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... Mercury were all between the eleventh and eighteenth degrees of Pisces , all visible together in the evening on February 28th 2446 B.C. , while on the same day the sun and moon were in conjunction at 9 a.m. , and that on March 1st the ...
... Mercury were all between the eleventh and eighteenth degrees of Pisces , all visible together in the evening on February 28th 2446 B.C. , while on the same day the sun and moon were in conjunction at 9 a.m. , and that on March 1st the ...
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... Mercury , Venus , Mars , Jupiter , and Saturn . We have records of observations carried on under Asshurbanapal , who sent astronomers to different parts to study celestial phenomena . Here is one : - To the Director of Observations ...
... Mercury , Venus , Mars , Jupiter , and Saturn . We have records of observations carried on under Asshurbanapal , who sent astronomers to different parts to study celestial phenomena . Here is one : - To the Director of Observations ...
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... Mercury and Venus to be on a bar passing through the sun , and to be between the earth and the sun . The centres of the epicycles of Mars , Jupiter , and Saturn were supposed to be further away than the sun . Mercury and Venus were ...
... Mercury and Venus to be on a bar passing through the sun , and to be between the earth and the sun . The centres of the epicycles of Mars , Jupiter , and Saturn were supposed to be further away than the sun . Mercury and Venus were ...
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... Mercury and Venus at the sun , and to extend the same system to the major planets . Some- thing of this sort had been proposed by the Egyptians ( we are told by Cicero and others ) , and was accepted by Tycho Brahe ; and was as true a ...
... Mercury and Venus at the sun , and to extend the same system to the major planets . Some- thing of this sort had been proposed by the Egyptians ( we are told by Cicero and others ) , and was accepted by Tycho Brahe ; and was as true a ...
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... Mercury and Venus to revolve round the sun , and to be carried with him in his annual motion round the earth . He noticed that the same supposition , if extended to Mars , Jupiter , and Saturn , would explain easily why they , and ...
... Mercury and Venus to revolve round the sun , and to be carried with him in his annual motion round the earth . He noticed that the same supposition , if extended to Mars , Jupiter , and Saturn , would explain easily why they , and ...
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