Saint Augustine was, of course, quite correct. The celestial bodies measure time for us; they do not tell us its nature. Like all too common words, “time” has developed a multitude of meanings. We use it in one sense if we say, “The time has come,” and with a slightly different meaning if we speak of “time and tide,”–to give… (more…)
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With the advent of mechanical devices, the water clocks disappeared
Captain Scott had the misfortune to lose his solar tables on one of his south polar trips and had he not been extremely resourceful the result might have been very serious. As he was located between the True and the Magnetic South Poles his compass was practically useless. He tells in his book that he instructed one of his subordinates… (more…)
From summer to winter the change is gradual and slow
From summer to winter the change is gradual and slow. Days are separated by nights of darkness; but seasons pass almost imperceptibly, flowing into one another until the casual observer can hardly say where one begins and another ends. If we are astronomers, we may go out on a cold snowy day about the twenty-first of March, perfectly confident that… (more…)
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- 50 Years of Listening for Aliens
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- Astronomers in the Middle Ages
- Babylonian Astrology
- Big Clue to Stonehenge
- China UFO sparks rampant speculation
- Chinese Science and the Equinox
- Dissapearance of Water Clocks
- Early Studies in the Nature of lLight
- Greek Gods of the Sun
- Ingenuity and Scientific Care in Egyptian Construction
- Local Mean Time of the Observation and GMT
- Monotheism in the Valley of the Nile
- Moon Complicated Everything
- Noon and Sunset
- Polar Auroras or Dance of the Spirits
- Sand Glasses Vs. Water Clocks
- Seasonal Change from Summer to Winter
- Space and Galaxies
- Sun's Changing Declination
- The Astronomy in Babylonia
- The Belt Known as the Zodiac
- The Chinese Observed Sunspots in Ancient Tmes
- The Ecliptic is the Path of the Sun
- The End of Twilight
- The Evening and the Morning
- The First Great Division of Time
- The Little "Rings with Wings"
- The Moon Goddesses
- The Moon is Irregular
- The Moon is Linked with the Superstitions
- The Sight of Earthshine
- The Sun was Worshiped as a God
- The Time Has Come…
- The Wrath of Heaven
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