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... CHINESE AND CHALDEANS 7 3. Ancient Greek AstronoMY - - 13 4. THE REIGN OF EPICYCLES - FROM PTOLEMY TO - COPERNICUS Book II . THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD 5. DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM - TYCHO BRAHE - KEPLER ยท 6. GALILEO AND THE ...
... CHINESE AND CHALDEANS 7 3. Ancient Greek AstronoMY - - 13 4. THE REIGN OF EPICYCLES - FROM PTOLEMY TO - COPERNICUS Book II . THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD 5. DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM - TYCHO BRAHE - KEPLER ยท 6. GALILEO AND THE ...
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... Chinese observations of comets as far back as 12 B.C. Cowell and Cromellin extended the date to 240 B.C. In the same way the comet 1861.i. has been traced back in the Chinese records to 617 A.D.2 The theoretical views founded on ...
... Chinese observations of comets as far back as 12 B.C. Cowell and Cromellin extended the date to 240 B.C. In the same way the comet 1861.i. has been traced back in the Chinese records to 617 A.D.2 The theoretical views founded on ...
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... Chinese , Indian , Persian , Tartar , Egyptian , Babylonian , Assyrian , Phoenician , and Greek astro- nomers . And we have not a particle of information about the discoveries , which may have been great , by other peoples - by the ...
... Chinese , Indian , Persian , Tartar , Egyptian , Babylonian , Assyrian , Phoenician , and Greek astro- nomers . And we have not a particle of information about the discoveries , which may have been great , by other peoples - by the ...
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... Chinese astronomy were supplied , first by Father Souciet , who in 1729 published Observations Astrono- mical , Geographical , Chronological , and Physical , drawn from ancient Chinese books ; and later by Father Moyriac - de - Mailla ...
... Chinese astronomy were supplied , first by Father Souciet , who in 1729 published Observations Astrono- mical , Geographical , Chronological , and Physical , drawn from ancient Chinese books ; and later by Father Moyriac - de - Mailla ...
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... Chinese certainly seem to have divided the circle into 365 degrees . To learn the length of the year needed only patient observation - a characteristic of the Chinese ; but many younger nations got into a terrible mess with their ...
... Chinese certainly seem to have divided the circle into 365 degrees . To learn the length of the year needed only patient observation - a characteristic of the Chinese ; but many younger nations got into a terrible mess with their ...
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