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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Publicado en:	Annals of Science Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 255 - 291
Autor principal:	Jones, Alexander
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2006
Materias:	Planetary observations Astronomical observations Ptolemy, 2nd century Astronomers Egyptian calendar
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost