Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth) · London and Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis · leaf 160
ed in degrees on the sphere, as is doneto-day. One day, when comparing liis 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… … Timocharis, c 280 B c ^*Hipparchus, c 130 B c n SOUTH Fig. 24. The moYement 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…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy, Ancient · Astronomy, Medieval · Early maps
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