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... astronomers and Catholic missionaries . Though the astronomers brought his downfall , it was the missionaries who ... astronomical bureau as being grossly superstitious . " The case was , " wrote one Dominican who was in Peking with ...
... astronomers and Catholic missionaries . Though the astronomers brought his downfall , it was the missionaries who ... astronomical bureau as being grossly superstitious . " The case was , " wrote one Dominican who was in Peking with ...
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... astronomical bureau.51 After Schall's death in 1666 , Verbiest was still under house arrest . Feeling that Schall , despite his setbacks , had been on the right track , Verbiest devoted his enforced leisure to astronomical studies ; as ...
... astronomical bureau.51 After Schall's death in 1666 , Verbiest was still under house arrest . Feeling that Schall , despite his setbacks , had been on the right track , Verbiest devoted his enforced leisure to astronomical studies ; as ...
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... astronomical bureau were often inaccurate . In De- cember , repeating Schall's move of 1644 , Verbiest challenged the two astronomers to prove their skill by calculating the length of the shadow that would be thrown by a given object at ...
... astronomical bureau were often inaccurate . In De- cember , repeating Schall's move of 1644 , Verbiest challenged the two astronomers to prove their skill by calculating the length of the shadow that would be thrown by a given object at ...
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To God Through the Stars | 3 |
Bodies or Souls | 34 |
Glorious Days of Looting | 57 |
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