. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 724 THE RAMSDEN DIVIDING ENGINE. Tke numbers of the tablet are as follows : [The word "' degrees " is used to represent the units of the division of 480.] Day of the moon. Moon advances. Day of the moon. Moon advances. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. 1 5 10 20 40 80 96 112 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 16* 16 9 17 208 102 176 160 144 128 112 96 80 32 23 15 32 3 . .. 18 48 4 19 64 5 20 80 6 21 96 7 22 112 8 23 24 25 144 9 30
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 724 THE RAMSDEN DIVIDING ENGINE. Tke numbers of the tablet are as follows : [The word "' degrees " is used to represent the units of the division of 480.] Day of the moon. Moon advances. Day of the moon. Moon advances. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. 1 5 10 20 40 80 96 112 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 16* 16 9 17 208 102 176 160 144 128 112 96 80 32 23 15 32 3 . .. 18 48 4 19 64 5 20 80 6 21 96 7 22 112 8 23 24 25 144 9 30 10 56 11 26 27 12 12 26 13 28 29 30t i^ 14 15 . * The sixteenth day, for 224° of advance, ii becomes obscure and retrogrades, t The thirtieth day the moon is the god Anu. S. 162. OBVERSE. Fig. 1.—Babylonian Planisphbbe. FRAGMENT OF PLANISPHERE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Figure 1 represents a small fragment of a planisphere in the British Museum (S. 1G2). It contains two compartments, each of which is char-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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