 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - Liczba stron: 444
...and of the probability of its having been originally fabricated by the astronomical sons of Misraim. By the balance they are supposed by some to have denoted...custom there may possibly be some remote allusion in this passage, where the prophet describes the Almighty as measuring the waters in the hollow of his... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - Liczba stron: 440
...and of the probability of its having been originally fabricated by the astronomical sons of Misraim. By the balance they are supposed by some to have denoted...custom there may possibly be some remote allusion in this passage, where the prophet describes the Almighty as measuring the waters in the hollow of his... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1807 - Liczba stron: 438
...and of the probability of its having been originally fabricated by the astronomical sons of Misraim. By the balance they are supposed by some to have denoted...this sign. And by others it is asserted, that this asterisrn, at first only the beam, was exalted to its station in the zodiac from its being the useful... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1812 - Liczba stron: 442
...and of the probability of its having been originally fabricated by the astronomical sons of Misraim. By the balance they are supposed by some to have denoted...custom there may possibly be some remote allusion in this passage, where the prophet describes the Almighty as measuring the waters in the hollow of his... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1838 - Liczba stron: 350
...supposed that the figure of the balance has been nsed by all nations to denote the equality of the days and nights, at the period of the sun's arriving at this sign. It has also been observed, that at this season there is a greater uniformity in the temperature of... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1856 - Liczba stron: 362
...supposed that the figure of the halance has heen used hy all nations to denote the equality of the days and nights, at the period of the sun's arriving at this lign. It has also heen ohserved, that at this season there is a greater uniformity in tha temperature... | |
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... other signs of the zodiac, Mr. MAURICE adds, " The Libra of the zodiac is perpetually seen upon all the hieroglyphics of Egypt, which is at once an argument of the great antiquity of that asterism, and of the probability of its having been originally... 