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 (1913)
Heath, Thomas Little, Sir, 1861-1940, Aristarchus, of Samos. On the sizes and distances of the sun and moon. English & Greek. 1913 · Oxford : Clarendon press · leaf 173
H9 each point on the circumference of the circleAG Β Η describes a circle parallel to the circle AEBF, i.e. a circle about a diameter parallelto A Β or KD ; that is, the revo-lution follows the side KD ofthe rectangle. Similarly therevolution of the circle of theOther about an axis perpen-dicular… … Fig. 4. Creator Comprehended them (i.e. both circles) in the motion ofthe Same, and then again later that he gave the supremacy to thatcircle, he means that the movement of that circle is common to thewhole heaven and carries with it in its motion the smaller circles,the subdivisions of the circle…
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