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... to intercalate daysor months. Meton (432 B.C.) introduced a reform basedon the nineteenyearcycle. Thisisnot the same asthe Egyptian and Chaldeaneclipse cycle called Saros of 223 lunations, or a little over eighteen years.
... to intercalate daysor months. Meton (432 B.C.) introduced a reform basedon the nineteenyearcycle. Thisisnot the same asthe Egyptian and Chaldeaneclipse cycle called Saros of 223 lunations, or a little over eighteen years.
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... asthe polestar. Inthenorthface ofthe Great Pyramid isthe entrancetoan inclined passage, and six of the ninepyramids at Gizeh possess the same feature; all the passagesbeing inclined at an angle between 26° and 27° to the horizon and ...
... asthe polestar. Inthenorthface ofthe Great Pyramid isthe entrancetoan inclined passage, and six of the ninepyramids at Gizeh possess the same feature; all the passagesbeing inclined at an angle between 26° and 27° to the horizon and ...
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... asthe responses of these astronomers to the demand of Plato for uniform circular motions. Their use became more andmore confirmed, untilthe seventeenth century, whenthe accurate observations of Tycho Brahe enabled Keplerto abolish ...
... asthe responses of these astronomers to the demand of Plato for uniform circular motions. Their use became more andmore confirmed, untilthe seventeenth century, whenthe accurate observations of Tycho Brahe enabled Keplerto abolish ...
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