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... astronomers sup- posed that the earth was a quiescent body in the centre of the universe , and that the planets revolved around it in so many different heavens , which were nearly concentric , and raised one above another in a certain ...
... astronomers sup- posed that the earth was a quiescent body in the centre of the universe , and that the planets revolved around it in so many different heavens , which were nearly concentric , and raised one above another in a certain ...
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... astronomers was conformable neither in Europe till the sixteenth century , or a little to harmony , uniformity , nor reason . With a after the period of the Reformation . This is bold independent spirit , and a daring hand , the system ...
... astronomers was conformable neither in Europe till the sixteenth century , or a little to harmony , uniformity , nor reason . With a after the period of the Reformation . This is bold independent spirit , and a daring hand , the system ...
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... astronomers . I shall first state those which may be called presumptive arguments , or which amount to a high degree of proba- bility , and then briefly illustrate those which I consider as demon- strative . Having already endea- voured ...
... astronomers . I shall first state those which may be called presumptive arguments , or which amount to a high degree of proba- bility , and then briefly illustrate those which I consider as demon- strative . Having already endea- voured ...
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... astronomers after the invention of the telescope , was , the variety of phases which Venus appeared to assume , At ... astronomer , in the years 1666-7 , discovered some spots on its surface , by which he endea- hours . From this time ...
... astronomers after the invention of the telescope , was , the variety of phases which Venus appeared to assume , At ... astronomer , in the years 1666-7 , discovered some spots on its surface , by which he endea- hours . From this time ...
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... astronomers , and , from their observations , the celebrated M. Lambert , in the " Memoirs of the Academy of Berlin " for 1773 , gave a theory of the satellite of Venus , in which he concludes that its period is eleven days , five hours ...
... astronomers , and , from their observations , the celebrated M. Lambert , in the " Memoirs of the Academy of Berlin " for 1773 , gave a theory of the satellite of Venus , in which he concludes that its period is eleven days , five hours ...
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