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2205 B.C., that a similar sphere was made
in the time of Yao (2357 B.C.).[1] It is said
that the Emperor Chueni (2513 B.C.) saw
five planets in conjunction the same day
that the sun and moon were in conjunc-
tion. This is discussed by Father Martin
(MSS. of De Lisle); also by M. Desvignolles
(Mem. Acad. Berlin, vol. iii., p. 193), and
by M. Kirsch (ditto, vol. v., p. 19), who
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