Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth) · London and Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis · leaf 63
same may be said about tlie tropical circles.Either Aratus was careless, or the globe from which he took his descrip-tions was incorrect : in any case, there results an uncertainty of manycenturies and many degrees in date and latitude. ^ Epping and Strassmeier, Astrononiischcs aus Babylon,… … Fig. 7. The Mijon Gud of Ur. From a cylinder-seal in the British Museum, dated about b.c. 2400.Reproduced by permission of the Trustees. {To fact p. 36 THE BEGINNINGS OF ASTRONOMY. 87 This people, who belonged to a totally distinct familyof nations, and are known to us now as Sumerians, hadsettled…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy, Ancient · Astronomy, Medieval · Early maps
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