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[1] Editor’s note: Vistula is the longest river in Poland. [2] Editor’s note: Images have been omitted from this eBook. Consult the source online at The Internet Archive to see the scanned book with its images. [3] Editor’s note: Religious doctrine held that the sun revolved around the earth, principally based on the bible [Joshua 10:13] which said that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth. Some in the Catholic church considered Copernicus’ theories to be blasphemous. 11