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Contents
THE STARS AND NEBULÆ | |
ANCIENT ASTRONOMYTHE CHINESE AND CHALDÆANS 3 ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY | |
THE REIGN OF EPICYCLESFROM PTOLEMY TO COPERNICUS | |
THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD 5 DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOLAR SYSTEMTYCHO BRAHEKEPLER | |
GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPENOTIONS OF GRAVITY BY HORROCKS | |
GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPENOTIONS OF GRAVITY BY HORROCKS ETC 7 SIR ISAAC NEWTONLAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATIO... | |
DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETSHERSCHEL PIAZZI ADAMS AND LE VERRIER | |
OBSERVATION 10 INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISIONSTATE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM | |
HISTORY OF THE TELESCOPE | |
THE PHYSICAL PERIOD 12 THE | |
THE MOON AND PLANETS | |
COMETS AND METEORS | |
THE FIXED STARS AND NEBUL | |
INDEX | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Astronomy |
| Author | George Forbes |
| Publisher | Good Press, 2019 |
| Length | 188 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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