Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920, Seabroke, G. M. (George Mitchell), 1848-1918 · London, Macmillan and co. · leaf 69
e simple than the smaller one, and2)robably much more accurate. Tyclio was not one of those who was aware of thetrue system of the universe ; he thought the earth fixed,as Ptolemy and others did ; but wdiether we suppose theearth to be movable in the middle of the vault of starsor stationary, in… … Fig. 17.—Tyclio Bnihes Systeiiu meridian to meridian remains unaltered, wdiether theglobe is still or turning round : so the stars mamcaintheir relative positions to each other, whether w^e con-sider the earth in motion or the sphere in which the starsare placed to revolve round it. The…
Astronomy · Telescopes
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