| John Frederick Blake - 1877 - 462 pàgines
...Eleplianta (Salsette) commences with the same constellation. However, reasons have been given for assign ing to the zodiac a still earlier date than this would...the solstices. The Balance marks the equality of the clays and nights at the equinoxes, and the other names seem to refer to agriculture and to the climate... | |
| Ecclesiological Society - 1920 - 310 pàgines
...beyond reasonable doubt." The celebrated French astronomer and mathematician, Laplace, declares that the names of the constellations of the Zodiac have not been given to them by mere caprice, but archaic ideas connected with natural phenomena are distinguished by great simplicity,... | |
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