Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 378 pages |
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Page 12
... equal to two constellations and a quarter , each constel- lation consists of thirteen degrees , twenty minutes , and has its particular name . " This division of the zodiac is extremely natural in the infancy of astronomical ob ...
... equal to two constellations and a quarter , each constel- lation consists of thirteen degrees , twenty minutes , and has its particular name . " This division of the zodiac is extremely natural in the infancy of astronomical ob ...
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... equal parts , in which parts the length of the shadow is also measured . One third of this measure is the number of minutes by which the day , at the end of the first month after the equinox , exceeds twelve hours ; four - fifths of ...
... equal parts , in which parts the length of the shadow is also measured . One third of this measure is the number of minutes by which the day , at the end of the first month after the equinox , exceeds twelve hours ; four - fifths of ...
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... equal to that which the action of the planets on one another may be shewn to have pro- duced , in the space of forty - eight centu- ries , reckoned back from the beginning of the present . " Two other of the elements of this as- tronomy ...
... equal to that which the action of the planets on one another may be shewn to have pro- duced , in the space of forty - eight centu- ries , reckoned back from the beginning of the present . " Two other of the elements of this as- tronomy ...
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... equal to 3,438 minutes , or 60ths of a degree . In this they are quite singular . Ptolemy , and the Greek mathematicians , after dividing the circumference , as we have already de- scribed , supposed the radius to be divided into sixty ...
... equal to 3,438 minutes , or 60ths of a degree . In this they are quite singular . Ptolemy , and the Greek mathematicians , after dividing the circumference , as we have already de- scribed , supposed the radius to be divided into sixty ...
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... equal to the arduous task of fa- bricating large works , to agree with the very numerous citations , pervading thou- sands of volumes , composed on divers sub- jects , in every branch of literature , and dispersed 74 ON THE ASTRONOMY ...
... equal to the arduous task of fa- bricating large works , to agree with the very numerous citations , pervading thou- sands of volumes , composed on divers sub- jects , in every branch of literature , and dispersed 74 ON THE ASTRONOMY ...
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