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... question - and he could do nothing but lie along on the ground . But transport him to our queer little friend Ceres , and he is all right at once . In a moment he becomes fifty times lighter than he was , he leaps to his feet with ease ...
... question - and he could do nothing but lie along on the ground . But transport him to our queer little friend Ceres , and he is all right at once . In a moment he becomes fifty times lighter than he was , he leaps to his feet with ease ...
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... question was commenced , with the hope that , on a second survey , some star in it would be found to * Mr. Adams had based his calculations on the perturbations of Uranus in longitude , and Professor Airy suggested that he should ...
... question was commenced , with the hope that , on a second survey , some star in it would be found to * Mr. Adams had based his calculations on the perturbations of Uranus in longitude , and Professor Airy suggested that he should ...
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... question of priority is a small one ; each of the astronomers completed the task by his own unaided genius , and the names of Adams and Le Verrier will be handed down to pos- terity with equal honour , as the solvers of the hardest ...
... question of priority is a small one ; each of the astronomers completed the task by his own unaided genius , and the names of Adams and Le Verrier will be handed down to pos- terity with equal honour , as the solvers of the hardest ...
Page 45
... question of priority will be found discussed in Airy's " Historical statement of circumstances connected with the discovery of the planet beyond Uranus . " the asteroids . The history of their discovery is very The Planets . 45.
... question of priority will be found discussed in Airy's " Historical statement of circumstances connected with the discovery of the planet beyond Uranus . " the asteroids . The history of their discovery is very The Planets . 45.
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... question was anything more than an accidental coin- cidence , and that it was thus utter madness to attempt reasoning upon it at all . The madmen , however , pursued their quest ; and , after a long and interesting search , the first of ...
... question was anything more than an accidental coin- cidence , and that it was thus utter madness to attempt reasoning upon it at all . The madmen , however , pursued their quest ; and , after a long and interesting search , the first of ...
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