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... FOOTNOTES: [1] Trans.R.S.E., xxiii. 1864,p. 499,OnSun Spots, etc., by B. Stewart. AlsoTrans. R.S.186070. AlsoProf. Ernest Brown, in R.A.S.Monthly Notices, 1900. [2] R. A. S. Monthly Notices, Sup.; 1905. [3] R. A. S. Monthly Notices, vol ...
... FOOTNOTES: [1] Trans.R.S.E., xxiii. 1864,p. 499,OnSun Spots, etc., by B. Stewart. AlsoTrans. R.S.186070. AlsoProf. Ernest Brown, in R.A.S.Monthly Notices, 1900. [2] R. A. S. Monthly Notices, Sup.; 1905. [3] R. A. S. Monthly Notices, vol ...
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... FOOTNOTES: [1] These ancient datesare uncertain. [2] R. A.S.Monthly Notices, vol. lxviii., No.5, March, 1908. 3. ANCIENT. GREEK. ASTRONOMY. We have our information about the earliest Greek astronomy from Herodotus (born 480 B.C.). He put ...
... FOOTNOTES: [1] These ancient datesare uncertain. [2] R. A.S.Monthly Notices, vol. lxviii., No.5, March, 1908. 3. ANCIENT. GREEK. ASTRONOMY. We have our information about the earliest Greek astronomy from Herodotus (born 480 B.C.). He put ...
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... FOOTNOTES: [1] Phil.Mag.,vol. xxiv., pp. 4814. [2] Πληιάδας τʽ ἐσορω̑ντε καὶ ὀψὲ δύοντα βοώτην ʼΆρκτον θ̕,ἣνκαὶ ἅμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν,ʽΉτ̕ αὐτου̑ στρέφεται καὶ τ̕ʼΩρίωνα δοκεύει,Οἴη δ̕ἄμμοροςἐστι λοετρων ʽΩκεανοι̑ο. "The ...
... FOOTNOTES: [1] Phil.Mag.,vol. xxiv., pp. 4814. [2] Πληιάδας τʽ ἐσορω̑ντε καὶ ὀψὲ δύοντα βοώτην ʼΆρκτον θ̕,ἣνκαὶ ἅμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν,ʽΉτ̕ αὐτου̑ στρέφεται καὶ τ̕ʼΩρίωνα δοκεύει,Οἴη δ̕ἄμμοροςἐστι λοετρων ʽΩκεανοι̑ο. "The ...
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