Astronomers

Examples

• Astronomers and geologists and those who study physics have been able to tell us something of the origin and history of the earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There were astronomers from nearly every nation, says Mr. Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Something has already been said of the early astronomers and mathematicians of Alexandria . Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Ptolemy was the last of the great Greek astronomers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Twice we crossed the famous Martian waterways, or canals, so-called by our earthly astronomers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• A few years later, in 1878, Edison went to Wyoming with a group of astronomers, to test his tasimeter during an eclipse of the sun, and saw the land white to harvest. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In 1604 the attention of all the astronomers of Europe was attracted by a new star which suddenly appeared in the constellation Serpentarius. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• By this time great astronomers like Tycho Brahe and Valherius had divided the time-recording dials into minutes and seconds. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• After that event Bode suggested that it was possible other astronomers had observed Uranus before, without recognizing it as a planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The systematic and conclusive character of L everrier's research, submitted to one of the greatest academies of science, carried conviction to th e minds of astronomers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The names of the great Arab astronomers and mathematicians are not popularly known to us; their influence is greater than their fame. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The first thing the astronomers did was to determine with precision their exact locality upon the earth. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Ada ms's friends felt that he had not received from either of the astronomers, to whom he confided his results, the kind of help or advice he shoul d have received. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• We have already named the earlier astronomers, and told how Galileo was made to recant his assertion that the earth moved round the sun. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There must exist some extraneous influence, hitherto unknown to astronomers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• This loadstone is under the care of certain astronomers, who, from time to time, give it such positions as the monarch directs. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• That, he said, is a work infinitely beyond our present astronomers. Plato. The Republic.
• The teachers of harmony compare the sounds and consonances which are heard only, and their labour, like that of the astronomers, is in vain. Plato. The Republic.

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