Great Books of the Western World, 16. köideRobert Maynard Hutchins Encyclopædia Britannica, 1952 |
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE | 51 |
That the Heavens Move Spherically | 57 |
8 | 97 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
according Accordingly additosubtraction al-Battani anomalistic anomaly apogee apparent movement apsis arc EG ascension Bull chord 2 arc circle about right column Constellations Crab degrees demonstrated diameter distance drawn Earth east eastern eccentric circle eccentric's ecliptic Egyptian Egyptianwise elongation epicycle epicycle's centre equal equator equatorial hours fixed stars given greater greatest Hence Hipparchus horizon hypothesis hypt interval irregular Jupiter latitude latitudinal libration longitude longitudinal lunar magnitude Mars mean movement mean position Mercury meridian meridian circle middle moon moon's move Nabonassar nearly northern observations opposite orbital circle parallax parallel passage perigee perpendicular planet poles precession Ptolemy quadrant radius ratio regular movement remaining revolution right angles right ascension right triangle Saturn Scorpion semicircle shadow shown side solar solar days southern sphere spring equinox straight line subtraction sun's syzygies things third tropic Twins Venus Water Bearer