Ptolemy's Ancient Planetary Observations.

The Almagest of Ptolemy (mid-second century ad) contains eleven dated reports of observations of the positions of planets made during the third century bc in Babylon and Hellenistic Egypt. The present paper investigates the character, purpose, and conventions of the observational programmes from whi...

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Published in:	Annals of Science Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 255 - 291
Main Author:	Jones, Alexander
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2006
Subjects:	Planetary observations Astronomical observations Ptolemy, 2nd century Astronomers Egyptian calendar
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost