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... , when they suggested such "working hypotheses," were laying the foundationsof observationand deduction. If the ancient Chaldæans gave tothe planetary conjunctions an influence over terrestrial events, let us remember that.
... , when they suggested such "working hypotheses," were laying the foundationsof observationand deduction. If the ancient Chaldæans gave tothe planetary conjunctions an influence over terrestrial events, let us remember that.
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... Chaldæan astrologers, as well asthoseof Alexandrian astronomers, and to make some discoveries which havehelped theprogressof astronomy in allages. So,also, Mr. Cowell[2] hasexamined the marks madeon the baked bricks usedbythe Chaldæans ...
... Chaldæan astrologers, as well asthoseof Alexandrian astronomers, and to make some discoveries which havehelped theprogressof astronomy in allages. So,also, Mr. Cowell[2] hasexamined the marks madeon the baked bricks usedbythe Chaldæans ...
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... CHALDÆANS. The last section must have made clear the difficulties the way of assigning to the ancientnations theirproper place in the development of primitive notions about astronomy. The fact that some alleged observations date backto ...
... CHALDÆANS. The last section must have made clear the difficulties the way of assigning to the ancientnations theirproper place in the development of primitive notions about astronomy. The fact that some alleged observations date backto ...
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... Chaldæans, Assyrians, and Egyptians is but the remnant of a far more complete astronomy ofwhich no tracecan be found. Delambre, inhisHistoire del'Astronomie Ancienne (1817), ridiculesthe opinionofBailly, and considers that the progress ...
... Chaldæans, Assyrians, and Egyptians is but the remnant of a far more complete astronomy ofwhich no tracecan be found. Delambre, inhisHistoire del'Astronomie Ancienne (1817), ridiculesthe opinionofBailly, and considers that the progress ...
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... Chaldæans.—Until the last half century historians were accustomed tolook backupon the Greeks, who ledthe world from thefifthto the third century B.C.,as the pioneers ofart,literature, and science.But the excavations and ...
... Chaldæans.—Until the last half century historians were accustomed tolook backupon the Greeks, who ledthe world from thefifthto the third century B.C.,as the pioneers ofart,literature, and science.But the excavations and ...
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