Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920, Seabroke, G. M. (George Mitchell), 1848-1918 · London, Macmillan and co. · leaf 57
he equinoctial point was at starting. This is called the precession of the equinoxes. This discovery must be regarded as the greatesttriumph obtained by the early stargazers, and there is D 34 ■ STARGAZING : PAST AND PRESENT. [bo.,k i. iiuicli evidence to show that when the zodiac was firstmarked… … Fig. 12.—The Vernal Eeiuinox among the Cun«tdlations, B.C. 2170.
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