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Dante and the early astronomers (1913)

Evershed, M. A. (Orr) · London : Gall & Inglis · leaf 69

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IMew moon close toReiades^ Fig. 7. First Year, normal. New Moon near the Pleiades aftersunset on the 1st of Nisan. The position of the young moon (which always closely follows the sun) showed thatthe sun was not far west of the Pleiades ; and about 1000 B.C. this proved that it wasnear the vernal…

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy

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