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feature in the European astrolabes to make some operations easier. On the rete, coordinates of 22 stars are shown with pointers. Ecliptic is divided into 1° intervals. The astrolabe has 3 plates for the [...] in particular, please read the longer excerpt that can be downloaded here. [1] Coordinates of the stars have changed, and the Zodiac have shifted significantly since 1400. References Boxer, A. B. (n.d.)
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Aristo- tle and a result a conclusion out of Kopernikus’ work caused another issue: If the fixed stars are as far away as Kopernikus proposed, which sub- stance is in between them? Many preliminary ex [...] with it. His approach to explain either the move- ment of the earth’s atmosphere or the movement of stars was based on analogies and a animist viewpoint. The sulfur globe was designed to rep- resent the earth [...] fills everything and therefore, a vacuum could neither be possible between the earth and the fixed stars nor inside of a metallic vessel. A ‘gap’ in God’s creation was unthinkable. However, Guericke pursued
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Barlow published its description in 1822 in the article "A curious electro-magnetic experiment". The star-shaped copper wheel extends into a reservoir of mercury, which allows for higher currents (several
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ECPR Rising Star Award/ Deadline: 16.08.2021 Nominierungen für den ECPR Rising Star Award/ Frist: 16.08.2021 ECPR is inviting nominations for this year's Rising Star Award. The Rising Star Award aims to [...] "International Research Marketing Nominations for the ECPR Rising Star Award/ Deadline: 16.08.2021 Nominierungen für den ECPR Rising Star Award/ Frist: 16.08.2021 CfP "Governing (by) expertise"
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Democritus believed that the atoms that make up everything on Earth, as well as all planets and stars, are always and forever the same. Atoms can combine in a void and create everything from rocks, to
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Lovenduski, one of that Group's founders and a true luminary of the field. Rising Star Award/ Deadline: 31.08.2022 The Rising Star Award aims to recognise the achievements of an outstanding PhD student or early
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sermons. His parishioners were sending him letters in which they asked him to “tell more about the stars”. This passion to astronomy and science subjects had appeared earlier in the Lichtenberg’s family
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mile per second through the air sufficient to account for its ignition. The phenom- ena of "shooting stars" were explained by Mr. Joule in 1847 by the heat developed by bodies rushing into our atmosphere.