Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 15
igin of our modern terms, latitude and longitude, the last of which means length, and the former I breadth.] 11. What was the ancient system of Astronomy called, and why? 8 PRIMARY ASTRONOMY. The Ptolemaic* Theory, from Ptolemy, f an Egyptianphilosopher, who nourished in the second century of… … 2. The ancients supposed the earth to be surrounded by eight crystalline archesor spheres, one within the other, in which the sun, moon, and stars were set. In thisway they accounted for their not falling down upon the earth, while the light of themost distant of the stars could pass through the…
Astronomy
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