The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ...R.N. Rose, 1821 |
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... tion of the moon . It is certain , that neither he nor Hipparchus could obtain any that were more ancient , for the exactness of the comparison is in proportion to the interval which separates the ex- treme observations . This ...
... tion of the moon . It is certain , that neither he nor Hipparchus could obtain any that were more ancient , for the exactness of the comparison is in proportion to the interval which separates the ex- treme observations . This ...
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... tion , and compelled to retract this theory , to escape a rigorous prison . One of the strongest passions is the love of truth in a man of genius . Full of the enthusiasm which a great discovery inspires , he burns with ardour to ...
... tion , and compelled to retract this theory , to escape a rigorous prison . One of the strongest passions is the love of truth in a man of genius . Full of the enthusiasm which a great discovery inspires , he burns with ardour to ...
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... tion of the moon was the cause of the tides , and he suspected , that the irregularities of the lunar motion were produced by the com- bined actions of the sun and earth on the moon . Astronomy owes to Kepler many other useful ...
... tion of the moon was the cause of the tides , and he suspected , that the irregularities of the lunar motion were produced by the com- bined actions of the sun and earth on the moon . Astronomy owes to Kepler many other useful ...
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... tion of achromatic telescopes , of chronometers , of the sextant and repeating circle ; the discovery of the planet Uranus , by Herschel , in 1781 ; that of its satellites , and of two new satellites of Saturn , due to the same observer ...
... tion of achromatic telescopes , of chronometers , of the sextant and repeating circle ; the discovery of the planet Uranus , by Herschel , in 1781 ; that of its satellites , and of two new satellites of Saturn , due to the same observer ...
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... tion of the lucid atmosphere ; and its depression below the same was bounded by an immediate rising of very bright light . Oct. 13 , 1794 , the spot in the sun observed yesterday was drawn so near the margin , that the elevated side of ...
... tion of the lucid atmosphere ; and its depression below the same was bounded by an immediate rising of very bright light . Oct. 13 , 1794 , the spot in the sun observed yesterday was drawn so near the margin , that the elevated side of ...
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