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Page 191
... appearance was regarded as a sure forerunner of the rising of the great river , the fertilising flood of which was attributed to the influ- ence of this beautiful star . It is believed that the Mazzaroth in Job is an allusion to this ...
... appearance was regarded as a sure forerunner of the rising of the great river , the fertilising flood of which was attributed to the influ- ence of this beautiful star . It is believed that the Mazzaroth in Job is an allusion to this ...
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... appearance , shine with the same undiminished splendour , and rise and set with the same regularity . So that from time immemorial the stars have been regarded by mankind as the embodiment of all that is eternal and unchangeable . Yet ...
... appearance , shine with the same undiminished splendour , and rise and set with the same regularity . So that from time immemorial the stars have been regarded by mankind as the embodiment of all that is eternal and unchangeable . Yet ...
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... appearance , an effect created by the protuberance of luminous ridges and processes -masses of flame which arise from over its entire surface . The chromosphere consists chiefly of glowing hydrogen , and an element called helium , which ...
... appearance , an effect created by the protuberance of luminous ridges and processes -masses of flame which arise from over its entire surface . The chromosphere consists chiefly of glowing hydrogen , and an element called helium , which ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 45 |
MILTONS ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE | 81 |
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