Book/Printed Material The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe
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Image 1 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
- Date: 1917
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Image 7 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe The Gradual Acceptance OF THE Copernican Theory of the Universe DOROTHY STIMSON, Ph.D. NEW YORK 19 17- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 8 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 6^ CopvRicHT 1917 BY Dorothy Stimsox Trade Selling Agents The Baker Taylor Co. 354 Fourth Ave., New York APR -4 1917 ©CI..A457776- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 9 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe ^9f TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 12 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe The Systems of the World in 1651 According to Father Riccioli (Reduced facsimile of the frontispiece in Riccioli: Almagestum Novum, Bologna, 1651.)- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
- Date: 1917
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Image 13 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe Explanation Astrea, goddess of the heaven, wearing angel s wings and gleaming everywhere with stars, stands at the right; on the left is Argus of the hundred eyes, not tense, but indicating…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 14 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe CONTENTS Illustrations 7 Preface 8 Part L An Historical Sketch of the Heliocentric Theory of the Universe Chapter I. The Development of Astronomical Thought to 1400: Preliminary Review 9 Chapter H. Copernicus…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 15 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe ILLUSTRATIONS Facsimile of the frontispiece The Systems of the World in Riccioli Almagestum Novum, 1651 Frontispiece Photographic facsimile (reduced) of a page from a copy of Copernicus De Revolutionihus, as corrected in…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 16 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe PREFACE THIS Study does not belong in the field of astronomy, but in that of the history of thought for it is an endeavor to trace the changes in people s beliefs…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 17 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe PART ONE AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE HELIOCENTRIC THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE. CHAPTER I. The Development of Astronomical Thought to 1400 A. D. A Preliminary Sketch of Early Theories as a Background.…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 18 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe Thus our heritage in astronomical thought, as in many other Hnes, comes from the Greeks and the Romans reaching Europe (in part through Arabia and Spain), where it was shaped by the…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
- Date: 1917
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Image 19 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe of the members of his school, Eudoxus (409P-356? B. C), had visited Egypt, according to Diogenes Laertius, and had in all probability been much interested in and influenced -by the astro- nomical…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
- Date: 1917
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Image 20 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe Samos]^ concludes that the world is many times greater than the estimate we have just given. He supposes that the fixed stars and the sun remain motionless, but that the earth following…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 21 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe feet and that each morning the sun swept from the east to set at night in the west. Sometimes it rose more to the north or to the south than at other…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 22 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe around a center that did not coincide with that of the observer on the earth. That would explain why the sun appeared some- times nearer the earth and sometimes farther away. The…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
- Date: 1917
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Image 23 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe tremendous velocity that stones or arrows shot straight up in the air must fall to the ground east of their starting point, a laughable supposition indeed to Ptolemy. This book became the…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 24 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe Spanish the works of Ptolemy and other philosophers. Under his patronage the University of Salamanca developed rapidly to become within two hundred years one of the four great univer- sities of Europe^…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 25 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe was to a large degree responsible for this acquiescence. Early in the first century A. D., Philo Judaeus^ emphasized the minor importance of visible objects compared with intellectual mat- ters, a foundation…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
- Date: 1917
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Image 26 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe does, however, dispute the claims of astrologers accurately to foretell the future by the stars, since the fates of twins or those born at the same moment are so diverse/ Philastrius (d.…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
- Date: 1917
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Image 27 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe ens, and in view of the formation of fundamental theological doctrines based on this supposition by the Church Fathers, is it surprising that any other than a geocentric theory seemed untenable, to…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 28 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe CHAPTER II. Copernicus and His Times. DURING these centuries, one notable scholar at least stood forth in open hostility to the slavish devotion to Aristotle s writings and with hearty appreciation for…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 29 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe Piirbach^ (1432-1462) died before he had fulfilled the promise of his youth, leaving his Epitome of Ptolemy s Almagest to be completed by his greater pupil. In his Theorica Planetarum (1460) Piirbach…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
- Date: 1917
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Image 30 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe Both Janssen/ the Cathohc historian, and Father Hagen- of the Vatican Observatory, together with many other Cathohc writers, claim that a hundred years before Copernicus, Cardi- nal Nicolas Cusanus^ (c. 1400-1464) had…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 31 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe Although angels, or some kind of beings, move the spheres, the Sun and the stars prayer is more powerful than they are, since it impedes motion, as when the prayer of Joshua…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 32 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe for nineteen years until his death in 1483/ Thereupon his mother s brother, Lucas Watzelrode, later bishop of Ermeland, became his guardian, benefactor and close friend. After the elementary training in the…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 33 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe At this period the professor of astronomy at Bologna was the famous teacher Dominicus Maria di Novara (1454-1504), a man ingenio et animo Hber who dared to attack the immuta- bihty of…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 34 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe ble weight upon the much needed reform of the Prussian cur- rency.^ His skill as a physician was in demand not only in his immediate circle- but in adjoining countries, Duke Albrecht…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 35 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe not merely nine years but for more than three nines of years. It had not been neglected all this time, however, as the original MS. (now in the Prague Library) with its…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 36 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe seemingly solved many astronomical problems with a simplicity and a harmony utterly lacking in the old traditional scheme. Unaided by a telescope, he worked out in part the right theory of the…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 37 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe devoted pupil and friend, Rheticus, aided by Tiedeman Giese, Bishop of Culm and a lifelong friend, at length (1542) per- suaded him.^ So he entrusted the matter to Giese who passed it…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 38 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe finished and remained unpublished till 1858/ Giese and Rhe- ticus of course knew that the preface falsified Copernicus s work, and Giese, highly indignant at the impiety of the printer (who he…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 39 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe The most widely circulated account at this time, however, was the Narratio Prima, a letter from Georg Joachim of Rhaetia (better known as Rheticusj, written in October, 1539, from Frauenburg to Johann…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
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Image 40 of The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe bring the new system into general recognition and gradual acceptance than did the theoretical works/ Opposition to the theory had not yet gathered serious head- way. There is record^ of a play…- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
- Date: 1917