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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CORRIGENDUM
- PART I GREEK ASTRONOMY TO ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS
- PART II ARISTARCHUS ON THE SIZES AND DISTANCES OF THE SUN AND MOON
- CHAPTER I ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS
- CHAPTER II THE TREATISE ON SIZES AND DISTANCES—HISTORY OF THE TEXT AND EDITIONS
- CHAPTER III CONTENT OF THE TREATISE
- CHAPTER IV LATER IMPROVEMENTS ON ARISTARCHUS'S CALCULATIONS
- GREEK TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND NOTES
- INDEX
CHAPTER II - THE TREATISE ON SIZES AND DISTANCES—HISTORY OF THE TEXT AND EDITIONS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2014
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CORRIGENDUM
- PART I GREEK ASTRONOMY TO ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS
- PART II ARISTARCHUS ON THE SIZES AND DISTANCES OF THE SUN AND MOON
- CHAPTER I ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS
- CHAPTER II THE TREATISE ON SIZES AND DISTANCES—HISTORY OF THE TEXT AND EDITIONS
- CHAPTER III CONTENT OF THE TREATISE
- CHAPTER IV LATER IMPROVEMENTS ON ARISTARCHUS'S CALCULATIONS
- GREEK TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND NOTES
- INDEX
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- Aristarchus of Samos, the Ancient CopernicusA History of Greek Astronomy to Aristarchus, Together with Aristarchus's Treatise on the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon, pp. 317 - 327Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013