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- '''Ptolemy''' (Claudius Ptolemaeus, 87–150 AD) was an [[astronomer]], [[geographer]] ...t]], in which is compiled all the then existing astronomical knowledge. In Ptolemy's cosmology the Earth is the center of a spherically shaped universe, and t3 KB (473 words) - 12:03, 6 December 2020
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- '''Ptolemy''' (Claudius Ptolemaeus, 87–150 AD) was an [[astronomer]], [[geographer]] ...t]], in which is compiled all the then existing astronomical knowledge. In Ptolemy's cosmology the Earth is the center of a spherically shaped universe, and t3 KB (473 words) - 12:03, 6 December 2020
- ...opposite angles are [[supplementary]] (add up to 180°, π [[radian]]s). '''Ptolemy's theorem''' states that in a cyclic quadrilateral ''ABCD'', the product of755 bytes (114 words) - 20:27, 31 January 2009
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- ...carries an inscription of an Egyptian decree of 197 BCE honouring the king Ptolemy V Epiphanēs (205-180 BCE). The inscription comprises 54 lines in classical ...per names in the Demotic version (he showed that in this section, the name Ptolemy was rendered phonetically). The deciphering was completed by the French sch4 KB (685 words) - 18:40, 8 August 2022
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- ...reek mathematician. He worked in [[Alexandria]] at the Museum founded by [[Ptolemy I]]. He systematized the [[geometry|geometric]] and [[arithmetic]] knowledg ...wn of Euclid's life. That he lived and worked in Alexandria in the days of Ptolemy I is reported to us by the Greek philosopher [[Proclus]] (c. 410–485 CE)2 KB (339 words) - 22:18, 14 September 2013
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- ...ion of the planets and the position of the stars written about AD 150 by [[Ptolemy]] (Claudius Ptolemaeus of Alexandria). It was the main astronomical manual ...on spherical trigonometry and contains a trigonometry table that allowed Ptolemy in subsequent books to explain and predict the motions of the Sun, Moon, pl4 KB (618 words) - 16:49, 28 November 2010
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- * [[Ptolemy's theorem]]4 KB (352 words) - 04:36, 22 November 2023
- ===Ptolemy=== The 2nd century [[Alexandria]]n Greek writer [[Ptolemy]], one of the most impotant geographers, mathematicians and astronomers in8 KB (1,246 words) - 10:10, 22 August 2009
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- {{r|Ptolemy}}2 KB (258 words) - 16:00, 11 January 2010
- ...onument, Lucian claims that he hid his name underneath the plaster bearing Ptolemy's name.<ref>McKenzie, ''The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt,'' c. ''307 KB (1,106 words) - 13:22, 30 July 2013
- ...ican Institute of Physics, 1993. 442 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Eye-Heaven-Ptolemy-Copernicus-Masters/dp/0883188635/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b excerpt and text searc2 KB (322 words) - 12:01, 31 January 2008
- Hipparchus' catalogue was later edited and increased by [[Ptolemy]] which he published in the ''[[Almagest]]'' (possibly between 127 and 150 In 1856, [[Norman Pogson]] replaced the system developed by Hipparchus and Ptolemy, with one based on mathematics but matching, as much as he could, the old5 KB (791 words) - 10:55, 23 November 2011
- ...hy'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/_Texts/Ptolemy/2/2*.html 2.2]</ref> which was probably Cogidubnus' kingdom before being in4 KB (667 words) - 15:20, 8 February 2013
- ...ed ''Al Surrat al Faras'', the horse's navel, by Arab astronomers before [[Ptolemy]] named the star ''Al Rās al Marʼah al Musalsalah'' which represented the2 KB (285 words) - 17:19, 29 May 2008
- ...10 by [[Galileo Galilei]] (using a telescope of his own design), [[Ptolemy|Ptolemy]]’s geocentric (Earth-centered) view of the universe prevailed. Then, [[J6 KB (921 words) - 08:26, 10 January 2021
