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... tion definitely . As yet , the reported results are not satisfactory . Authorities agree that the mean solar distance is more than 911 million miles , but vary in the amount . Thus , Newcomb makes the solar paral- lax 8.848 , and the ...
... tion definitely . As yet , the reported results are not satisfactory . Authorities agree that the mean solar distance is more than 911 million miles , but vary in the amount . Thus , Newcomb makes the solar paral- lax 8.848 , and the ...
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... tion of comets and meteors . The orbit of the August meteors is identical with Comet III 1862 ( Swift's ) , and that of the Nov. 14th shower corres- ponds with Comet I 1866 ( Tempel's ) . The showers of Nov. 24 and 27 are thought to be ...
... tion of comets and meteors . The orbit of the August meteors is identical with Comet III 1862 ( Swift's ) , and that of the Nov. 14th shower corres- ponds with Comet I 1866 ( Tempel's ) . The showers of Nov. 24 and 27 are thought to be ...
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... tion of four planets and the moon , which must have occurred a century before the Flood . They have also the first record of an eclipse of the sun , which took place about two hundred and twenty years * after the Deluge . It is reported ...
... tion of four planets and the moon , which must have occurred a century before the Flood . They have also the first record of an eclipse of the sun , which took place about two hundred and twenty years * after the Deluge . It is reported ...
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... tion and diligent study of the heavens . THE COPERNICAN SYSTEM . - About the middle of the sixteenth century , Copernicus , breaking away from the theory of Ptolemy , which was still taught in all the institutions of learning in Europe ...
... tion and diligent study of the heavens . THE COPERNICAN SYSTEM . - About the middle of the sixteenth century , Copernicus , breaking away from the theory of Ptolemy , which was still taught in all the institutions of learning in Europe ...
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... tion by P , and her distance from the sun by p , then letting D and d represent the same in another planet , we have the proportion P : D ' :: p ' : ď . Kepler , strangely enough , believed in the " Music of the Spheres . " He made ...
... tion by P , and her distance from the sun by p , then letting D and d represent the same in another planet , we have the proportion P : D ' :: p ' : ď . Kepler , strangely enough , believed in the " Music of the Spheres . " He made ...
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