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The social and political application of the ideas of Aristarchus and Copernicus was rejected or ignored. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The fact that Aristarchus and Huygens used imprecise data and derived imperfect answers hardly matters. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Such rays are associated with the very youngest craters on the Moon—for example, those named after Aristarchus and Copernicus and Kepler. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
For most of the 1,800 years between Aristarchus and Copernicus nobody knew the correct disposition of the planets, even though it had been laid out perfectly clearly around 280 B.C. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The legacy of Aristarchus has been extended far beyond the realm of the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Between the times of Aristarchus and Huygens, humans answered the question that had so excited me as a boy growing up in Brooklyn: What are the stars? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Although it runs contrary to the heritage of Aristarchus and Copernicus, perhaps we are the first. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Aristarchus was the first person to hold that the Sun rather than the Earth is at the center of the planetary system, that all the planets go around the Sun rather than the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Since Aristarchus, every step in our quest has moved us farther from center stage in the cosmic drama. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Our machines and our descendants will then skim the light-years, the children of Thales and Aristarchus, Leonardo and Einstein. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Yet the principles behind all these devices, like Aristarchus’s heliocentrism, died on the vine. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z
We now know that Aristarchus’s sun-centered cosmos, with the stars set at a practically infinite distance from the observer, was absolutely correct, yet we have little evidence that anyone else thought his model worth proving. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z
If we multiply by a hundred thousand our sense of loss for this work of Aristarchus, we begin to appreciate the grandeur of the achievement of classical civilization and the tragedy of its destruction. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The great legacy of Aristarchus is this: neither we nor our planet enjoys a privileged position in Nature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is 2,200 years since Aristarchus, and our language still pretends that the Earth does not turn. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
This idea was first argued by Aristarchus, born on Samos three centuries after Pythagoras. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The resistance to Aristarchus and Copernicus, a kind of geocentrism in everyday life, remains with us; we still talk about the Sun “rising” and the Sun “setting.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Aristarchus proposed a universe with the sun at its center and the stars set in a sphere that was unimaginably distant. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z
Aristarchus suspected the stars to be distant suns. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Aristarchus was one of the last of the Ionian scientists. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
That comment, however, ignores Aristarchus of Samos, a Greek astronomer in the third century B.C. who also proposed the heliocentric model. Letters: ?Agora?: Spinning ?Round the Sun 2010-05-28T14:58:00Z
Although he greatly underestimated the Sun’s true size, Aristarchus disproved the widely held belief that the Sun was smaller than Greece. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Another important Greek astronomer, Aristarchus, devised formulas that he applied to data from a lunar eclipse to estimate the Earth's distance from both the Moon and the Sun. How lunar eclipses altered the course of history 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z
Astronomy journalist Colin Stuart traces the arc of discovery from the fourth-century bc heliocentricism of Aristarchus of Samos through solar spectroscopy, star formation and nuclear fusion, the “epic journey” of sunlight to Earth and more. H. G. Wells, Disney’s pioneering women and an oncologist’s memoir: Books in brief 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z
At the 2-kilometer-tall Aristarchus plateau, scientists want to study abundant volcanic ash deposits, which were created in explosive, gas-driven eruptions, a rarity on the moon. NASA to pay private space companies for moon rides 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z
One, code-named Aristarchus, asked for payment for intelligence that France was plotting to assassinate the king - dubbed "the mad king" - as he walked at night in the Queen's Garden. George III's draft abdication letter released - BBC News 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z
Unfortunately for science, other astronomers refused to support Aristarchus’ theory. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
With ingenuity and a dash of basic trigonometry, the ancient Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos was able to measure the Moon’s distance from Earth with surprising accuracy — in the third century bc. Siren call 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z
The Greek philosopher Aristarchus suggested a heliocentric model of the solar system as early as the third century B.C. The Unsettling, Anti-Science Certitude on Global Warming 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z
For example, no eclipse takes place from Aristarchus, a brilliant impact crater in the lunar northwest, as that part of the moon remains completely untouched by the penumbra. Minor Lunar Eclipse on Friday: How to See It 2013-10-17T19:15:00.447Z
“I would want to be put down at Aristarchus,” says Denton Ebel, chairman of the division of physical sciences and curator of meteorites at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Headed for the moon someday? Here are some spots you might not want to miss. 2013-01-07T20:51:23Z
Aristarchus made out the apparent diameters of sun and moon as practically equal to one another, and inferred correctly that their real diameters are in proportion to their distances from the earth. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z
A similar method to Aristarchus’, using a concept known as stellar parallax, was first applied to measure a star’s distance from Earth in 1838, and is still used today. Siren call 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z
In this way the great Alexandrian school of Homeric criticism began with Zenodotus, the first chief of the museum, and was continued by Aristophanes and Aristarchus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z
The Aristarchus here mentioned had become a Christian when St. Paul preached the Gospel in Macedonia, and had then gone with the Apostle to Jerusalem, and helped him in his great work. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z
