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George Forbes. hemisphere, with its concavity turned downwards. The stars seemed to be fixed on this vault; the moon, and later the planets, were seen to crawl over it. It was a great step to look on thevaultasa hollow spherecarrying ...
George Forbes. hemisphere, with its concavity turned downwards. The stars seemed to be fixed on this vault; the moon, and later the planets, were seen to crawl over it. It was a great step to look on thevaultasa hollow spherecarrying ...
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... the moon was in conjunction with the otherfour planets. Butthis needs confirmation. Yao, referredto above, gaveinstructions to his astronomersto determine the positionsofthe solsticesand equinoxes, and they reported the names of the stars ...
... the moon was in conjunction with the otherfour planets. Butthis needs confirmation. Yao, referredto above, gaveinstructions to his astronomersto determine the positionsofthe solsticesand equinoxes, and they reported the names of the stars ...
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George Forbes. equinoxes, and they reported the names of the stars in the places occupied by the sun at these seasons, and in 2285 B.C. he gave them further orders. If this account be true, it shows aknowledge that thevault ofheaven isa ...
George Forbes. equinoxes, and they reported the names of the stars in the places occupied by the sun at these seasons, and in 2285 B.C. he gave them further orders. If this account be true, it shows aknowledge that thevault ofheaven isa ...
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George Forbes. Williams, in 1871, published Observations of Comets from 611 B.C. to 1640 A.D., Extracted from the Chinese Annals. With regardto those centuries concerning whichwehave no astronomical Chinese records, it isfairtostate that ...
George Forbes. Williams, in 1871, published Observations of Comets from 611 B.C. to 1640 A.D., Extracted from the Chinese Annals. With regardto those centuries concerning whichwehave no astronomical Chinese records, it isfairtostate that ...
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George Forbes. use of Babylonian eclipses in the eighth century B.C. for improving his solar and lunar tables ... with Jeremiah" (Sayce); and(2) that the order of intercalationatthat time wasnot dissimilarto that in useat the presentday ...
George Forbes. use of Babylonian eclipses in the eighth century B.C. for improving his solar and lunar tables ... with Jeremiah" (Sayce); and(2) that the order of intercalationatthat time wasnot dissimilarto that in useat the presentday ...
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