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Script for 'The Night Sky in September', 1952-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/266

Scope and Contents

An annotated copy of Porter's script for 'The Night Sky in September' on the Harvest Moon rising at the same time each evening; Jupiter's moons and the discovery of the 12th moon at the Mount Wilson Observatory in the previous year; the orbits of the four larger moons; Jupiter in Taurus near the Pleiades; the apparent retrograde motion of the planets; the epicycle theory and its overthrow by observation of Jupiter's moons; Milton and Galileo, Roemer and the velocity of light and its finite value.

Dates

  • 1952-09

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

5 page(s)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2007-04-13 12:39:30+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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