List, C, Hall, T. G. (Thomas Grainger), 1803-1881 · Philadelphia : Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. and Carey & Hart · leaf 18
ervation ofastronomy during the middle ages ? In what state was the science in the beginning of thefifteenth century ? What is true in regard to it since then ?From what eminent men has it received contributions ? SECTION II. ASTRONOMICAL TERMS. Astronomy, like every other science, has termswhich… … View of the Earth in space. If we could see the earth from a distance, weshould see that it is a vast globe rolling in space,2 (13) 14 OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY. like the moon, and completely surrounded bystars. But as we stand upon the earth, and as it is solarge that its surface seems level to us, we…
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