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    Life on Moon

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    circulation of 4.000 daily. On August 25 and in the 2nd page of the newspaper there was an article titled “Celestial Discoveries” that reported a line of shocking discoveries – observations. These observations had been made by sir John Herschel‚ via a telescope of new technology that had been set up somewhere in the Cape of Good Hope‚ and had been published in the Edinburgh Journal of Science. Herschel’s observations revealed the existence of a variety of animal forms on the surface of the moon. Bisons

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    This essay is of a woman astronomer Caroline Herschel. Herschel was the first lady to discover a comet. The reason why I chose this topic is because apart from being a women astronomer she also showed her prominence in mathematics. She hailed from a musician background but her fortune brought her to the field of astronomy and today we stand witnessing vital discoveries such as of comets‚ which is a very significant topic of research in this modern era. She has been recognized and honored worldwide

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    Description of a sextant

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    triangular metal‚ or rather small pieces of metal joined together‚ that looks like a small rusty bronze slice of pizza with a lot of screws and hinges as toppings. Its extra parts consist of a small mirror‚ a telescope‚ a scale‚ and several magnifying glasses. What is it? A protractor? A navigator? A telescope? Or is it a mixture of all three? The triangle has a small arm that goes from the vertex to the arc of the circle. Furthermore‚ the arm is a calibrator that when put at the center shows that the main

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    use from the home‚ groundbreaking new technology such as the Hubble Space Telescope expanded how we view the whole universe (Hubble 1). Americans longed to discover the wide expanse of space and The Hubble assised just that. The Hubble Space Telescope is unlike any other telescope as it is positioned a staggering 353 miles above earth’s surface. Although The Hubble has returned over one hundred thousand photos‚ the telescopes significance actually lies in what we can learn from the captured images

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    contains an infinite number of possibilities‚ meaning that there are infinite amount of planets almost identical to earth with the same possibilities of containing intelligent life. To this day‚ the most Earth-like planet discovered by the Kepler telescope is Kepler 22B. It is a

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    levelling

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    Lecture 1 -Leveling In this lecture‚ we will provide a brief introduction to basic principles of surveying and outline one of the most fundamental forms of surveying - leveling Concepts Covered 1) Leveling Definitions (benchmark‚ HI‚ backsight‚ foresight) Basic theory of leveling Leveling the instrument Reading the survey rod Booking your work In-class survey 2) Discuss field assignment #1 3) Assign everyone into survey groups 4) Identify the location where we will all

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    He had many inventions that contributed to the Enlightenment such as the Naturalis Principia Mathematica Philosophiae and his ideas about gravity and the invention of the telescope. Isaac Newton was born on January 4‚ 1643 and his first contribution to the enlightenment was making the telescope. In 1668 he created the telescope for optics and this invention proved the idea of color and light. He proved that light was the composite of all other colors and that light is made up of particles. A

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    MBK – Lab Report Name: _Bri White_________ Section: ___________________ Observing Bacteria and Blood Questions: A. List the following parts of the microscope and describe the function of each A- Eyepiece: Viewing and identifying objects within the viewing field B- Main Tube: Connects eyepiece lenses to objective lenses C- Nosepiece: Holds objective lens and rotates them D- Objective Lens: Provides different focal lengths E- Stage: Holds the specimen or slide F- Diaphragm:

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    the spyglass was invented; the identity of its creator is debated‚ but the only thing that matters in this situation is that the following summer‚ Galileo Galilei heard about it and fashioned a telescope out of it. He used an earlier model and bettered it to become the first person to utilize a telescope to observe heavenly bodies and record his findings. This is an important discovery‚ as it kicked off

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    Physics Notes

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    ® keep it simple science Copying is permitted according to the Site Licence Conditions only Preliminary Physics Topic 4 THE COSMIC ENGINE What is this topic about? To keep it as simple as possible‚ (K.I.S.S.) this topic involves the study of: 1. THE HISTORY OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE 2. HOW THE UNIVERSE BEGAN (THE "BIG BANG" THEORY) 3. LIFE-CYCLES OF THE STARS 4. ENERGY FROM THE SUN‚ & ITS EFFECTS ON US but first‚ let’s revise... The Structure of the Universe The EARTH

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