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This text by Jeremiah Horrocks is his accurate prediction and the first observation of a significant astronomical event, and his analysis and comments on the changing nature and pactices of astronomy between Galileo and Newton in the 17th century.

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This text by Jeremiah Horrocks is his accurate prediction and the first observation of a significant astronomical event, and his analysis and comments on the changing nature and pactices of astronomy between Galileo and Newton in the 17th century.
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Wilbur Applebaum, Ph.D. (1969) in History, State University of New York, Buffalo, is Professor Emeritus at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He has published books, articles and book reviews on early modern astronomy. He created and edited The Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution from Copernicus to Newton (Garland, 2000; Routledge, 2008, 3rd printing).