Astronomy

Автор: J. Kambosson
Издательство: London: Chapman & Hall, 193, Piccadilly.
Страниц: 482
Год: 1875
Размер: 14,5 МБ

PREFACE

The late Father Gratry, Member of the French Academy, once said : " It is astonishing how ignorant the great bulk of the public are in regard to astronomy. I have known men of education maintain that the ancient system of astronomy (which they considered to be the most philosophical, and branded me as an empiric for not agreeing with them) was the true one ; that the sun revolved round the earth, not the earth round the sun…