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- ...|A 15th century depiction of the [[Ptolemy world map]], reconstituted from Ptolemy's ''Geographia'' (circa [[150]])]] ...ties, tribes, and sites and places them in the world. It is uncertain what Ptolemy's names correspond to in the modern world, and a vast amount of scholarship17 KB (2,565 words) - 06:36, 9 June 2009
- ...reek mathematician who worked in [[Alexandria]] at the Museum founded by [[Ptolemy I]]. He systematised the geometric and arithmetic knowledge of his times in3 KB (372 words) - 10:04, 3 January 2024
- ...e administration of the country in the hands of Kleomenes of Naukratis and Ptolemy, one of his generals. After Alexander, the Greek [[Ptolemy dynasty]], descended from one of Alexander's generals, ruled until 30 BC, w7 KB (1,110 words) - 16:45, 10 February 2024
- ...e administration of the country in the hands of Kleomenes of Naukratis and Ptolemy, one of his generals.3 KB (544 words) - 10:01, 30 May 2016
- ...ems of [[belief]]s like those enunciated by, for example, [[Aristotle]], [[Ptolemy]], [[Copernicus]], [[Galileo]], [[Isaac Newton]], [[Quantum physics|quantum5 KB (699 words) - 09:29, 1 October 2013
- ...the ''Almagest'' are composed of epicycles with centers on deferents, but Ptolemy also introduced ''[[equants]]''. An equant is a point with respect to which Chapter 4 describes the period between Ptolemy and Copernicus. At the beginning of this period, Western Europe lost most23 KB (3,632 words) - 18:47, 8 April 2014
- ...nym]] rather than a geographic term. The Ulaid are probably mentioned in [[Ptolemy]]'s 2nd century ''Geography'', as the ''Ούολουντοι'' (''Uolunti''5 KB (731 words) - 21:32, 6 February 2010
- ...tenance to [[Copernicus|Copernicus’s]] discredit of the heliocentrism of [[Ptolemy]], and the artery-to-vein connectivity visualized with Malpighi’s microsc5 KB (691 words) - 01:31, 7 June 2011
- ...and assumed elliptic orbits, it became possible to surpass the accuracy of Ptolemy. Near the end of his life Copernicus could bring himself finally to publis10 KB (1,519 words) - 13:20, 8 November 2012
- ::With respect to the name, I always liked the name [[Ptolemy]] used: "Geographia" - This was basically an encyclopedia of places and was5 KB (909 words) - 14:47, 17 November 2007
- ...di<th>11<td>[[Cyrus]]<td>[[Praxiteles]]<td>[[Thucydides]]<td>[[Hero]]<td>[[Ptolemy Lagus]] ...endredi<th>19<td>The Priests of Japan<td>[[Juvenal]]<td>[[Epictetus]]<td>[[Ptolemy]]<td>[[Paulus Aemilius]]13 KB (1,941 words) - 12:56, 2 March 2013
- ...nstellation quite off from what those days were about 2,000 years ago when Ptolemy set up the system being used in Western but not Chinese astrology. Taking p ...r than sidereal astrology and the fact that Western astrology was based on Ptolemy's work at a time when Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were not known, I doubt ast19 KB (3,257 words) - 10:47, 7 March 2024
- ...ion to Christmas Eve, 307 BC, and also synchronises his reign to that of [[Ptolemy III Euergetes]] (246-222 BC). The chronology of Keating's ''Foras Feasa ar6 KB (1,069 words) - 08:41, 9 September 2008
- ...]] | [[Henrietta Leavitt]] | [[Isaac Newton]] | [[Edward C. Pikering]] | [[Ptolemy]] | [[Henry Norris Russell]] | [[Harlow Shapley]]7 KB (711 words) - 08:47, 23 March 2021
- ...oman Empire|Romans]] would later provide a high level of information for [[Ptolemy]] to construct detailed [[atlas|atlases]]. He extended the work of [[Hippar ...90–c.168) - compiled Greek and Roman knowledge into the book [[Geographia (Ptolemy)|Geographia]]20 KB (2,824 words) - 09:54, 15 September 2013
- ...he Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres'' revolutionized the worldview of [[Ptolemy]]'s picture of the cosmos as earth-centered, with the [[planet]]s and the [7 KB (1,104 words) - 14:13, 5 December 2020
- ...[Provinces of Ireland]].''</ref> of Ireland in prehistory, and appear in [[Ptolemy]]'s 2nd century ''Geography'' as the ''Uolunti'', probably a corruption of8 KB (1,296 words) - 11:17, 7 March 2024
- ...is based on its roots in ancient astronomy. (See [[Tycho Brahe]], and [[ Ptolemy]].) But astrology has more relationship to religion,[http://en.citizendium.8 KB (1,250 words) - 09:14, 10 January 2021