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Pagina 187
... observations . The observatory between Heliopolis and Cercesura used by him was still pointed out in Augustus ' time ; he had another built at Cnidos , where he observed the star Canopus which was not then visible in higher latitudes ...
... observations . The observatory between Heliopolis and Cercesura used by him was still pointed out in Augustus ' time ; he had another built at Cnidos , where he observed the star Canopus which was not then visible in higher latitudes ...
Pagina 386
... observations made during extensive travels . His astronomical work was entitled ПTepi μeтeśρшv or Meteorologica ; Geminus wrote a commentary on it , and various views quoted from Posidonius by Cleomedes ( De motu circulari corporum ...
... observations made during extensive travels . His astronomical work was entitled ПTepi μeтeśρшv or Meteorologica ; Geminus wrote a commentary on it , and various views quoted from Posidonius by Cleomedes ( De motu circulari corporum ...
Pagina 396
... observation of it , the bright star Spica was 6 ° distant from the autumnal equinoctial point , whereas one Timocharis ... observations , made in 283 or 295 B.C. , and 129/8 B. C. , a period , that is , of 154 or 166 years ; this gives a ...
... observation of it , the bright star Spica was 6 ° distant from the autumnal equinoctial point , whereas one Timocharis ... observations , made in 283 or 295 B.C. , and 129/8 B. C. , a period , that is , of 154 or 166 years ; this gives a ...
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