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... solar year ? meeting us at every turn 152 Chronology , as a science , possesses few attractions , hence , little studied , and less understood , yet susceptible of explication , even to ordinary minds ..... ............ 153 1 Chronology ...
... solar year ? meeting us at every turn 152 Chronology , as a science , possesses few attractions , hence , little studied , and less understood , yet susceptible of explication , even to ordinary minds ..... ............ 153 1 Chronology ...
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... Solar year 1 of 365 days . Length of the Ante - diluvian year ............ . -- - -- Dr. Halley's account of the ancient philosophers ...... The Brazen Age . -Era of Sesostris . -- Thales , the first to cor- rect the Greek year . The ...
... Solar year 1 of 365 days . Length of the Ante - diluvian year ............ . -- - -- Dr. Halley's account of the ancient philosophers ...... The Brazen Age . -Era of Sesostris . -- Thales , the first to cor- rect the Greek year . The ...
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... solar days , of twenty - four hours - and a strong suspicion of a tendency to Atheism attaches to every suggestion , calculated to disturb opinions which have been pillowed upon the lap of centuries . This , however , to the contrary ...
... solar days , of twenty - four hours - and a strong suspicion of a tendency to Atheism attaches to every suggestion , calculated to disturb opinions which have been pillowed upon the lap of centuries . This , however , to the contrary ...
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... solar day of twenty - four hours , or a period of vastly greater length . In conducting our inquiries in reference to this in- teresting subject , we observe that , reasoning analogi- cally , Nature and Providence are gradual in their ...
... solar day of twenty - four hours , or a period of vastly greater length . In conducting our inquiries in reference to this in- teresting subject , we observe that , reasoning analogi- cally , Nature and Providence are gradual in their ...
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... solar revolutions of the sun and moon , estab- lished the divisions of time into days , months , and years , and the seasons into those of summer and winter . 5. The formation , first of fishes , and second , of birds , the products of ...
... solar revolutions of the sun and moon , estab- lished the divisions of time into days , months , and years , and the seasons into those of summer and winter . 5. The formation , first of fishes , and second , of birds , the products of ...
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