The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ...R.N. Rose, 1821 |
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... Saturn ; astrono- mers were divided in their opinions as to the position of Mercury and Venus ; Ptolemy followed the most ancient opinion , and placed them below the sun ; others placed them above , and finally , the Egyptians made them ...
... Saturn ; astrono- mers were divided in their opinions as to the position of Mercury and Venus ; Ptolemy followed the most ancient opinion , and placed them below the sun ; others placed them above , and finally , the Egyptians made them ...
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... Saturn's ring , the spots and rotation of the sun . In publishing these discoveries , he showed that they proved incontestably , the motion of the earth ; but the idea of this motion was declared heretical by a congregation of cardinals ...
... Saturn's ring , the spots and rotation of the sun . In publishing these discoveries , he showed that they proved incontestably , the motion of the earth ; but the idea of this motion was declared heretical by a congregation of cardinals ...
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... Saturn were produced by a very thin ring , with which the planet is sur- rounded his assiduity in observing made him discover one of the satellites of Saturn . He made numerous discoveries in geometry and mechanics : and if this ...
... Saturn were produced by a very thin ring , with which the planet is sur- rounded his assiduity in observing made him discover one of the satellites of Saturn . He made numerous discoveries in geometry and mechanics : and if this ...
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... Saturn ; those of the rotation of Jupiter , of the belts parallel to his equator , of the rotation of Mars , of the zodiacal light , a very approximate knowledge of the sun's parallax , a very exact table of refractions , and , above ...
... Saturn ; those of the rotation of Jupiter , of the belts parallel to his equator , of the rotation of Mars , of the zodiacal light , a very approximate knowledge of the sun's parallax , a very exact table of refractions , and , above ...
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... Saturn , due to the same observer ; all the astronomical theories being brought to perfection , and all the celestial phænomena , without exception , being referred to the principle of universal gravitation : these , with the ...
... Saturn , due to the same observer ; all the astronomical theories being brought to perfection , and all the celestial phænomena , without exception , being referred to the principle of universal gravitation : these , with the ...
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