Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Volume 106American Philosophical Society, 1962 - Anthropology |
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... Hipparchus in trying to determine the length of the solar year observed the con- junction of the sun with fixed stars and its return to the same ; he also observed ( the time from ) the beginning of the solar motion from a point of the ...
... Hipparchus in trying to determine the length of the solar year observed the con- junction of the sun with fixed stars and its return to the same ; he also observed ( the time from ) the beginning of the solar motion from a point of the ...
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... Hipparchus in the year 32 of the 3rd cycle of the years of Philip which he mentioned as particularly accurate . It was in the year 178 after the death of Alex- ander on the 3rd day of the 5 epagomenal days at midnight to the 4th . We ...
... Hipparchus in the year 32 of the 3rd cycle of the years of Philip which he mentioned as particularly accurate . It was in the year 178 after the death of Alex- ander on the 3rd day of the 5 epagomenal days at midnight to the 4th . We ...
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... Hipparchus and by us resulted for the length of the solar year ( the value ) 365 ; 15,26,24d . [ 112 ] Thus the difference between this length and the length of the solar year which we derived from the observation by Hipparchus and by ...
... Hipparchus and by us resulted for the length of the solar year ( the value ) 365 ; 15,26,24d . [ 112 ] Thus the difference between this length and the length of the solar year which we derived from the observation by Hipparchus and by ...
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J B DUROSELLE | 10 |
The American Civil War Viewed from the Netherlands | 33 |
SeashorePrimitive Home of Man? CARL O SAUER | 41 |
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