Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 1

Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 1 - Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy

Transcribers note:Many foreign and English words in the text and in the references occur in joined, hyphenated and spaced forms with almost equal frequency. These have not been modified for the sake of fidelity to the printed text. The symbol used after q or q as a scribal abbreviation in Latin has been represented by . The reversed C used in Roman numerals has been represented by . &c, with scribal abbreviation above c, has been represented by &c. The beginnings of astronomical and of geographical science.Primitive attempts at map construction, as seen in the Babylonian plan of the world.Anaximander probably the first scientific cartographer.Statements of Herodotus.The place of Hecataeus, Hipparchus, Marinus, Ptolemy.The Romans as map makers.The earliest beliefs in a globular earth.Thales, the Pythagoreans, Aristotle.Eratosthenes and his measurements of the earth.Crates probably the first to construct a terrestrial globe.Statements of Strabo.Ptolemys statements concerning globes and globe construction.The allusions of Pliny. General attitude of the period toward the theories of the Greeks and the Romans.Scripture statements as sources of information.Inclination of certain early writers to accept the doctrine of a spherical earth.The particular attitude of Pope Sylvester II.The assertedx interest of Emperor Frederick II in scientific studies.Alfonso the Wise and the Alfonsian tables.Interesting allusions in Alfonsos work to globes and globe construction.Giovanni Campano of Novara and the statements in his Tractatis de sphera solida.The attitude of Albertus Magnus, Sacrobosco, Roger Bacon, Vincent of Beauvais, Dante. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 39866
Author: Stevenson, Edward Luther
Release Date: Jun 11, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English