History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times, Band 1John W. Parker, West Strand, 1837 |
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... century , as well as by Plutarch . It is said , that Alexander the Great wrote to his former tutor to this effect ; " You have not done well in publishing these lectures ; for how shall we , your pupils , excel other men , if you make ...
... century , as well as by Plutarch . It is said , that Alexander the Great wrote to his former tutor to this effect ; " You have not done well in publishing these lectures ; for how shall we , your pupils , excel other men , if you make ...
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... centuries , till they were again called up in Galileo , and more remarkably in Stevinus . This time , they were not destined again to slumber ; and the results of their activity have been the formation of two sciences , which are as ...
... centuries , till they were again called up in Galileo , and more remarkably in Stevinus . This time , they were not destined again to slumber ; and the results of their activity have been the formation of two sciences , which are as ...
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... ) says , that according to the legend , it was King Aseth who first added the 5 additional days to 360 , for the year , in the eighteenth century B. c . L LORES WAre the first ng motwelve 2 : 28 ITS EARLIEST STAGES . 121.
... ) says , that according to the legend , it was King Aseth who first added the 5 additional days to 360 , for the year , in the eighteenth century B. c . L LORES WAre the first ng motwelve 2 : 28 ITS EARLIEST STAGES . 121.
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... century , B. C .: but Ideler thinks the astronomical knowledge of the Greeks of that age was too limited to allow of such a dis- covery . This cycle , however , was imperfect . The duration of 99 lunations is something more than 2922 ...
... century , B. C .: but Ideler thinks the astronomical knowledge of the Greeks of that age was too limited to allow of such a dis- covery . This cycle , however , was imperfect . The duration of 99 lunations is something more than 2922 ...
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... centuries , we find no single observation , or fact , connected with astronomy , in the Chinese histories ; and their astro- nomy has never advanced beyond a very rude and imperfect condition . We can only conjecture the mode in which ...
... centuries , we find no single observation , or fact , connected with astronomy , in the Chinese histories ; and their astro- nomy has never advanced beyond a very rude and imperfect condition . We can only conjecture the mode in which ...
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