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of the world.
Nicetas, Heraclides, and Ecphantes sup-
posed the earth to revolve on its axis, but
to have no orbital motion.
The short epitome so far given illustrates
the extraordinary deductive methods adopted
by the ancient Greeks. But they went much
farther in the same direction. They seem to
have been in great difficulty to explain how
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