The Life of Sir Isaac NewtonHarper & Bros., 1843 - 314 páginas |
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... orbits , which detain them for ever in a state of motion within the body . In the case of black opacity , such as that of coal , which reflects from its first surface onlyth of the white light , the difficulty is still greater , and we ...
... orbits , which detain them for ever in a state of motion within the body . In the case of black opacity , such as that of coal , which reflects from its first surface onlyth of the white light , the difficulty is still greater , and we ...
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... orbits of Venus and Mars , and produced by its rotation about its axis all the diurnal phenomena of the celestial sphere . The precession of the equinoxes was thus referred to a slight motion of the earth's axis , and the stations and ...
... orbits of Venus and Mars , and produced by its rotation about its axis all the diurnal phenomena of the celestial sphere . The precession of the equinoxes was thus referred to a slight motion of the earth's axis , and the stations and ...
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... orbit . His observations on the planets were numerous and precise , and have formed the data of the present generalizations in astronomy . * When James I. went to Copenhagen in 1590 , to conclude his mar riage with the Princess Anne of ...
... orbit . His observations on the planets were numerous and precise , and have formed the data of the present generalizations in astronomy . * When James I. went to Copenhagen in 1590 , to conclude his mar riage with the Princess Anne of ...
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... orbit . The death of Frederick in 1588 proved a severe calamity to Tycho , and to the science which he cul- tivated . During the first years of the minority of Christian IV . the regency continued the royal patron- age to the ...
... orbit . The death of Frederick in 1588 proved a severe calamity to Tycho , and to the science which he cul- tivated . During the first years of the minority of Christian IV . the regency continued the royal patron- age to the ...
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... idea had been formed of the power by which the planets were retained in their orbits . The labours of as- siduous observers had supplied the materials for this purpose , and Kepler arose to lay the foundations of TYCHO BRAHE . 119.
... idea had been formed of the power by which the planets were retained in their orbits . The labours of as- siduous observers had supplied the materials for this purpose , and Kepler arose to lay the foundations of TYCHO BRAHE . 119.
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