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... Chaldæans gave to the planetary con- junctions an influence over terrestrial events , let us remember that in our own time people have searched for connection between terrestrial conditions and periods of unusual prevalence of sun spots ...
... Chaldæans gave to the planetary con- junctions an influence over terrestrial events , let us remember that in our own time people have searched for connection between terrestrial conditions and periods of unusual prevalence of sun spots ...
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... Chaldæan astrologers , as well as those of Alexandrian astro- nomers , and to make some discoveries which have ... Chaldæans for record- ing the eclipses of 1062 B.C. and 762 B.C .; and has thereby been enabled , in the last few years ...
... Chaldæan astrologers , as well as those of Alexandrian astro- nomers , and to make some discoveries which have ... Chaldæans for record- ing the eclipses of 1062 B.C. and 762 B.C .; and has thereby been enabled , in the last few years ...
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... Chaldæans . The last section must have made clear the difficulties the way of assigning to the ancient nations their B proper place in the development of primitive notions . about THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 7 ANCIENT Astronomy-CHINESE AND ...
... Chaldæans . The last section must have made clear the difficulties the way of assigning to the ancient nations their B proper place in the development of primitive notions . about THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 7 ANCIENT Astronomy-CHINESE AND ...
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... Chaldæans , Assyrians , and Egyptians is but the remnant of a far more complete astronomy of which no trace can be found . Delambre , in his Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne ( 1817 ) , ridicules the opinion of Bailly , and considers ...
... Chaldæans , Assyrians , and Egyptians is but the remnant of a far more complete astronomy of which no trace can be found . Delambre , in his Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne ( 1817 ) , ridicules the opinion of Bailly , and considers ...
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... Chaldæans as the Saros . It consists of 235 lunations , and in that time the pole of the moon's orbit revolves just once round the pole of the ecliptic , and for this reason the eclipses in one cycle are repeated with very slight ...
... Chaldæans as the Saros . It consists of 235 lunations , and in that time the pole of the moon's orbit revolves just once round the pole of the ecliptic , and for this reason the eclipses in one cycle are repeated with very slight ...
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