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... heavens , is a whitish , vapory belt the Milky Way . This is composed of multi- tudes of millions of suns - of which our own sun itself is one- -so far removed from us that their light mingles , and makes only a fleecy whiteness . This ...
... heavens , is a whitish , vapory belt the Milky Way . This is composed of multi- tudes of millions of suns - of which our own sun itself is one- -so far removed from us that their light mingles , and makes only a fleecy whiteness . This ...
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Joel Dorman Steele. held that the heavenly bodies are set , like gems , in hollow , transparent , crystal globes , which are so pure that they do not obstruct our view , while they all revolve around the earth . The planets are placed in ...
Joel Dorman Steele. held that the heavenly bodies are set , like gems , in hollow , transparent , crystal globes , which are so pure that they do not obstruct our view , while they all revolve around the earth . The planets are placed in ...
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... 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 , revived the theory of ...
... 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 , revived the theory of ...
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... heavenly bodies , and main- tained that , instead of all the starry host revolving about the earth once in twenty - four hours , the earth simply turns on its own axis : that this produces the apparent daily revolution of the sun and ...
... heavenly bodies , and main- tained that , instead of all the starry host revolving about the earth once in twenty - four hours , the earth simply turns on its own axis : that this produces the apparent daily revolution of the sun and ...
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... heavens with the intelligence of a philosopher and the splendor of a king . His indefatigable in- dustry and zeal resulted in the accumulation of a vast fund of astronomical knowledge , which , how- ever , he lacked the wit to apply to ...
... heavens with the intelligence of a philosopher and the splendor of a king . His indefatigable in- dustry and zeal resulted in the accumulation of a vast fund of astronomical knowledge , which , how- ever , he lacked the wit to apply to ...
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