Early Greek Astronomy And Ptolemy’s Almagest
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Early Greek Astronomy And Ptolemy’s Almagest. Eratosthenes. Finds the size of the earth within 5%. Important Ratio. Distance to the Moon. If the sun is a point source. Trigonometry Tables in the Almagest. Not in terms of our trig functions sine, cosine, tangent, etc. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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