Popular Astronomy, Volume 58Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1950 |
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Page 245
... motion if he would construct a material universe ; and if to get this matter and motion he must call on supernatural agency , he ceases to function as scientist and becomes a mystic . To metaphysician and scientist alike space is about ...
... motion if he would construct a material universe ; and if to get this matter and motion he must call on supernatural agency , he ceases to function as scientist and becomes a mystic . To metaphysician and scientist alike space is about ...
Page 284
... motion by a slight displacement of the orbits so that the sun was not at the center . Kepler took the further step of realising that the orbits are elliptical with the sun at one focus . It was Newton who proved ( what others had ...
... motion by a slight displacement of the orbits so that the sun was not at the center . Kepler took the further step of realising that the orbits are elliptical with the sun at one focus . It was Newton who proved ( what others had ...
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... motion stars . They confirmed the conclusion that the spectra of the small proper - motion stars are the weaker in the violet , and that the difference increases progressively with advancing a spectral type . But Adams was not satisfied ...
... motion stars . They confirmed the conclusion that the spectra of the small proper - motion stars are the weaker in the violet , and that the difference increases progressively with advancing a spectral type . But Adams was not satisfied ...
Contents
FR SECCHI AND STELLAR SPECTRA MARTIN F MCCARTHY S J | 153 |
STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF CANYON DIABLO | 169 |
RADIO WHISTLES SIDNEY VAN DEN BERGH | 177 |
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