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... records of the History of Astronomy . The writer regrets the necessity that thus arises of leaving without mention the names of many who are now making history in astronomical work . August 1st , 1909 . G. F. ! Book I. THE GEOMETRICAL ...
... records of the History of Astronomy . The writer regrets the necessity that thus arises of leaving without mention the names of many who are now making history in astronomical work . August 1st , 1909 . G. F. ! Book I. THE GEOMETRICAL ...
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... records . So Hipparchus , about 150 B. C. , and Ptolemy a little later , were able to use the observations of ... record- ing the eclipses of 1062 B.C. and 762 B.C .; and has thereby been enabled , in the last few years , to correct the ...
... records . So Hipparchus , about 150 B. C. , and Ptolemy a little later , were able to use the observations of ... record- ing the eclipses of 1062 B.C. and 762 B.C .; and has thereby been enabled , in the last few years , to correct the ...
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George Forbes. Containing record of solar eclipse , 1062 B.C. , used lately by Cowell for rendering the lunar theory more accurate than was possible by finest modern observations . ( British Museum collection , No. 35908. ) obtained from ...
George Forbes. Containing record of solar eclipse , 1062 B.C. , used lately by Cowell for rendering the lunar theory more accurate than was possible by finest modern observations . ( British Museum collection , No. 35908. ) obtained from ...
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... records to 617 A.D.2 The theoretical views founded on Newton's great law of universal gravitation led to the conclusion that the inclination of the earth's equator to the plane of her orbit ( the obliquity of the ecliptic ) has been ...
... records to 617 A.D.2 The theoretical views founded on Newton's great law of universal gravitation led to the conclusion that the inclination of the earth's equator to the plane of her orbit ( the obliquity of the ecliptic ) has been ...
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... records have not been available to later scholars ; but the fact remains that— although at long intervals observations were made of eclipses , comets , and falling stars , and of the position of the solstices , and of the obliquity of ...
... records have not been available to later scholars ; but the fact remains that— although at long intervals observations were made of eclipses , comets , and falling stars , and of the position of the solstices , and of the obliquity of ...
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