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 407
W 3θ• ΗΑΤ] τη* ΗΝ W 3ΐ• ΝΛ] rr,s ΝΛ W ΛΝ … OF THE SUN AND MOON 395 Now, since OL, LN are equal, their sum is double of LN, sothat ON is less than double of LN. Let LC, CW be joined ; and let LC be carried through to P. Therefore ON is much less than double of LP. And, since CL is perpendicular to BL,therefore it is parallel to ON. Therefore…
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