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Aristarchus of Samos, the ancient Copernicus; a history of Greek astronomy to Aristarchus, together with Aristarchus's Treatise on the sizes and distances of the sun and moon

Heath, Thomas Little, Sir, 1861-1940, Aristarchus, of Samos. On the sizes and distances of the sun and moon. English & Greek. 1913 · 1913 · Oxford : Clarendon press · 29 pictures

A scholarly history of Greek astronomy by Thomas Little Heath, published by the Clarendon Press at Oxford in 1913, with the Greek text and English translation of Aristarchus's treatise on solar and lunar distances for classicists and historians of science. The 29 line diagrams show circles, tangents and triangles labelled with paired Roman and Greek letters, useful as austere geometric linework.

Aristarchus, of Samos · Astronomy, Greek · Astronomers

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