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... effect as a principle that seems to dominate our present universe , as a rule for pre- dicting the course of events , and as a guide to the choice of a course of action . This idea of cause and effect is the most potent factor in ...
... effect as a principle that seems to dominate our present universe , as a rule for pre- dicting the course of events , and as a guide to the choice of a course of action . This idea of cause and effect is the most potent factor in ...
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... effect which now seem to us absurd , let us be tolerant , and gratefully acknowledge that these astrologers , when they suggested such " working hypo- theses , " were laying the foundations of observation and deduction . If the ancient ...
... effect which now seem to us absurd , let us be tolerant , and gratefully acknowledge that these astrologers , when they suggested such " working hypo- theses , " were laying the foundations of observation and deduction . If the ancient ...
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... effects of precession of the equinoxes . ( 1 ) At about the date when the Great Pyramid may have been built y Draconis was near to the pole , and must have been used as the pole - star . In the north face of the Great Pyramid is the ...
... effects of precession of the equinoxes . ( 1 ) At about the date when the Great Pyramid may have been built y Draconis was near to the pole , and must have been used as the pole - star . In the north face of the Great Pyramid is the ...
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... effect that a similar occurrence had upon Hipparchus 1,700 years before . He felt it his duty to catalogue all the principal stars , so that there should be no mistake in the future . During the construction of his catalogue of 1,000 ...
... effect that a similar occurrence had upon Hipparchus 1,700 years before . He felt it his duty to catalogue all the principal stars , so that there should be no mistake in the future . During the construction of his catalogue of 1,000 ...
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... effect ought to be a rotation of the earth's axis over a conical surface in space , exactly as the axis of a top describes a cone , if the top has a sharp point , and is set spinning and displaced from the vertical . He actually ...
... effect ought to be a rotation of the earth's axis over a conical surface in space , exactly as the axis of a top describes a cone , if the top has a sharp point , and is set spinning and displaced from the vertical . He actually ...
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