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Quote: the length of day and night change with the seasons because the sun's course above and below ground slice the sky's regions in unequal arcs, or air is denser underneath the earth, or the sun is created anew each day at different rates
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astronomy
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history of science
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scientific method
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[V.680] As to why the length of days … // Dwindles, the explanation is either that the … sky's regions into unequal arcs, … And whatever he subtracts from one leg of … He arrives in either star-sign of the year … Or else perhaps it might // Be that … is bogged down underneath the earth … Or it is possible, if what some people … day in the east, that it amasses for … Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: astronomy (8 items)
Topic: history of science (52 items)
Topic: scientific method (42 items)