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Excerpt from Summary of Recent Discoveries in Biblical Chronology, Universal History and Egyptian Archæology; With Special Reference to Dr. Abbott's Egyptian Museum in New-York The application of astronomy to the historic sciences, first attempted by Newton, has, during the last few decennia, super-induced a complete reconstruction of the chronology of the Old and New Testaments introduced by Petavius 1627, of all ancient history down to Titus, and of the archæology of Egypt as hitherto understood. The following pages present a brief survey of recent discoveries made in these sciences, since that time. The reader will find only an outline, as the compass of a few lectures, in which the communications were first made, did not admit of more particular specifications, and the came subjects have been already more fully treated by the author in a number of other works. If the discourses should leave many points insufficiently explained and obscure, further information will be found in the following works of the author. Systema astronomiæ Ægyptiacæ quadripartitum. Conspectus astronomiæ Ægyptiacæ mathematicæ et apotelesmaticæ. Pantheon Ægyptiacum, sive symbolice Ægyptiorum astronomica. Observationes Ægyptiorum astronomicæ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.