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... moon with as much confidence asit isaffirmed in Lord Wolseley's Soldier's Pocket Book. Even if the scientific spirit ... moon's longitude and the node of her orbitthanany that could be obtained from modern observationsmade with ...
... moon with as much confidence asit isaffirmed in Lord Wolseley's Soldier's Pocket Book. Even if the scientific spirit ... moon's longitude and the node of her orbitthanany that could be obtained from modern observationsmade with ...
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... moon, and later the planets, were seen to crawl over it. It was a great step to look on thevaultasa hollow spherecarrying thesun too.It must havebeen difficult tobelieve thatat midday the stars are shining as brightly in the blue sky as ...
... moon, and later the planets, were seen to crawl over it. It was a great step to look on thevaultasa hollow spherecarrying thesun too.It must havebeen difficult tobelieve thatat midday the stars are shining as brightly in the blue sky as ...
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... moon were in conjunctionat 9 a.m., andthat on March 1st the moon was in conjunction with the otherfour planets. Butthis needs confirmation. Yao, referredto above, gaveinstructions to his astronomersto determine the positionsofthe ...
... moon were in conjunctionat 9 a.m., andthat on March 1st the moon was in conjunction with the otherfour planets. Butthis needs confirmation. Yao, referredto above, gaveinstructions to his astronomersto determine the positionsofthe ...
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... moon's orbit revolves justonce round the poleofthe ecliptic,and for this reason the eclipses in one cycleare repeated with very slightmodification in the next cycle,and so on for many centuries. It maybethat theneglect of their dutiesby ...
... moon's orbit revolves justonce round the poleofthe ecliptic,and for this reason the eclipses in one cycleare repeated with very slightmodification in the next cycle,and so on for many centuries. It maybethat theneglect of their dutiesby ...
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... moon, andofthe five planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. We have records of observations carried on under Asshurbanapal, who sent astronomers todifferent parts to study celestial phenomena. Here is one:— To theDirector of ...
... moon, andofthe five planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. We have records of observations carried on under Asshurbanapal, who sent astronomers todifferent parts to study celestial phenomena. Here is one:— To theDirector of ...
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