Berry, Arthur,b. 1862 · London, J. Murray · leaf 277
wtonspeaks of the hypothesis as fitting the facts prettynearly; but in a letter of earlier date (June 20th, 1686) * W. K. Clifford, Aims and Instruments of Scientific Thought. 220 A Short History of Astronomy [Ch ix. he refers to the calculation as not having been made accu-rately enough. It is… … DFig. 71.—The moon as a projectile. to deal satisfactorily with the difficulty above mentioned,as to whether the earth might for the purposes of theproblem be identified with its centre ; and he was of courseaware that the moons path differed considerably from acircle. The view, said to have been…
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