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... Cycles , to harmonize the Lunar with the Solar year . It is perhaps necessary also again to observe , that the fractional difference between the tropical and sideral solar year , does not affect the periods of time in general Chronology ...
... Cycles , to harmonize the Lunar with the Solar year . It is perhaps necessary also again to observe , that the fractional difference between the tropical and sideral solar year , does not affect the periods of time in general Chronology ...
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... Cycles adopted from time to time , with a view to harmonize the Lunar and Solar years . Cleostratus , a Greek philosopher , about B. C. five hundred and thirty - two , discovered the Cycle of eight years , which was used to regulate the ...
... Cycles adopted from time to time , with a view to harmonize the Lunar and Solar years . Cleostratus , a Greek philosopher , about B. C. five hundred and thirty - two , discovered the Cycle of eight years , which was used to regulate the ...
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... Cycle of eight years , which was a more perfect Cycle than either of the preceding ; leaving , betwen lunar and solar time , in eight years , a difference of only one day , fourteen hours , and nine minutes . The aug- mentation of this ...
... Cycle of eight years , which was a more perfect Cycle than either of the preceding ; leaving , betwen lunar and solar time , in eight years , a difference of only one day , fourteen hours , and nine minutes . The aug- mentation of this ...
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... Cycle , called the Cycle of the moon ; the numbers whereof being , by reason of the excellen- cy of their use , written in the ancient callendars in golden letters in our present almanacs is called , the golden numbers . This Cycle is ...
... Cycle , called the Cycle of the moon ; the numbers whereof being , by reason of the excellen- cy of their use , written in the ancient callendars in golden letters in our present almanacs is called , the golden numbers . This Cycle is ...
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... Cycle , as a lttle perfecter than " the perfectest . " The account which he gives of this Cycle is , in substance , as follows : — After the expiration of a century , it was found that the Cycle of Meto " had overshot what he aimed a by ...
... Cycle , as a lttle perfecter than " the perfectest . " The account which he gives of this Cycle is , in substance , as follows : — After the expiration of a century , it was found that the Cycle of Meto " had overshot what he aimed a by ...
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