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... accuracy ; and he recognises that Science is impotent except in her own limited sphere . It has been necessary to curtail many parts of the History in the attempt — perhaps a hopeless one - to lay before the reader in a limited space ...
... accuracy ; and he recognises that Science is impotent except in her own limited sphere . It has been necessary to curtail many parts of the History in the attempt — perhaps a hopeless one - to lay before the reader in a limited space ...
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... accurate value for the secular acceleration of the moon's longi- tude and the node of her orbit than any that could be R. A. S. Monthly Notices , Sup .; 1905 . Containing record of solar eclipse , 1062 B.C. , used THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 3.
... accurate value for the secular acceleration of the moon's longi- tude and the node of her orbit than any that could be R. A. S. Monthly Notices , Sup .; 1905 . Containing record of solar eclipse , 1062 B.C. , used THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 3.
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... accurate than was possible by finest modern observations . ( British Museum collection , No. 35908. ) obtained from modern observations made with instru- ments of the. CHALDEAN BAKED BRICK OR TABLET , Obverse and reverse sides ,
... accurate than was possible by finest modern observations . ( British Museum collection , No. 35908. ) obtained from modern observations made with instru- ments of the. CHALDEAN BAKED BRICK OR TABLET , Obverse and reverse sides ,
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... computed tables for predicting the place of the sun . 66 He proceeded in the same way to compute Lunar tables . Making use of Chaldĉan eclipses , he was able to get an accurate value of the moon's mean motion 18 THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD.
... computed tables for predicting the place of the sun . 66 He proceeded in the same way to compute Lunar tables . Making use of Chaldĉan eclipses , he was able to get an accurate value of the moon's mean motion 18 THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD.
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George Forbes. to get an accurate value of the moon's mean motion . [ Halley , in 1693 , compared this value with his ... accurate astronomical observations . It is due to a steady revo- lution of the earth's pole round the pole of the ...
George Forbes. to get an accurate value of the moon's mean motion . [ Halley , in 1693 , compared this value with his ... accurate astronomical observations . It is due to a steady revo- lution of the earth's pole round the pole of the ...
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