The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'
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The Astronomy of Milton's Paradise Lost is by Thomas N. Orchard, M.D., a member of the British Astronomical Association. The text calls Tycho Brahé a celebrated Danish astronomer, who earned a deservedly high reputation on account of the number and accuracy of his astronomical observations and calculations. The text says the prediction of a great solar eclipse, which was to happen on August 21, 1560, caused much public excitement in Denmark.
The text says the parallax of 61 Cygni assigns to the star a distance of forty billions of miles from the Earth. The text says light travels twelve millions of miles in a minute. The text quotes lines about a broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, and pavement stars, as stars to thee appear seen in the Galaxy, that Milky Way.
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- Thomas Nathaniel Orchard
- Pages
- 175
- Language
- English
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- Astronomy
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