Nature, Količina 47Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1893 |
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... heliacal rising of Sirius or the nearly coincident Nile flood , which , was employed to mark the first year of each series of four . Now as a matter of fact it is known ( I have the high authority of Dr. Krall for the statement ) that ...
... heliacal rising of Sirius or the nearly coincident Nile flood , which , was employed to mark the first year of each series of four . Now as a matter of fact it is known ( I have the high authority of Dr. Krall for the statement ) that ...
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... rise , and in the lower reaches of the river the rise precedes the solstice . Nor was the heliacal rising of Sirius taken alone . As we have seen , according to Biot the heliacal rising of Sirius at the solstice took place on July 20 ...
... rise , and in the lower reaches of the river the rise precedes the solstice . Nor was the heliacal rising of Sirius taken alone . As we have seen , according to Biot the heliacal rising of Sirius at the solstice took place on July 20 ...
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... heliacal rising of Sirius , the beginning of the year . This being so , then , in the year 23 A.D. in which the Alexandrine reform of the calendar , of which more presently , was introduced - the 1st of Thoth would take place on August ...
... heliacal rising of Sirius , the beginning of the year . This being so , then , in the year 23 A.D. in which the Alexandrine reform of the calendar , of which more presently , was introduced - the 1st of Thoth would take place on August ...
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... heliacal rising the Nile - rise was observed . Whenever presumably it took place , New Year's day was reckoned by the Flood , and the rising of Sirius fol- lowed nearly , if not quite , a month afterwards . The equivalent of the old 1st ...
... heliacal rising the Nile - rise was observed . Whenever presumably it took place , New Year's day was reckoned by the Flood , and the rising of Sirius fol- lowed nearly , if not quite , a month afterwards . The equivalent of the old 1st ...
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... heliacal rising of the Pleiades , or as they call it , Turaya . " For Sirius they have no special name , calling it erely " the driver " or " follower " of the three stars Prion ) . It must be remembered that the first sign of the rise ...
... heliacal rising of the Pleiades , or as they call it , Turaya . " For Sirius they have no special name , calling it erely " the driver " or " follower " of the three stars Prion ) . It must be remembered that the first sign of the rise ...
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