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... astronomers that the currently - accepted solar parallax ( 8.94 ) and the corresponding mean solar distance ( 91,430,000 miles ) , as given on page 307 of this work , are incorrect . The methods more recently adopted for approximating ...
... astronomers that the currently - accepted solar parallax ( 8.94 ) and the corresponding mean solar distance ( 91,430,000 miles ) , as given on page 307 of this work , are incorrect . The methods more recently adopted for approximating ...
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Joel Dorman Steele. book of astronomers . In this work was given what is known as the " Ptolemaic System . " It was founded largely upon the materials gathered by previous astronomers , such as Hipparchus , whom we have already mentioned ...
Joel Dorman Steele. book of astronomers . In this work was given what is known as the " Ptolemaic System . " It was founded largely upon the materials gathered by previous astronomers , such as Hipparchus , whom we have already mentioned ...
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... astronomer . Indeed , when Julius Cæsar reformed the calendar , he obtained the assistance , not of a Roman , but of ... astronomers shared more or less in this superstition . Tiberius , emperor of Rome , practised Astrology . Hippoc ...
... astronomer . Indeed , when Julius Cæsar reformed the calendar , he obtained the assistance , not of a Roman , but of ... astronomers shared more or less in this superstition . Tiberius , emperor of Rome , practised Astrology . Hippoc ...
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