Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth) · London and Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis · leaf 70
icated—{MonthlyNotices xxxix, 454). But in any case the method of calendar formationis the same. 2 Sayce and Bosanquet understand Capella here also. 42 THE BEGINNINGS OF ASTRONOMY. was seen with the Pleiades, it is clear that the sun,which had just set, was not far west of the cluster; ifhowever,… … Fig. 7. First Year, normal. New J\iouu 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 e.o. this proved that it wasnear the vernal equinox. The suns position…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy, Ancient · Astronomy, Medieval · Early maps
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