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History of the inductive sciences, from the earliest to the present time

Note 18 — Chapter I · Earliest Stages of Astronomy.

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Aratus says of the moon, in a passage quoted by Geminus, p. 33:

Αἴει δ’ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλα παρακλίνουσα μετωπὰ Εἴρῃ, ὁποσταίη μήνος περιτέλλεται ἡὼς As still her shifting visage changing turns, By her we count the monthly round of morns.

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