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Re: Ephemerides at Columbus' Time
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2012 Oct 27, 07:57 +0100
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2012 Oct 27, 07:57 +0100
At 15:41 26/10/2012, you wrote: >Good try Geoffrey, but the example doesn't really fit: a fence is a >fence even if somebody straddles it. And if somebody else is on only >one side of the fence you can't say that he is also straddling it >because somebody else does. So kepler's astrological leanings don't >mean that Zacuto also was an astrologer. Ha! Well, you are the lawyer Wolfgang, so I will tip my hat to you and thank you for your praise for my efforts. ;-) Geoffrey