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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1855 edition by Thomas Constable and Co., Edinburgh.
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THE seventeenth century has always been regarded as the most interesting and eventful period in the history of positive knowledge. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
refracting superficies, grosser ether, physical superficies, diffracting body, different dispersive powers, most affectionate humble servant, coloured spaces, prismatic spectrum, different refrangibility, duplicate proportion, finer ether, achromatic telescope, annexed figure, optical discoveries, rarer medium, undulatory theory, less pliant, vibrating motion, coloured fringes, lunar tables, refractive power, excite vibrations, radiant point, physical astronomy, ethereal medium Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Society, Trinity College, Academy of Sciences, Sir William Herschel, Philosophical Transactions, Lord Brougham, Professor Playfair, Sir John Herschel, David Gregory, Edleston's Correspondence, Red Streaks, Board of Longitude, Newtoni Opera, Thomas Young, University of Cambridge, James Gregory, Smith's Optics, Law Fellowship, Lord Rosse, Newton's Table, North Witham, Optica Promota, Rigaud's Hist New!
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THE seventeenth century has always been regarded as the most interesting and eventful period in the history of positive knowledge. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
refracting superficies, grosser ether, physical superficies, diffracting body, different dispersive powers, most affectionate humble servant, coloured spaces, prismatic spectrum, different refrangibility, duplicate proportion, finer ether, achromatic telescope, annexed figure, optical discoveries, rarer medium, undulatory theory, less pliant, vibrating motion, coloured fringes, lunar tables, refractive power, excite vibrations, radiant point, physical astronomy, ethereal medium Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Society, Trinity College, Academy of Sciences, Sir William Herschel, Philosophical Transactions, Lord Brougham, Professor Playfair, Sir John Herschel, David Gregory, Edleston's Correspondence, Red Streaks, Board of Longitude, Newtoni Opera, Thomas Young, University of Cambridge, James Gregory, Smith's Optics, Law Fellowship, Lord Rosse, Newton's Table, North Witham, Optica Promota, Rigaud's Hist New!
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- Isaac Newton: Philosophical Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Isaac Newton on page 230, page 337, and page 338
- The Solar System (with AceAstronomy™, Virtual Astronomy Labs Printed Access Card) by Michael A. Seeds on page 1, and page 289
- Geometrical Lectures by Isaac Barrow in Back Matter
- Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens on page 215
- On the Revolutions: Nicholas Copernicus Complete Works (Foundations of Natural History) by Nicholas Copernicus on page 257
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