Letters on Astronomy: Addressed to a Lady; in which the Elements of the Science are Familiarly Explained in Connexion with Its Literary HistoryMarsh, Capen, Lyon and Webb, 1841 - 419 |
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... astronomer through the intricate and laborious processes , which conducted him to his great discoveries , that they may fully avail themselves of the results of this vast toil , and easily understand truths which it required ages of the ...
... astronomer through the intricate and laborious processes , which conducted him to his great discoveries , that they may fully avail themselves of the results of this vast toil , and easily understand truths which it required ages of the ...
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... astronomer is not that sudden excitement or ecstasy , which wears out life , but it is a continued glow of exalted ... astronomers , as a class , have been remarkable for longevity . I know not how to account for this fact , unless we ...
... astronomer is not that sudden excitement or ecstasy , which wears out life , but it is a continued glow of exalted ... astronomers , as a class , have been remarkable for longevity . I know not how to account for this fact , unless we ...
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... astronomers , among whom were Hipparchus , Eratosthenes , and Ptolemy . The last of these composed a great work on astronomy , called the Almagest , ' in which is transmitted to us an account of all that was known of the science by the ...
... astronomers , among whom were Hipparchus , Eratosthenes , and Ptolemy . The last of these composed a great work on astronomy , called the Almagest , ' in which is transmitted to us an account of all that was known of the science by the ...
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... astronomers have been pursuing the plain and simple path of truth , instead of threading their way through the mazes ... astronomer of great eminence , flourished only a little later than Tycho Brahe . He invented the telescope , and ...
... astronomers have been pursuing the plain and simple path of truth , instead of threading their way through the mazes ... astronomer of great eminence , flourished only a little later than Tycho Brahe . He invented the telescope , and ...
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... astronomers employed no instru- ments of observation , but acquired their knowledge of the heavenly bodies by long - continued and most atten- tive inspection with the naked eye . Instruments for measuring angles were first used in the ...
... astronomers employed no instru- ments of observation , but acquired their knowledge of the heavenly bodies by long - continued and most atten- tive inspection with the naked eye . Instruments for measuring angles were first used in the ...
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