SYSTEM THE SUN · THE PLANETS VULCAN MERCURY • VENUS THE EARTH THE SEASONS PRECESSION AND NUTATION • REFRACTION , ABERRATION AND PARALLAX THE MOON • ECLIPSES PAGR 6330 16 35 37 43 46 65 82 83 89 96 • I10 ...
... SYSTEMS OF CIRCLES II . THE SOLAR SYSTEM THE SUN · THE PLANETS VULCAN MERCURY • VENUS THE EARTH THE SEASONS PRECESSION AND NUTATION • REFRACTION , ABERRATION AND PARALLAX THE MOON • ECLIPSES PAGR 6330 16 35 37 43 46 65 82 83 89 96 • I10 ...
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... system of the universe , in many re- spects correct ; yet he advanced no proof , and made few converts to his views , and they were soon well- nigh forgotten . He held that the sun is the centre of the solar system , and that the ...
... system of the universe , in many re- spects correct ; yet he advanced no proof , and made few converts to his views , and they were soon well- nigh forgotten . He held that the sun is the centre of the solar system , and that the ...
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... . Finally , a bal- ance , the flowing of water , and two fishes , tied by a string , may be imagined in ^ ,, and x , the signs of Libra , Aquarius , and Pisces . ” The Solar System . ' In them hath He set 42 INTRODUCTION .
... . Finally , a bal- ance , the flowing of water , and two fishes , tied by a string , may be imagined in ^ ,, and x , the signs of Libra , Aquarius , and Pisces . ” The Solar System . ' In them hath He set 42 INTRODUCTION .
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