The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties. Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volumen 2Nattali and Bond, 1860 |
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... Almagest of Ptolemy , who flourished in the second century . According to some accounts , Alphonso spent the large sum of 400,000 crowns on the preparation of these tables , in which he was assisted by others of the most learned ...
... Almagest of Ptolemy , who flourished in the second century . According to some accounts , Alphonso spent the large sum of 400,000 crowns on the preparation of these tables , in which he was assisted by others of the most learned ...
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... commonly known by the name of his Almagestum , or Almagest , although that is only an Arabic term signifying The Great Work , which was In bestowed upon the book as a complimentary title by those. 248 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
... commonly known by the name of his Almagestum , or Almagest , although that is only an Arabic term signifying The Great Work , which was In bestowed upon the book as a complimentary title by those. 248 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
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... Almagest of Ptolemy may therefore be considered as the grand source of all the astrological superstitions both of the East and of modern Europe . Bacon himself informs us in one of his works that , notwithstanding the state of ...
... Almagest of Ptolemy may therefore be considered as the grand source of all the astrological superstitions both of the East and of modern Europe . Bacon himself informs us in one of his works that , notwithstanding the state of ...
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