their books. But besides that, they divide the heavens into 28 stellarspaces. The correspondence of this division to the Hindu system of the 28 Lunar Mansions, calledNakshat?as, has given rise to much discussion. The Chinese sieu or stellar spaces are excessivelyunequal, varying from 240 in… … [To face f. 452. Chap. XXXIII. THE ASTROLOGERS OF CAMBALUC 453 Some years afterwards Father Matteo saw similar instruments at Peking, orrather the same instruments, so exactly alike were they, insomuch that they hadunquestionably been made by the same artist. And indeed it is known that theywere…
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