A voyage in space; a course of six lectures "adapted to a juvenile auditory" delivered at the Royal Institution at Xmas 1913 (1915)
Turner, Herbert Hall, 1861-1930 · London Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 36
y time, which were stilltrusted although the planets could be seen not tofollow the books. Tycho determined to go to workfor himself, observing carefully the movements ofthe planets with the idea of making better books ortables than those in use. A beautiful observatory THE STARTING-POINT, OUR… … Tycho Brahes Observatory on the Island of Hveen. great work he was doing : and he himself had suchreverence for it that whenever he observed the starsand planets he put on his richest robes. The tele-scope had not yet been invented, so that his observa-tions were made by the use of sights such as…
Astronomy -- Juvenile literature
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