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... Ptolemy alittlelater, were abletousethe observations of Chaldĉan astrologers, as well asthoseof Alexandrian astronomers, and to make some discoveries which havehelped theprogressof astronomy in allages. So,also, Mr. Cowell[2] ...
... Ptolemy alittlelater, were abletousethe observations of Chaldĉan astrologers, as well asthoseof Alexandrian astronomers, and to make some discoveries which havehelped theprogressof astronomy in allages. So,also, Mr. Cowell[2] ...
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... will and appointmentof the gods. They recorded these movements, but mainlyinthe hope of tracing the will of the gods in mundane affairs.Ptolemy (about 130 A.D.) made use of Babylonian eclipses in the eighth century B.C. for.
... will and appointmentof the gods. They recorded these movements, but mainlyinthe hope of tracing the will of the gods in mundane affairs.Ptolemy (about 130 A.D.) made use of Babylonian eclipses in the eighth century B.C. for.
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... Ptolemy, inthe Almagest (Suntaxis), says it occurred inthe seventh yearof Cambyses, onthenight ofthe seventeenthand eighteenthof the Egyptianmonth Phamenoth.Pingré and Oppolzerfixthe date July 16th, 533 B.C.Thus arethe relationsofthe ...
... Ptolemy, inthe Almagest (Suntaxis), says it occurred inthe seventh yearof Cambyses, onthenight ofthe seventeenthand eighteenthof the Egyptianmonth Phamenoth.Pingré and Oppolzerfixthe date July 16th, 533 B.C.Thus arethe relationsofthe ...
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... Ptolemy (130 A.D.)wrote the Suntaxis, or Almagest, which includes a cyclopedia of astronomy, containing a summary of knowledge atthat date. Wehave noevidence beyond his own statement thathe was a practical observer. He theorised onthe ...
... Ptolemy (130 A.D.)wrote the Suntaxis, or Almagest, which includes a cyclopedia of astronomy, containing a summary of knowledge atthat date. Wehave noevidence beyond his own statement thathe was a practical observer. He theorised onthe ...
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... Ptolemy toplace the centresofthe epicycles of Mercury and Venus at the sun, and toextend the same system to the major planets. Something ofthis sort had been proposedbythe Egyptians (weare told by Cicero and others), and was accepted by ...
... Ptolemy toplace the centresofthe epicycles of Mercury and Venus at the sun, and toextend the same system to the major planets. Something ofthis sort had been proposedbythe Egyptians (weare told by Cicero and others), and was accepted by ...
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