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... tothe apparent motion ofthe stars. Also in thewritings of MartianusCapella he learnt thatthe Egyptians hadsupposed Mercuryand Venus torevolve round thesun,and tobe carried withhiminhis annual motion roundthe earth. He noticedthatthe ...
... tothe apparent motion ofthe stars. Also in thewritings of MartianusCapella he learnt thatthe Egyptians hadsupposed Mercuryand Venus torevolve round thesun,and tobe carried withhiminhis annual motion roundthe earth. He noticedthatthe ...
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... tothe seasons, andit shows astrangeignorance ofthelaws ofrotating bodies. To use the wordsofDelambre,[7] indrawing attention to the strange conception, he imaginedthatthe earth,revolving roundthesun, ought always to showto itthe same ...
... tothe seasons, andit shows astrangeignorance ofthelaws ofrotating bodies. To use the wordsofDelambre,[7] indrawing attention to the strange conception, he imaginedthatthe earth,revolving roundthesun, ought always to showto itthe same ...
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... to the orbital revolution), and by making it performmore than one complete revolutionin ayear, the added partbeing 1 ... tothe ecliptic. In regard to this thetheory of Copernicusisunique; and it willbebestto explain thisin the words of ...
... to the orbital revolution), and by making it performmore than one complete revolutionin ayear, the added partbeing 1 ... tothe ecliptic. In regard to this thetheory of Copernicusisunique; and it willbebestto explain thisin the words of ...
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