author - "George Forbes"
S. Monthly Notices_, 1900.
[2] _R. A. S. Monthly Notices_, Sup.; 1905.
[Illustration: CHALDÆAN BAKED BRICK OR TABLET, Obverse and reversesides, Containing record of solar eclipse, 1062 B.C., used lately byCowell for rendering the lunar theory more accurate than was possibleby finest modern observations. (British Museum collection,No. 35908.)]
[3] _R. A. S. Monthly Notices_, vol. x., p. 65.
[4] R. S. E. Proc., vol. x., 1880.
2. ANCIENT ASTRONOMY--THE CHINESE AND CHALDÆANS.
The last section must have made clear the difficulties the way ofassigning to the ancient nations their proper place in the developmentof primitive notions about astronomy. The fact that some allegedobservations date back to a period before the Chinese had invented theart of writing leads immediately to the question how far tradition canbe trusted.
Our first detailed knowledge was gathered in the far East bytravellers, and by the Jesuit priests, and was published in theeighteenth century. The As
S. Monthly Notices_, 1900.
[2] _R. A. S. Monthly Notices_, Sup.; 1905.
[Illustration: CHALDÆAN BAKED BRICK OR TABLET, Obverse and reversesides, Containing record of solar eclipse, 1062 B.C., used lately byCowell for rendering the lunar theory more accurate than was possibleby finest modern observations. (British Museum collection,No. 35908.)]
[3] _R. A. S. Monthly Notices_, vol. x., p. 65.
[4] R. S. E. Proc., vol. x., 1880.
2. ANCIENT ASTRONOMY--THE CHINESE AND CHALDÆANS.
The last section must have made clear the difficulties the way ofassigning to the ancient nations their proper place in the developmentof primitive notions about astronomy. The fact that some allegedobservations date back to a period before the Chinese had invented theart of writing leads immediately to the question how far tradition canbe trusted.
Our first detailed knowledge was gathered in the far East bytravellers, and by the Jesuit priests, and was published in theeighteenth century. The As