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... Egypt follow the plane- tary positions . And , again , the desire to foretell the weather is so laudable that we cannot blame the ancient Greeks for announcing the influence of the moon with as much confidence as it is affirmed in Lord ...
... Egypt follow the plane- tary positions . And , again , the desire to foretell the weather is so laudable that we cannot blame the ancient Greeks for announcing the influence of the moon with as much confidence as it is affirmed in Lord ...
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... Egyptian and Chinese observations on the length of the shadow of a vertical pillar , made thousands of years before ... Egyptians , Babylonians , and Assyrians is known to us mainly through the Greek historians , and for information ...
... Egyptian and Chinese observations on the length of the shadow of a vertical pillar , made thousands of years before ... Egyptians , Babylonians , and Assyrians is known to us mainly through the Greek historians , and for information ...
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... Egyptian , Babylonian , Assyrian , Phoenician , and Greek astro- nomers . And we have not a particle of information about the discoveries , which may have been great , by other peoples - by the Druids , the Mexicans , and the Peruvians ...
... Egyptian , Babylonian , Assyrian , Phoenician , and Greek astro- nomers . And we have not a particle of information about the discoveries , which may have been great , by other peoples - by the Druids , the Mexicans , and the Peruvians ...
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... Egyptians is but the remnant of a far more complete astronomy of which no trace can be found . Delambre , in his Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne ( 1817 ) , ridicules the opinion of Bailly , and considers that the progress made by all ...
... Egyptians is but the remnant of a far more complete astronomy of which no trace can be found . Delambre , in his Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne ( 1817 ) , ridicules the opinion of Bailly , and considers that the progress made by all ...
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... Egyptians , Baby- lonians , and Assyrians . The Greek historians said as much , in fact ; and modern commentators ... Egypt , and spent all their time in the study of philosophy and astronomy , and the arts of divination and astrology ...
... Egyptians , Baby- lonians , and Assyrians . The Greek historians said as much , in fact ; and modern commentators ... Egypt , and spent all their time in the study of philosophy and astronomy , and the arts of divination and astrology ...
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