An Historical Survey of the Astronomy of the Ancients (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book An Historical Survey of the Astronomy of the Ancients (Classic Reprint) written by George Cornewall Lewis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Historical Survey of the Astronomy of the Ancients I) A Just character of Delambre's History of Ancient Astronomy is given by Martin, Etudes sur le Timee de Platon, tom. Ii. P. 424. M. Martin remarks that the work of Delambre must be considered rather as materials for the history of ancient astronomy, than as a history itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.