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... eclipse with a scourge of plague , these might well be looked upon as causes in the same sense that the veering or backing of the wind is regarded as a cause of fine or foul weather . For these reasons we find that the earnest men of ...
... eclipse with a scourge of plague , these might well be looked upon as causes in the same sense that the veering or backing of the wind is regarded as a cause of fine or foul weather . For these reasons we find that the earnest men of ...
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... eclipses of 1062 B.C. and 762 B.C .; and has thereby been enabled , in the last few years , to correct the lunar tables of Hansen , and to find a more accurate ... eclipse , 1062 B.C. , used THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 3 ANCIENT Greek AstronoMY.
... eclipses of 1062 B.C. and 762 B.C .; and has thereby been enabled , in the last few years , to correct the lunar tables of Hansen , and to find a more accurate ... eclipse , 1062 B.C. , used THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 3 ANCIENT Greek AstronoMY.
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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 moderr 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 moderr observations . ( British Museum collection , No. 35908. ) obtained from ...
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... 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 with certainty ...
... 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 with certainty ...
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... 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 . Here ...
... 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 . Here ...
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