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so essential a portion of the system of Ke-
pler that it is only fair to include his name
among these who laid the foundations of the
solar system which we accept to-day.
In now taking leave of the system of
epicycles let it be remarked that it has been
held up to ridicule more than it deserves.
On reading Airy’s account of epicycles, in
the beautifully clear language of his Six
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