Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected. Edmond Halley
Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected.
It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth. Daniel Bernoulli
It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth.
Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth. Ptolemy
Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.
I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch the earth with my feet: I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia. Ptolemy
I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch the earth with my feet: I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia.
The rest of the planets have their dress and furniture, nay and their inhabitants too, as well as this Earth of ours. Christiaan Huygens
The rest of the planets have their dress and furniture, nay and their inhabitants too, as well as this Earth of ours.
Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose them. There is no possibility of escaping from this conclusion. Charles Lyell
Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose them. There is no possibility of escaping from this conclusion.
Love is a luxury.No. Love is an element." An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on. Laini Taylor
Love is a luxury.No. Love is an element." An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.
The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer. Carl Linnaeus
The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer.
The peoples obtain nowadays by science methods and tools, which in peaceful times allow for a prosperous life on earth. Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
The peoples obtain nowadays by science methods and tools, which in peaceful times allow for a prosperous life on earth.
Earth was spinning on its own axis, taking one day to complete one revolution. Aristarchus of Samos
Earth was spinning on its own axis, taking one day to complete one revolution.
The stars and the sun don’t move, and that the earth revolves about the sun and that the path of the orbit is circular. Aristarchus of Samos
The stars and the sun don’t move, and that the earth revolves about the sun and that the path of the orbit is circular.
That the earth is in the relation of a point and centre to the sphere in which the moon moves. Aristarchus of Samos
That the earth is in the relation of a point and centre to the sphere in which the moon moves.