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... progress of thought and knowledge which it is the object of this History to describe . The progress of human knowledge is measured by the increased habit of looking at facts from new points of view , as much as by the accumulation of ...
... progress of thought and knowledge which it is the object of this History to describe . The progress of human knowledge is measured by the increased habit of looking at facts from new points of view , as much as by the accumulation of ...
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... progress of astronomy in all ages . So , also , Mr. Cowell1 has examined the marks made on the baked bricks used by the Chaldæans for record- ing the eclipses of 1062 B.C. and 762 B.C .; and has thereby been enabled , in the last few ...
... progress of astronomy in all ages . So , also , Mr. Cowell1 has examined the marks made on the baked bricks used by the Chaldæans for record- ing the eclipses of 1062 B.C. and 762 B.C .; and has thereby been enabled , in the last few ...
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... progress was made when systematic observa- tions began , such as following the motion of the moon and planets among the stars , and the inferred motion of the sun among the stars , by observing their heliacal risings - i.e . , the times ...
... progress was made when systematic observa- tions began , such as following the motion of the moon and planets among the stars , and the inferred motion of the sun among the stars , by observing their heliacal risings - i.e . , the times ...
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... progress of astronomy can we assign the author with certainty . Probably many of them were independently taken by Chinese , Indian , Persian , Tartar , Egyptian , Babylonian , Assyrian , Phoenician , and Greek astro- nomers . And we ...
... progress of astronomy can we assign the author with certainty . Probably many of them were independently taken by Chinese , Indian , Persian , Tartar , Egyptian , Babylonian , Assyrian , Phoenician , and Greek astro- nomers . And we ...
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... progress made by all of these nations is insignificant . It will be well now to give an idea of some of the astronomy of the ancients not yet entirely discredited . China and Babylon may be taken as typical examples . China . It would ...
... progress made by all of these nations is insignificant . It will be well now to give an idea of some of the astronomy of the ancients not yet entirely discredited . China and Babylon may be taken as typical examples . China . It would ...
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