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... to the conception of any universe that might have been substituted in its place. The first inhabitants of the world were compelled to accommodate ... tothe planetary conjunctions an influence over terrestrial events, let us remember that.
... to the conception of any universe that might have been substituted in its place. The first inhabitants of the world were compelled to accommodate ... tothe planetary conjunctions an influence over terrestrial events, let us remember that.
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... tothe east eachmorning by its goingunder theflat earth in the night.He heldthat in a solar eclipsethe moonhides the sun,and in a lunareclipse the moonenters the earth's shadow—both excellent opinions. Buthe entertainedabsurd ideas of ...
... tothe east eachmorning by its goingunder theflat earth in the night.He heldthat in a solar eclipsethe moonhides the sun,and in a lunareclipse the moonenters the earth's shadow—both excellent opinions. Buthe entertainedabsurd ideas of ...
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... tothe stars. It isstillused for fixingthe date of Easter, thenumber ofthe year in Melon'scycle being the golden number ofour prayerbooks. Melon's system divided the 235 lunations into months of thirty days and omitted every sixtythird ...
... tothe stars. It isstillused for fixingthe date of Easter, thenumber ofthe year in Melon'scycle being the golden number ofour prayerbooks. Melon's system divided the 235 lunations into months of thirty days and omitted every sixtythird ...
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... to the ecliptic was due tothe greater weight ofthe southern partsowing to the exuberant vegetation. For furtherreferences to similarefforts of imagination the reader isreferred toSir George Cornwall Lewis's Historical Survey ofthe ...
... to the ecliptic was due tothe greater weight ofthe southern partsowing to the exuberant vegetation. For furtherreferences to similarefforts of imagination the reader isreferred toSir George Cornwall Lewis's Historical Survey ofthe ...
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... tothe earth. If, then,we suppose theearth fixed andthesun to revolve round it onceayear, and the planets eachin its own period,itis only necessaryto impose upon eachofthese an additional annual motion to enableus to representtruly ...
... tothe earth. If, then,we suppose theearth fixed andthesun to revolve round it onceayear, and the planets eachin its own period,itis only necessaryto impose upon eachofthese an additional annual motion to enableus to representtruly ...
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