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Dec 21, 2020 Books of the Week — Elements d’Astronomie and Tables astronomique du Soleil, de la lune, des…

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"We must believe then, that as from hence we see Saturn and Jupiter, if we were in either of the Two, we should discover a great many Worlds which we perceive not, and that the Universe extends so in infinitum." -- Cyrano de Bergerac Elements d'astronomieJacques...

Mar 15, 2018 Book of the Week — Atlas céleste de flamsteed…

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“Newton’s design was to make me come to him, force me to comply with his humors, and flatter him and cry him up as Dr. Halley did. He thought to work me to his ends by putting me to extraordinary charges. Those that have begun...