Evershed, M. A. (Orr) · London : Gall & Inglis · leaf 159
ted in degrees on the sphere, as is doneto-day. One day, when comparing his notes with those ofTimocharis, who had worked at Alexandria about aTimocharis century and a half earlier, he found that thec. B.C. 280. brilliant star Spica, the Ear-of-Corn whichthe Virgin carries in her hand, had… … Fig. 24. The morement of Spica. among the stars, or she might be carried along withthe rest by a slow movement of the whole star-sphere.Apparently Hipparchus satisfied himself that he couldrely upon Timocharis observation, and took painsto verify his own; the second hypothesis could bedisproved by…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy
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