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Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from A New and General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 8 of 12: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Particularly the British and Irish, From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period We mufi not clofe our account of Kc ler without ob. Ferving, that the higheft deference has Been paid to his authority, and the higheft elogiums to his memory, by the greatefl genii in hyfical knowledge and aftronomy, who have flouriihed nce his time. Des Cartes owns his Obligations to' him upon many occafions; and f0 does our own immortal countryman fir Ifaac Newton. The celebrated profelfor of aftronomy at Oxford, David Greg gory, tells us, in the preface to his Altronomia, &c. That 5 Kepler's Rationes arehctypicae, Concinnitates geo '9 metricae, and proportiones hartnonica, whatever ma I be faid of them, whenconfidered mathematically, yet dil}: cover a force of genius, which we thall look for in vain in the writings of other afironomers.' And laftly, the young, but able aftronomer, Jeremiah Horrox, was fo firuck with the admiration of Kepler, that he breaks out into a rapture, not natural to the coolnefs of a man of fcience Licet mihi Keplerum fupra mortales admirari: licet egregium, diviniflimum, aut fi quid majus appellate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Biography: General<

ISBN: 9780332118079

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A New and General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 8 of 12 ab 41.49 EURO Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Particularly the British and Irish, From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Pre A New and General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 8 of 12 ab 41.49 EURO Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Particularly the British and Irish, From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Pre Bücher > English, International > Gebundene Ausgaben<

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