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Almagest
Almagest Al"ma*gest, n. [F. almageste, LL. almageste, Ar.
al-majist[=i], fr. Gr. ? (sc. ?), the greatest composition.]
The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains
nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and
theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other
similar works.
Meaning of almagest from wikipedia
- The
Almagest /ˈælmədʒɛst/ is a 2nd-century
mathematical and
astronomical treatise on the
apparent motions of the
stars and
planetary paths,
written by...
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European science. The
first was his
astronomical treatise now
known as the
Almagest,
originally entitled Mathematical Treatise (Gr****: Μαθηματικὴ Σύνταξις...
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interrelations between the six
trigonometric lines ****ociated with an arc. His
Almagest was
widely read by
medieval Arabic astronomers in the
centuries after his...
- second-century
Almagest; and
additional references to him in the
fourth century by
Pappus and
Theon of
Alexandria in
their commentaries on the
Almagest. Hipparchus's...
- the
surviving text of Ptolemy's
Almagest,
based on the
title of her
father Theon's
commentary on Book III of the
Almagest.
Hypatia constructed astrolabes...
-
zodiac is
described in Ptolemy's
comprehensive 2nd
century AD work, the
Almagest.
Although the
zodiac remains the
basis of the
ecliptic coordinate system...
- of Riccioli's most
significant works was his 1651
Almagestum Novum (New
Almagest), an
encyclopedic work
consisting of over 1500
folio pages (38 cm x 25 cm)...
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astronomy on the
celestial motions), was an
extensive summary of Ptolemy's
Almagest containing revised and more
accurate experimental data.
Christopher Columbus...
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trigonometric tables (Ptolemy's
table of chords) in Book 1,
chapter 11 of his
Almagest.
Ptolemy used
chord length to
define his
trigonometric functions, a minor...
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listed by Ptolemy, a Greco-Roman
astronomer from Alexandria, Egypt, in his
Almagest. The
formation of
constellations was the
subject of
extensive mythology...