A Snuff Box Full of Trees Some Apocryphal Essays
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It was by chance, nevertheless, that Herschel found Uranus and picked it out of the skies, as one might snatch a gold piece from the sands of the sea shore. But the consequences were far greater than the original discovery. The astronomers of that time no sooner knew of this new planet than they must need apply to it their most searching lenses and make their figures and computations as to its course and orbit. That was most surely done, and its movement observed and noted. It did not answer to... the laws predicated for it, and which it should properly observe.
It swerved from the lines which the mathe- maticians proved to themselves it ought to fol- low. Were these astronomers wrong? Was their science at fault? No. Two brilliant men, Adams of Cambridge and Leverrier of Paris, at about the same time, made their obser- vations and drew their conclusions. A disturb- ing cause must account for the divergence of the planet from its proper path, and this could 22 THE EGOTISM OF THE EARTH be nothing else than some other planet as yet unknown, whose influence might attract Ura- nus from its normal course.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It was by chance, nevertheless, that Herschel found Uranus and picked it out of the skies, as one might snatch a gold piece from the sands of the sea shore. But the consequences were far greater than the original discovery. The astronomers of that time no sooner knew of this new planet than they must need apply to it their most searching lenses and make their figures and computations as to its course and orbit. That was most surely done, and its movement observed and noted. It did not answer to... the laws predicated for it, and which it should properly observe.
It swerved from the lines which the mathe- maticians proved to themselves it ought to fol- low. Were these astronomers wrong? Was their science at fault? No. Two brilliant men, Adams of Cambridge and Leverrier of Paris, at about the same time, made their obser- vations and drew their conclusions. A disturb- ing cause must account for the divergence of the planet from its proper path, and this could 22 THE EGOTISM OF THE EARTH be nothing else than some other planet as yet unknown, whose influence might attract Ura- nus from its normal course.
What to read after A Snuff Box Full of Trees Some Apocryphal Essays?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William De Lancey Ellwanger to read onlineMoreLess
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