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Excerpt from The Sacred and Profane History of the World, Vol. 1 of 4: Connected, From the Creation of the World to the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire at the Death of Sardanapalus, and to the Declensions of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, under the Reigns of Ahaz and Pekah
At the Flood, the Heavens underwent some change the motion of the Sun was altered, and a year, or annual revolution of it, became, as it now is, five days and almost six hours longer than it was before. That such a change had been madea, most of the phllosopllei''s observed, and, without doubt, as soon as they did Observe it, they endeavoured to set right their chronology by it: for it is evident, that as soon as the solar year became thus augmented, the an cient measure of a year would not do, but mistakes must creep in, and grow more and more every year they continued to compute by it.
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At the Flood, the Heavens underwent some change the motion of the Sun was altered, and a year, or annual revolution of it, became, as it now is, five days and almost six hours longer than it was before. That such a change had been madea, most of the phllosopllei''s observed, and, without doubt, as soon as they did Observe it, they endeavoured to set right their chronology by it: for it is evident, that as soon as the solar year became thus augmented, the an cient measure of a year would not do, but mistakes must creep in, and grow more and more every year they continued to compute by it.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Samuel Shuckford
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ISBN - 9780266236566
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 424
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Samuel Shuckford
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ISBN - 9781330167687
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 426
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