Sketch of the Progress of Physical Science (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Sketch of the Progress of Physical ScienceThe stars appeared as so many luminous points fixed in the heavenly sphere, having the earth for a centre, and revolving on an am having that earth for a centre in the space of twenty-four hours. All the stars were found not to partake of this diurnal motion in the same degree, some were carried slowly to the east, and their paths, after a certain interval of time, returned upon themselves. The astronomers of the Alexandrian school set themselves to ascertain the encral laws of these motions. This could not Well done without a hypothesis, and the simplest was, that the planets move eastwards in circles, and at a uniform rate.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.