Evershed, M. A. (Orr) · London : Gall & Inglis · leaf 90
lattened hemisphere,^ only divided into these layers,and instead of ending at the horizon it continued alittle below, to allow of the passage of the heavenlybodies between setting and rising. Perhaps it was forthis reason that he gave the earth a greater thicknessthan the disc of Thales, comparing… … ^^er^round Cp.irses of tHe Heaveiay BoaiesFig. 12. The Universe accordirig to Anaximander. (though not the relative sizes) of Earth and theheavenly bodies. Somewhat timidly the barriers have been thrustback. The earth goes a little deeper into the darkunknown, the sky is wider and higher, the…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy
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