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Americana 1920

The Encyclopedia Americana · 1920 edition

Astronomy

MVP seed record for Americana 1920 astronomy coverage. The production article parser will preserve sections and page references for long scientific entries.

Volume/page range pending · seed-sample

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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

Astronomy

ASTRONOMY (from Gr. ao-rpov, a star, and vtfitiv, to classify or arrange). The subject matter of astronomical science, considered in its widest range, comprehends all the matter of the universe which lies outside the limit of the earth's atmosphere. The seemin ...

Vol. 2, pp. 800-818 · ocr-imported-page-aligned

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Electricity

... in electrodynamics the position of the Newtonian law of gravitation in physical astronomy. In 1821 Michael Faraday (1791-1867), who was destined later on to do so much for the science of electricity, discovered electromagnetic rotation, having succeeded in cau ...

Vol. 9, pp. 179-192 · ocr-imported-page-aligned

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New Gresham

The New Gresham Encyclopedia · Complete edition

Astronomy

MVP seed record for New Gresham astronomy coverage. This gives the interface another clean-text source candidate for comparing the same topic.

Project Gutenberg article boundary pending · seed-sample

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