Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical IntroductionMacDonald and Janes, 1974 - 413 oldal |
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... fixed star ( the sidereal year ) is a little longer than the period of return to the vernal equinox . This discrepancy was correctly interpreted as a consequence of a motion of the fixed stars and the equinoxes relative to each other ...
... fixed star ( the sidereal year ) is a little longer than the period of return to the vernal equinox . This discrepancy was correctly interpreted as a consequence of a motion of the fixed stars and the equinoxes relative to each other ...
72. oldal
... fixed stars , fairly crude observations will show that its true daily motion varies between a minimum of 10 ° and a maximum of 14 ° . But the Moon is even more irregular , as it has no constant period of return neither to the same fixed ...
... fixed stars , fairly crude observations will show that its true daily motion varies between a minimum of 10 ° and a maximum of 14 ° . But the Moon is even more irregular , as it has no constant period of return neither to the same fixed ...
305. oldal
... fixed stars , an objection answered in the fourth axiom : 4. The ratio between the distance of the Earth from the Sun , and the height of the firmament [ that is the distance of the fixed stars from the Sun ] is so much smaller than the ...
... fixed stars , an objection answered in the fourth axiom : 4. The ratio between the distance of the Earth from the Sun , and the height of the firmament [ that is the distance of the fixed stars from the Sun ] is so much smaller than the ...
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