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Girolamo Cardano. Libelli Quinque. Nuremberg: Johannes Petreius, 1547. GenituraXLVI, 148v.     ( ,     )      1543.  1547.    .




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     ., : George A.Davis, Jr. The Origin of Ursa Major // Popular Astronomy. Vol. 54, April 1946. . 11 11 1 5.




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