Sentence examples for ancient observation from inspiring English sources

To paraphrase an ancient observation: Romney came.

Easy to say, of course, an ancient observation.

This ancient observation, first explained by Newton, is due to the precession of the Earth's axis.

Stevenson loved automobiles and train locomotives and ancient observation cars, which leap off the page toward us.

Now the great walls have been restored, and I ambled along part of the high walkway that has been added along the fortifications, taking in ancient observation towers and terrific views across to the city's majestic cathedral.

Frege was here influenced by Kant's discussion of judgment, and the ancient observation that merely combining two things does not make the combination truth-evaluable.

Most known ancient observations of these phenomena originate from only three countries: China, Babylonia, and Greece.

In measuring changes in Earth's rate of spin, the long timescale covered by ancient observations is an important asset.

The history of Earth's rotation, however, is complicated by effects of nontidal origin, and in order to obtain maximum information it is necessary to utilize both modern and ancient observations.

The technique of using ancient observations to investigate changes in the rate of Earth's rotation is well illustrated by a total solar eclipse observed by Babylonian astronomers on a date corresponding to April 15, 136 bce.

Astronomer Eric Hintz and philosopher Daniel Graham, both of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, reconstructed the likely path of Halley's comet, to see whether it agreed with the ancient observations.