Aristarchus is an enormous crater on the lunar surface, one of the few features of the moon visible from Earth with the naked eye. Headed for the moon someday? Here are some spots you might not want to miss. 2013-01-07T20:51:23Z
Aristarchus of Samos was the first and most eminent of the Alexandrian astronomers, and his treatise "On the Magnitudes and Distances of the Sun and Moon" is still extant. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z
To measure this small angle has been the astronomer's great trouble since the time of Aristarchus, and he does not yet know its value accurately. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z
In Aristarchus ancient philology culminated, as philosophy had done in Socrates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z
The critical studies of Alexandria, carried on by the followers of Aristarchus, gradually formed the basis for a science of grammar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z
He is pondering and attempting to determine when, between 3000 B.C. and 1000 A.D. the momentum of Europe was greatest, as exemplified in mathematics by such masters as Archimedes, Aristarchus, Ptolemy and Euclid. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z
The earliest really sturdy manifestation of astronomical life came with the birth of Greek science, culminating with Aristarchus, Hipparchus and Ptolemy. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z
I suppose that it is to be taken literally, and that Aristarchus was, in some way, at the moment of writing, sharing Paul’s imprisonment. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z
Abridgments and newer treatises soon drove out the writings of Aristarchus and other founders of the science. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z
Aristotle and Aristarchus seem The Homeric question. to have put Homer’s date about 1044 B.C., Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z
Jókai, who had never seen the great man before, approached him with considerable trepidation, which was not diminished by the very peculiar appearance of this Aristarchus. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z
‘Certainly they do,’ said Aristarchus; ‘for they purchase barbarian slaves and keep them, in order to force them to do what they please; but I have with me free-born persons and relatives.’ Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z
For that, according to Seleucus, is the best reading; and Aristarchus is wrong when he writes— Such is the palace of Olympian Jove. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z
As these Scholia are derived in substance from the writings of Aristarchus, it seems impossible to believe that the story was known to him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z
Aristarchus combated “the paradox of Xenon,” and it does not seem to have had much acceptance in antiquity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z
In his first edition Mr. Burton mentioned among “great writers on bees,” whose portrait would be desirable, Aristarchus, meaning probably Aristomachus. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z
In this respect they resemble Aristarchus and other lunar craters that are remarkable for their brilliancy under a high illumination. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z
So when the mighty sophist of Rome had enunciated these precepts of Aristarchus, Cynulcus said—O Ceres, what a wise man! The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z
In the later Byzantine times it was believed that Peisistratus was aided by seventy grammarians, of whom Zenedotus and Aristarchus were the chief. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z
Our Aristarchus then betook himself at intervals to cursive codices in the vain hope of getting aid from them, and so lost his way at last in that wide and pathless wilderness. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z
Aristarchus, three centuries before Christ, understood and explained the nature of eclipses; but the chief of the ancient authors upon this subject was Hipparchus. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z
Upon this theory Aristarchus must be a metallic mountain. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z
But Aristarchus marks the word, whether it means the fruit or the tree, with an acute accent indifferently; while Philoxenus would circumflex the word in either sense. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z
“How, friend!” replied he with astonishment, “has it met with any Aristarchus?” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z
There were many Greek tragedies on the story of Achilles, of which, one by Aristarchus of Tegea, was the most celebrated, and is supposed to have been that from which Ennius copied. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z
But neither can I approve of the new one introduced by the great Copernicus after the example of Aristarchus of Samos. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z
Near the eastern border is the crater-mountain Proclus, which I have already mentioned as possessing great brilliancy under a high sun, being in this respect second only to Aristarchus. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z
But the chief source of our knowledge about Aristarchus is through Archimedes, and the editio princeps of his works did not appear till 1544, a year after the death of Copernicus. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z
Finally, it is very much to be doubted whether the book, attributed to this Aristarchus of Samos, really belongs to him. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z
By the last words quoted Aristarchus only meant to say that the size of the earth is negligible in comparison with the immensity of the universe. Archimedes Men of Science 2011-03-13T03:00:23.660Z
Three centuries before Jesus Christ, Aristarchus of Samos is said by Aristotle to have composed a special work to defend the motion of the earth against the contrary opinions of philosophers. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z
With a large telescope, Aristarchus is so dazzlingly bright under a high sun, that the eye is partly blinded in gazing at it. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z
To counteract, perhaps, the growing Lydian influence, Athens, the mother-city of Ephesus, despatched one of her noblest citizens, Aristarchus, to restore law on the basis of the Solonian constitution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z
This Aristarchus of Samos is also the more to be suspected, as Plutarch accuses him of bigotry and malevolent hypocrisy, in consequence of being imbued with a direct contrary opinion. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z
Aristarchus in fact concluded the sun to be not more than twenty times, while it is really four hundred times farther off than our satellite. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"
Although the heliocentric system is not mentioned in the treatise, a quotation in the Arenarius of Archimedes from a work of Aristarchus proves that he anticipated the great discovery of Copernicus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"
With an opera-glass you can readily recognize Aristarchus as a bright point at full moon. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z
The labours of Aristarchus seem to have borne fruit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z
