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... Astronomical Society , XLIV . , 4 , 1884 . 91. Bessel als Bremer Handlungslehrling . Bremen , 1890 . 92. FRANTZ , J. Festrede aus Veranlassung von Bessel's hundertjährigem Geburtstag . Königsberg , 1884 . 93. DZIOBEK , O. Mathematical ...
... Astronomical Society , XLIV . , 4 , 1884 . 91. Bessel als Bremer Handlungslehrling . Bremen , 1890 . 92. FRANTZ , J. Festrede aus Veranlassung von Bessel's hundertjährigem Geburtstag . Königsberg , 1884 . 93. DZIOBEK , O. Mathematical ...
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... astronomical and mathematical calculations until the sixteenth century , when they finally yielded their place to the decimal fractions . It may be asked , What led to the invention of the sexagesi- mal system ? Why was it that 60 parts ...
... astronomical and mathematical calculations until the sixteenth century , when they finally yielded their place to the decimal fractions . It may be asked , What led to the invention of the sexagesi- mal system ? Why was it that 60 parts ...
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... astronomical records reaching back as far as 2234 B.C. Porphyrius says that these were sent to Aristotle . Ptolemy , the Alexandrian astrono- mer , possessed a Babylonian record of eclipses going back to 747 B.C. Recently Epping and ...
... astronomical records reaching back as far as 2234 B.C. Porphyrius says that these were sent to Aristotle . Ptolemy , the Alexandrian astrono- mer , possessed a Babylonian record of eclipses going back to 747 B.C. Recently Epping and ...
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... astronomical records reaching back as far as 2234 B.C. Porphyrius says that these were sent to Aristotle . Ptolemy , the Alexandrian astrono- mer , possessed a Babylonian record of eclipses going back to 747 B.C. Recently Epping and ...
... astronomical records reaching back as far as 2234 B.C. Porphyrius says that these were sent to Aristotle . Ptolemy , the Alexandrian astrono- mer , possessed a Babylonian record of eclipses going back to 747 B.C. Recently Epping and ...
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... astronomical observations . This , coupled with the fact that the word harpedonapta , applied to Egyptian geometers , means " rope - stretchers , " would point to the conclusion that the Egyptian , like the Indian and Chinese geometers ...
... astronomical observations . This , coupled with the fact that the word harpedonapta , applied to Egyptian geometers , means " rope - stretchers , " would point to the conclusion that the Egyptian , like the Indian and Chinese geometers ...
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