Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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... problem . The incident at the leaning tower of Pisa , perhaps apocryphal , illustrates his method . He dared to challenge the authority of Aristotle , who taught that bodies fall according to their weight . In the presence of faculty ...
... problem . The incident at the leaning tower of Pisa , perhaps apocryphal , illustrates his method . He dared to challenge the authority of Aristotle , who taught that bodies fall according to their weight . In the presence of faculty ...
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... problem of the internal constitution of the stars . Carleton College . E.A.F. The Fundamental Properties of the ... problem of directions in space ; the distances , distribution , and brightness of the stars ; the great problem of ...
... problem of the internal constitution of the stars . Carleton College . E.A.F. The Fundamental Properties of the ... problem of directions in space ; the distances , distribution , and brightness of the stars ; the great problem of ...
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... problem , namely , how the comets vary in bright- ness . Heretofore the problem has not been successfully solved with the resulting confusion in the formulae adopted for the calculation of the future brightness of newly discovered ...
... problem , namely , how the comets vary in bright- ness . Heretofore the problem has not been successfully solved with the resulting confusion in the formulae adopted for the calculation of the future brightness of newly discovered ...
Contents
Bolide observed A bright 451 | 114 |
STELLAR DISTANCES FREDERICK SLOCUM | 117 |
METEORITIC FOSSILS BEN HUR WILSON | 125 |
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