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245 pages of results. 41. On "the Year -687" [Journals] [Kronos]
... and Civilization in China, Vol. 3 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1959), Section 20, "Astronomy," p. 433. 6. James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Vol. 5, The Ch'un ... in Collision. Instead of the abbreviations "A .D ." and "B .C ." , astronomers prefix a plus or minus sign, and they also find it convenient to assume the existence of a year zero ... . cit., Vol. 2, p. 238; and by Léopold de Saussure, "Le systéme astronomique des Chinois," Part V, "Changements dynastiques et réformes de la doctrine," Archives des sciences physiques ...
42. Dating the Hammurabi Dynasty Using the Venus Tablets [Journals] [SIS Review]
... known as the Venus Tablets [2 ]. In 1912, Father Francis X Kugler, a German professor of astronomy, pointed out that the phrase inserted between the 8th and 9th years of the sequence, Year of the Golden ... attributed to scribal error. At no time was it suggested that some of the anomalies might be arising because the astronomical observations originated at some date other than the accepted solution [7 ]. The idea that they might be due ... , Victor Gollancz, 1951 (first published Sept. 1950). 9. Neugebauer, PV, Tafeln zur Astronomischen Chronologie, Leipzig, Hinrichs, 1912, 1914, 1922, 1925. 10. Langdon-Fotheringham-Schoch, op. cit ...
43. The Weakness of the Venus Greenhouse Theory [Journals] [Kronos]
... of the clouds, which are seen' at long wavelengths. [Now proven to be incorrect. See Popular Astronomy (Jan., 1976), p. 26.] The CO2 and H2O in the Cytherean atmosphere, ... microwave radiometry. There is no water on Venus worth mentioning" (E . J. Opik, The Irish Astronomical Journal, June, 1963).** [Footnote: ** See Science News, Vol. 113 ... 19. - The Ed.] V. I. Moroz of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, writing in the Astronomichesky Journal, Vol. 40. says: "The monochromatic albedo curve contains no features characteristic of reflection from ice ...
44. The Origin And Evolution Of Stars [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... atmosphere degenerates over a wide range of temperatures has long been a puzzle. [James Liebert, Annual Review of Astronomy, 1980] The `cooler [older] helium-rich stars, ' he reports, are `the most numerous ... major problem is the missing Population III stars, as reported in Sky & Telescope: "Down the years, astronomers have been able to divide almost all stars into two groups: Population-I, made up of young stars enriched by ... left anywhere-not even way out in the universe . . . . A vital `transition form' is missing in astronomy's fossil record."133 This is a shaky start for an established theory. However, if stars are born ...
45. Thales: The First Astronomer [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... first astronomer might in itself be viewed as a problem for specialists in early Greek philosophy or in the history of astronomy. But the truth is that the problem cannot be properly addressed until one has taken account of the whole paradigm ... From: The Velikovskian Vol 3 No 4 (1997) Home | Issue Contents Thales: The First Astronomer William Mallen In what sense might I dare to claim that Thales was the first astronomer? There are three main obstacles ... question in language which anticipates my central argument: "War hales mithin den erste Mensch, den sich durch exacte astronomische Beobachtungen vom allgemeinem Planetenkult seiner Landsleute, i. e., vom Glauben an das schicksalhafte eingreifen den Gestims- ...
46. Astronomical Dating and Calendrics [Journals] [Aeon]
... dating because the unsystematic recording used by the ancients allow for an indefinite number of interpretations. The giant of Hellenistic astronomy, Claudius Ptolemy, whose famous Almagest recorded observations from March 127 to February 141 (Julian calendar A.D ... From: Aeon III:3 (Oct 1993) Home | Issue Contents Astronomical Dating and Calendrics Gunnar Heinsohn I. The Debunked Masterpiece of astronomical dating: Sothic chronology A. The Pre-Sothic Dating Scheme of Comparative World History he ... the Sothic cycle of modern Egyptology. From its very inception it could not convince trained astronomers (1 ) or astronomically-minded historians of its validity. (2 ) Its purpose was to independently buttress Biblical chronology. It is not generally ...
47. ...more Myths Monuments and Mnemonics: A Photographic Tour of Egyptian Antiquities [Journals] [Horus]
... been placed in one side-wall, the tiny cell still conveys directly and with some elegance the central role of observational astronomy in Egyptian religion and culture almost five-thousand years ago. As the divine authority on Earth, the pharaoh had a ... the cosmic order. At the same time, at his death the resurrection of his soul in heaven was conceptualized astronomically. An ancient Egyptian religious text reads: Thou shalt appear in heaven, Thou shalt traverse the sky, Thou ... " rays to make a visible display on a particular day, nothing less than accurate alignment could have kept the astronomer-priests in tithes. Such visual phenomena played a vital, integral part in the enactment of significant religious rituals-alignments had to ...
48. San Francisco, February 25, 1974 [Journals] [Pensee]
... to become aware that he is not always his own most effective defender. J. DERRAL MULHOLLAND, Professor of Astronomy, University of Texas (Austin): "Movements of Celestial Bodies- Velikovsky's Fatal Flaw." King introduced Mulholland ... of Venus had substantially changed between -1560 and -500." Disregarding Rose's paper on the subject, he dismissed "astronomical impossibilities" as "scribal errors," cast aside certain texts because their "observational nature has been doubted, ... However, this "new leaf" was not so radical as to entail an apology and public retraction of the astronomer's ridicule of alleged "Velikovskian frogs" before an internationally attended news conference at NASA Ames Research Center last December. ...
49. Investigating the Mound-Builders' Astronomy [Journals] [Horus]
... From: Horus Vol. 1 No. 3 (Fall 1985) Home | Issue Contents Investigating the Mound-Builders' Astronomy F. Glenn Graham Grave Creek Mound; Moudsville, West Virginia Of all the early peoples of North America, ... before Columbus. Atop the central mound, a tall vertical pole was erected to serve as a gnomon to measure astronomical time by the Sun's shadow. A small ceremonial structure stood at the northern edge of the upper level, reached ... can result in the wrong day being declared the solstice and the whole calendar gains or loses time. If ancient astronomer-priests had a distant, distinct natural formation on the horizon that aligned with a specific location from which they viewed the ...
50. The Ramesside Star Tables [Journals] [SIS Review]
... ., a confectionary technologist, is also a specialist in marine navigation. His earlier contribution to SISR on Egyptian astronomy dealt with mythological/astronomical ceiling decoration. Information recorded on astronomical tables in the Ramesside tombs can be charted to ... the movements of stars across the sky over the course of a year. From the consistent variation of the resultant star-tracks from the expected vertical lines, it must be concluded that the year of the tables' compilation - provisionally, ... the year; and this seems all but inconceivable, at least to one who views the question from an "astronometrical standpoint" and who leans on others for advice as to the actual customs and the philology of the Egyptians. ...
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