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Excerpt from A System of Astronomy: Containing the Investigation and Demonstration of the Elements of That Science
The Egyptians learned from the Edomites afirono my and navigation. For the Edomites ujied, to make long voyages upon the Red Sea, for the fake of merchan difing. And when they were conquered by David, they ?ed into Egypt, and to the coo/ts of the Mditerrane an, and to the Perfian Gulf. They afterwards be gan the like voyages upon the Mediterranean. Their year was the luni/olar year derived from Noah, and at that time cow/ted of 360 days. By the heliacal rij: ings and fettings of the flars, they found the year to eonfifi of 3 65 days, therefore they added 5 days to the old year. This was in the reign of Ammon. After wards they formed the fiars into confiellations; and al/o made objizrvations of the planets, which they call ed after their gods.
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