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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... says , all , evidently , came from the same original ; * Joseph Nicolas de Lisle , a celebrated astronomer , the friend of Newton and Halley . He was born at Paris in 1688 , and died there in 1768 . + A town in N. L. 10 ° 44 ′ near to ...
... says , all , evidently , came from the same original ; * Joseph Nicolas de Lisle , a celebrated astronomer , the friend of Newton and Halley . He was born at Paris in 1688 , and died there in 1768 . + A town in N. L. 10 ° 44 ′ near to ...
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... say , that there was then a conjunction of the planets . M. Bailly ob- serves , that it appears , Jupiter and Mer- cury were then in the same degree of the ecliptic ; that Mars was distant about eight degrees , and Saturn seventeen ...
... say , that there was then a conjunction of the planets . M. Bailly ob- serves , that it appears , Jupiter and Mer- cury were then in the same degree of the ecliptic ; that Mars was distant about eight degrees , and Saturn seventeen ...
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... says : " The coincidence appears to me too exact , in most instances , to be the effect of chance : in others , the differences are only such , as to authorize the remark , that the nation , which borrowed from the other , has not ...
... says : " The coincidence appears to me too exact , in most instances , to be the effect of chance : in others , the differences are only such , as to authorize the remark , that the nation , which borrowed from the other , has not ...
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... says to a teacher : Tibi discipulus orescit Cicero meus , jam quatuor partes dicit . " In the other , a man says , boastingly , Partes centum dico : ad æs , ad pondus , ad nummum . " I did not venture to give any examples of the calcu ...
... says to a teacher : Tibi discipulus orescit Cicero meus , jam quatuor partes dicit . " In the other , a man says , boastingly , Partes centum dico : ad æs , ad pondus , ad nummum . " I did not venture to give any examples of the calcu ...
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... ( says he ) by my theory , that at the In- dian epoch of 3102 years before Christ , the apparent and annual mean motion of Saturn was 12 ° 13 ′ 14 " , and the Indian tables make it 12 ° 13 ′ 13 ′′ . In like manner , I find that the annual ...
... ( says he ) by my theory , that at the In- dian epoch of 3102 years before Christ , the apparent and annual mean motion of Saturn was 12 ° 13 ′ 14 " , and the Indian tables make it 12 ° 13 ′ 13 ′′ . In like manner , I find that the annual ...
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