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... predicting terrestrial events ( astrology ) , we owe to the old astronomer and astrologer alike the deepest gratitude for their diligence in recording astro- nomical events . For , out of the scanty records which have survived the ...
... predicting terrestrial events ( astrology ) , we owe to the old astronomer and astrologer alike the deepest gratitude for their diligence in recording astro- nomical events . For , out of the scanty records which have survived the ...
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... prediction of eclipses of the sun and moon , and of the motions of the planets among the stars , became later the highest goal in astronomy . To not one of the above important steps in the progress of astronomy can we assign the author ...
... prediction of eclipses of the sun and moon , and of the motions of the planets among the stars , became later the highest goal in astronomy . To not one of the above important steps in the progress of astronomy can we assign the author ...
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... predict an eclipse . It probably created great terror , for they were executed in punish- ment for their neglect . If this account be true , it means that in the twenty - second century B.C. some rule for calculating eclipses was in use ...
... predict an eclipse . It probably created great terror , for they were executed in punish- ment for their neglect . If this account be true , it means that in the twenty - second century B.C. some rule for calculating eclipses was in use ...
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... predicting eclipses . All that was known to the Greeks about Egyptian science is to be found in the writings of Diodorus Siculus . But confirmatory and more . more authentic facts have been derived from late explorations . Thus we learn ...
... predicting eclipses . All that was known to the Greeks about Egyptian science is to be found in the writings of Diodorus Siculus . But confirmatory and more . more authentic facts have been derived from late explorations . Thus we learn ...
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... predicted an eclipse , which caused much alarm , and ended the battle between the Medes and Lydians . Airy fixed the date May 28th , 585 B.C. But other modern astronomers give different dates . Thales went to Egypt to study science ...
... predicted an eclipse , which caused much alarm , and ended the battle between the Medes and Lydians . Airy fixed the date May 28th , 585 B.C. But other modern astronomers give different dates . Thales went to Egypt to study science ...
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