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Copernicus was the most refined expo-
nent, and almost the last representative,
of the Epicyclical School. As has been al-
ready stated, his successor, Tycho Brahe,
supported the same use of epicycles and ex-
centrics as Copernicus, though he held the
earth to be fixed. But Tycho Brahe was em-
inently a practical observer, and took little
part in theory; and his observations formed
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