CHAPTER III

--SEQUEL TO COPERNICUS. THE RECEPTION AND DEVELOPMENT

OF THE COPERNICAN THEORY.

_Sect._ 1. First Reception of the Copernican Theory. 269 _Sect._ 2. Diffusion of the Copernican Theory. 272 _Sect._ 3. The Heliocentric Theory confirmed by Facts. Galileo's Astronomical Discoveries. 276 _Sect._ 4. The Copernican System opposed on Theological Grounds. 286 _Sect._ 5. The Heliocentric Theory confirmed on Physical Considerations. (Prelude to Kepler's Astronomical Discoveries.) 287

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