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... universe ; 2 . The history of the earth in time ; 3. The position 15 of man among living beings . Under this last is ranged all that he has done in scientific discovery , and all those ... HELIOCENTRIC THEORY . comet in the heavens.
... universe ; 2 . The history of the earth in time ; 3. The position 15 of man among living beings . Under this last is ranged all that he has done in scientific discovery , and all those ... HELIOCENTRIC THEORY . comet in the heavens.
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... heliocentric theory , as taught in the old times by Philolaus , * 15 Pythagoras , and Archimedes . He ascribed to ... theory is meant that doctrine which asserts the earth to be the immovable centre of the universe ; by heliocentric ...
... heliocentric theory , as taught in the old times by Philolaus , * 15 Pythagoras , and Archimedes . He ascribed to ... theory is meant that doctrine which asserts the earth to be the immovable centre of the universe ; by heliocentric ...
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... heliocentric theory was made in a timid manner , strikingly 5 illustrative of the expected opposition . It was by Copernicus * , a Prussian , speaking of the revolutions of the heavenly bodies ; the year was about 1536 . In his preface ...
... heliocentric theory was made in a timid manner , strikingly 5 illustrative of the expected opposition . It was by Copernicus * , a Prussian , speaking of the revolutions of the heavenly bodies ; the year was about 1536 . In his preface ...
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... heliocentric theory made its way slowly at first . 10 Among those who did adopt it were some whose connexion served rather to retard its progress , because of the ultraism of their views , or the doubtfulness of their social position ...
... heliocentric theory made its way slowly at first . 10 Among those who did adopt it were some whose connexion served rather to retard its progress , because of the ultraism of their views , or the doubtfulness of their social position ...
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... heliocentric theory could be deve- loped and made to furnish a clear exposition of the solar system , which is obviously the first step 10 to just views of the universe , it was necessary that the science of mechanics should be greatly ...
... heliocentric theory could be deve- loped and made to furnish a clear exposition of the solar system , which is obviously the first step 10 to just views of the universe , it was necessary that the science of mechanics should be greatly ...
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