History of the planetary systems from Thales to Kepler (1906)
Dreyer, J. L. E. (John Louis Emil), 1852-1926 · Cambridge University Press · leaf 174
of the celestialmotions; we shall merely indicate the geometrical constructionsby which these motions were represented and whereby tablesfor computing the motions were worked out. There is the lessnecessity for a lengthy discussion of the contents of the Almagest,as this has been very thoroughly… … observations of eclipses. From the former he made his brilliantdiscovery of the precession of the equinoxes; from Babylonianand Alexandrian observations combined he worked out thetheories of the sun and moon2. In the case of the sun it was acomparatively easy matter to find an orbit which would…
Astronomy -- History · Solar system
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