Quasar, Quasar, Burning BrightSeventeen essays in which the amazing author once again displays that he is the master of all he surveys ... |
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... telescopes good enough to satisfy him . In fact , the musician who could not afford to buy a telescope ended by making for himself the best tel- escopes then in existence . His first satisfactory telescope , completed in 1774 , was a 6 ...
... telescopes good enough to satisfy him . In fact , the musician who could not afford to buy a telescope ended by making for himself the best tel- escopes then in existence . His first satisfactory telescope , completed in 1774 , was a 6 ...
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... telescope , he observed Mars carefully , saw the canals , and sent a report on his experience in building the telescope and on his observations there- with to Vesto Melvin Slipher , who was then director of Lowell Observatory . Tombaugh ...
... telescope , he observed Mars carefully , saw the canals , and sent a report on his experience in building the telescope and on his observations there- with to Vesto Melvin Slipher , who was then director of Lowell Observatory . Tombaugh ...
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... telescope , was receiving bursts of microwaves from a place midway between the stars Vega and Al- tair - very rapid ... telescope's workings from electrical devices in the neigh- borhood . As she went back to the telescope night after ...
... telescope , was receiving bursts of microwaves from a place midway between the stars Vega and Al- tair - very rapid ... telescope's workings from electrical devices in the neigh- borhood . As she went back to the telescope night after ...
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