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In this little pamphlet, Galileo set down excitedly the chief discoveries he had made by his fifth telescope, the first one developed to a power sufficient for celes - tial observation.
COSMIC VOYAGES MARJORIE HOPE NICOLSON 1968
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The reference to the celes - tial sphere and its revolving motion had far-reaching effects on the subsequent development of the concept of time: it focussed the attention of philosophers on the regular periodicity of the celestial motions by which time can be measured, and thus it deepened the distinction between the qualitative content of time and its metrical aspects.
TIME MILI�� ��APEK 1968
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Thus a new regular member was added to the family of celes - tial bodies.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas EDWARD ROSEN 1968
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These fundamental laws, together with Newton's law for gravitational force, form the basis of the mechanics of celes - tial bodies.
Out Of My Later Years Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 1950
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A decoction of the root _tenak celes_ is an excellent purgative.
My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Giovanni Battista Cerruti 1882
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[1] The Orion Nebula lies in the sword of the famous celes
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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I hailed her as a celes - tial spirit, about to return to the bosom of her Father.
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While I stood intranced in admiration, the celes - tial stranger - thus addrcfsed me: "Happy mortal! in me behold the genius of Wisdom.
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