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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I: THE ZODIAC AND THE PLANETS
CHAPTER II: THE PHASES OF THE MOON
CHAPTER III: THE COURSE OF THE SUN THROUGH THE TWELVE SIGNS
CHAPTER IV: THE NORTHERN CONSTELLATIONS
CHAPTER V: THE SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS
CHAPTER VI: ASTROLOGY AND WEATHER PROGNOSTICS
CHAPTER VII: THE ANALEMMA AND ITS APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER VIII: SUNDIALS AND WATER CLOCKS
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3. Since, therefore, thee great benefits to individuals and to communities are due to the wisdom of authors, I think that not only should palms and crowns be bestowed upon them, but that they should even be granted triumphs, and judged worthy of being consecrated in the dwellings of the gods. Of their many discoveries which have been useful for the development of human life, I will cite a few examples. On reviewing these, people will admit that honours ought of necessity to be bestowed upon them.
Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture. Vitruvius. Morris Hicky Morgan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. London: Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press. 1914.
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