Shuler, Molton Ancrum. [from old catalog] · New York, Broadway publishing company · leaf 28
a well ascertained quantity. Some seemingly well informed folk say that as-tronomy is all guesswork and conjecture, and that theydo not credit the so-called wonderful discoveries ofthe astronomers. To these the scientists may well saythat it matters little whether they believe them or not,since it… … THE FAMILY CELESTIAL heavenly bodies are more accurately known than thedistances between our great cities. If it were not anexact science, the recurrence of certain celestial phe-nomena could not be predicted with such unerringmathematical accuracy. Every claim and every state-ment is proved by…
Astronomy
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