...what they were principally concerned with, is a much more correct one than the Greeks ever achieved.1 They had a division of the ecliptic into twenty-seven...superstitious notions, the heliacal rising, with other phcenomena of a few. The adoration of the sun, of the planets, and of the stars, in common with the...

...what they were principally concerned with, is a much more correct one than the Greeks ever achieved.1 They had a division of the ecliptic into twenty-seven...seemingly their own : it was certainly borrowed by the Arabians.2 Being led to the observation of the fixed stars, they obtained a knowledge of the positions...

...time. Their calendar, both civil and religious, was governed chiefly, not exclusively, by the moon and sun : and the motions of these luminaries were carefully...their own : it was certainly borrowed by the Arabians. -f- Being led to the observation of the fixed stars, they obtained a knowledge of the positions of...

...time. Their calendar, both civil and religious, was governed chiefly, not exclusively, by the moon and sun : and the motions of these luminaries were carefully...seemingly their own: it was certainly borrowed by the Arabians.-f- Being led to the observation of the fixed stars, they obtained a knowledge of the positions...

...what they were principally concerned with, is a much more correct one than the Greeks ever achieved.1 They had a division of the ecliptic into twenty-seven...superstitious notions, the heliacal rising, with other phaenomena of a few. The adoration of the sun, of the planets, and of the stars, in common with the...

...what they were principally concerned with, is a much more correct one than the Greeks ever achieved.1 They had a division of the ecliptic into twenty-seven...seemingly their own: it was certainly borrowed by the Arabians.8 Being led to the observation of the fixed stars, they obtained a knowledge of the positions...

...observed by the Hindus, and with such success that their determination of the moon's synodical revolution is a much more correct one than the Greeks ever achieved....seemingly their own. It was certainly borrowed by the Arabs '. They were particularly conversant with the most splendid of the primary planets ; the period...

...of the ecliptic into twenty-seven and twenty-eight parts, suggested evidently by the moon's jwriod in days, and seemingly their own. It was certainly borrowed by the Arabs-. They 1 The nine planets are the Sun and Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, with Rahu...

...some progress at an early period in the astronomy cultivated by them for the regulation of time. Their calendar, both civil and religious, was governed chiefly,...own ; it was certainly borrowed by the Arabians.' There is one more argument which has been adduced in support of a Babylonian, or, at all events, a...

...carefully observed by them, and with such success, that their determination of the moon's synodicul revolution, which was what they were principally concerned...their own; it was certainly borrowed by the Arabians.' There is one more argument wlu'ch has been adduced in support of a Babylonian, or, at all evente, a...