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... rising in the east , and as- cending the heavens ; and no sooner has the blazing orb sunk beneath the western horizon , than we raise our eyes to the blue vault , expecting and beholding the placid stars . Doubtless , the first ...
... rising in the east , and as- cending the heavens ; and no sooner has the blazing orb sunk beneath the western horizon , than we raise our eyes to the blue vault , expecting and beholding the placid stars . Doubtless , the first ...
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... rising with undiminished lustre , calls the busy world once more into bustle and activity . The phenomena thus presented , convince us that there is no such thing as rest , for the whole heavens seem revolving around us , and the first ...
... rising with undiminished lustre , calls the busy world once more into bustle and activity . The phenomena thus presented , convince us that there is no such thing as rest , for the whole heavens seem revolving around us , and the first ...
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... rising just before it . If the stars revolved around the earth in the same time as the sun , as they seem to do from a casual observation , it is evident that after any definite interval , say one month , the sun and this star would ...
... rising just before it . If the stars revolved around the earth in the same time as the sun , as they seem to do from a casual observation , it is evident that after any definite interval , say one month , the sun and this star would ...
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... rising and setting of certain stars , i . e . , their rising or setting just before or after the sun , became the signs of approach of certain seasons , the stars were grouped into constellations , and fanciful names given to them ...
... rising and setting of certain stars , i . e . , their rising or setting just before or after the sun , became the signs of approach of certain seasons , the stars were grouped into constellations , and fanciful names given to them ...
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... rising when the sun was setting . Hence , in framing any theory , it was necessary to account for these motions . All the early astronomers supposed that the earth was the centre of the system , and that all the celestial bodies were ...
... rising when the sun was setting . Hence , in framing any theory , it was necessary to account for these motions . All the early astronomers supposed that the earth was the centre of the system , and that all the celestial bodies were ...
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