Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920, Seabroke, G. M. (George Mitchell), 1848-1918 · London, Macmillan and co. · leaf 66
h Tycho Brahe wasable to bring to astronomy shows that then, as now,any considerable advance in physical investigation wasmore or less a matter of money, and whether that moneybe found by individuals or corporations, now or then, wecannot expect any considerable advance without sucha necessary… … P3 44 STARGAZING : PAST AND PRESENT. [book i. Jarger. Hipparchus was enabled to establish the positionof a heavenly body within something less than onedegree of space—some say within ten minutes ; but therewas an immense improvement made in this direction inthe instruments used by Tycho. One of the…
Astronomy · Telescopes
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