Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920, Seabroke, G. M. (George Mitchell), 1848-1918 · London, Macmillan and co. · leaf 26
tionswhich grew up in the minds of the men of ancient time•—concej^tions which we are now utilizing and extend- CHAP. l!] THE DAWN OF STARGAZING. ing—were gradually elaborated. To do this, there is nobetter way than to dwell very briefly on the workactually done by the old astronomers. This… … Fiu. 1.—The Heavens according to Ptolemy. that the earth was the centre of the visible heavens;and although there were many variations of this, stillthe arrangement of Ptolemy, Fig. 1, is a good type ofthe ideas of the ancients. B 2 4 STARGAZING: PAST AND PRESENT. [book i. We begin with mans first…
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