The New Encyclopædia Britannica: In 32 Volumes. A-ak - Bayes, Volume 1Philip W. Goetz, Dale H. Hoiberg, Robert MacHenry Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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... tropics there is greater diversity in both the timing and extent of the laying period . Although many tropical populations have distinct laying periods at the same season in each year , a number of those in relatively seasonless ...
... tropics there is greater diversity in both the timing and extent of the laying period . Although many tropical populations have distinct laying periods at the same season in each year , a number of those in relatively seasonless ...
Page 433
... tropical countries there are just the rainy and dry periods , but elsewhere there are successions of wider changes . In Egypt the annual flooding of the Nile was followed by seeding and then harvest , and three seasons were recognized ...
... tropical countries there are just the rainy and dry periods , but elsewhere there are successions of wider changes . In Egypt the annual flooding of the Nile was followed by seeding and then harvest , and three seasons were recognized ...
Page 434
... tropical years , or one whole Egyptian calendar year every 1,460 tropical years ( 4 X 365 ) , which was equivalent to 1,461 Egyptian calendar years . After this period the heliacal ris- ing and setting of Sothis would again coincide ...
... tropical years , or one whole Egyptian calendar year every 1,460 tropical years ( 4 X 365 ) , which was equivalent to 1,461 Egyptian calendar years . After this period the heliacal ris- ing and setting of Sothis would again coincide ...
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