Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth) · London and Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis · leaf 103
nt quite as well for theapparent diurnal revolution of all the heavenly bodies,and the change of day and night on the earth. Philolaus did not make Earth remain stationary andsimply turn on her axis, which would have had justthe same effect on the apparent motions of the heavens;for it seemed more… … Fig. 15. The Unirerse of Pythagoras, 72 PYTHAGORAS AND HIS FOLLOWERS. No, the centre was the Watch Tower of Zeus, the Hearthof the Universe, and here they placed the purestelement, fire. It was invisible to us, because we liveon the side of the earth-sphere turned away from thecentre; and also…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy, Ancient · Astronomy, Medieval · Early maps
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