A new manual of the elements of astronomy, descriptive and mathematical .. (1868)
Kiddle, Henry, 1824-1891 · New York, Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & co.; Chicago, S.C. Griggs & co. · leaf 24
he earth andplanets revolve around it. b. Ptolemaic System.—Previous to Copernicus, the general belief,for more than two thousand years, had been that the earth is the cen- * From the Latin word Sol, meaning the sun. Questions.—d. Stars and planets—how distinguished? What does planet mean?2. How… … 20 THE HEAVENLY BODIES. tre of the universe, and that all the other bodies revolve around it, inthe following order: the moon, then the sun and planets in theirorder, and then the stars. Each of these bodies was conceived byAristotle to be set in a hollow, crystalline sphere, perfectly…
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