Great Astronomers: James Bradley Illustrated by Robert Stawell Ball

Great Astronomers: James Bradley Illustrated

Robert Stawell Ball

28 pages paperback

590 editions

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James Bradley (1693-1762) was an English astronomer and priest who served as Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light (1725-1728), and the nutation of the Earth's axis (1728...

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