Aristarchus, an ancient Greek astronomer belonging to Samos, flourished about 155 B.C., and first asserted the revolution of the earth about the sun; also regarded as the inventor of the sun-dial. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli
Between the time of Aristarchus and the opposition of Mars in 1672, no serious attempt was made to solve the problem of the sun’s distance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"
Further, Copernicus could not have known of Aristarchus’s doctrine, since Archimedes’s work was not published till after Copernicus’s death. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"
Aristarchus is the most celebrated of them all, being the brightest point on the moon. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z
Aristarchus considered Apollo and Pæon in Homer as identical, yet Hesiod distinguishes them in the fragment in Eustath. ad Od. p. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2
They could not accept the hypothesis of Aristarchus because it conflicted with the world which they had created, with the values which were determining values for them. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
Thus, Philolaus was the first to move the earth from the center of the universe and move it through the void; afterwards, Aristarchus of Samos and then Copernicus moved the earth with the moon. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240
Aristarchus founded a school of philologists, called after him “Aristarcheans,” which long flourished in Alexandria and afterwards at Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"
Each reading that was adopted by Zenodotus or Aristarchus had to be defended, and this could only be done by establishing general rules on the grammar of the Homeric poems. Lectures on The Science of Language
And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to ports on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. The Bible Story
He was a native of Alexandria, where he attended the lectures of Aristarchus, and afterwards taught rhetoric in Rhodes and Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth"
He was a follower of the school of Aristarchus, upon whose recension of Homer he wrote a treatise, fragments of which have been preserved in the Venetian Scholia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus"
His chief work was Περὶ Σημείων Όμήρου, in which he gave an account of the “critical marks” inserted by Aristarchus in the margin of his recension of the text of the Iliad and Odyssey. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"
A Greek, a pupil of Aristarchus, settles at Rome, and writes a practical grammar of the Greek language—of course, for the benefit of his young Roman pupils. Lectures on The Science of Language
His principles were opposed to those of Aristarchus, the leader of the Alexandrian school. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile"
You can give it to Aristarchus yourself at the moment of departure. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1
It may be true that Socrates knows grammar, yet not that he knows everything that is to be known about grammar, or that he knows as much as Aristarchus. Logic, Inductive and Deductive
The first four librarians were Zenodotus, Eratosthenes, Aristophanes of Byzantium, and Aristarchus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"
A new edition contained a prefatory discourse, probably the work of Warburton, entitled “Ricardus Aristarchus, or the Hero of the Poem,” in which Cibber is made to look ridiculous from his own Apology. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati"
Aristarchus and Luke were the companions who embarked with the Great Apostle upon a ship of Adramyttium. Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive
Attempts of Aristarchus to find the distance of the sun. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition
He was an author, a learned man, as well as a Norwich merchant, the very Aristarchus of Dissent—a kind-hearted, hospitable man withal, if my boyish experience may be relied on.  East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations
Two critical editions of the Iliad and Odyssey were produced by his successor, Aristarchus, who was librarian until 146 B.C. and was the founder of scientific scholarship. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"
In the Armarius of Archimedes another work of Aristarchus is quoted—the one in which he anticipates the discovery of Copernicus. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science
Penelope wove the deeds of Ulysses on her loom, and it is suggested by Aristarchus that her peplos served as an historical document for Homer’s “Iliad.” Needlework As Art
These appear to Mr. Aristarchus Jeffrey too "homely and familiar," too "low and vapid"; while a harmless and rather agreeable Shakespearian parallel of Fox's seems to him downright impropriety. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860
Toward the eastern border of the sea, south of the Harbinger Mountains, we find a most remarkable object, the mountain ring, or crater plain, called Aristarchus. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers
He also opposed Aristarchus, and supported the Stoics, by insisting on an allegorical interpretation of Homer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"
Within a generation, Euclid of Alexandria was teaching geometry in Dartmouth College, and Heraclides and Aristarchus anticipated Copernicus by sixteen centuries. The History of Dartmouth College
It was often at this time referred to as the Pythagorean theory, and it had been taught, I believe, by Aristarchus. Pioneers of Science
Bright streaks radiate from Aristarchus when there is full moon, and extend for a considerable distance over the surface of the orb. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'
No satisfactory explanation of the extraordinary reflecting power of Aristarchus has ever been offered. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers
The first crude hypothesis of the gradual evolution of various vegetable and animal forms from one another may be found in the earliest Greek thinkers, just as Pythagoras and Aristarchus anticipated the Copernican theory. Progress and History
They would have quieted his mind, too, about the celebrated speech of Aristarchus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845
From this it is gathered that Copernicus was formed first, then Aristarchus, and Kepler still later on in the moon's history. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story
The strictures of the Quarterly were answered by Barker in his Aristarchus Anti-Blomfieldianus, which, although unconvincing, was in turn answered by Bishop Monk. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
Aristarchus is the most brilliant of the lunar craters, being specially vivid with a low power in a large telescope. The Story of the Heavens
It certainly accounts for the volcanic activity which has so often been supposed to be manifested by Aristarchus. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
While Xenophon was exerting himself to procure transports for the passage of the army at Perinthus, Aristarchus, the new governor, arrived there with two triremes from Byzantium. The Two Great Retreats of History
Some of the streaks from Kepler radiate in the direction of Aristarchus, others towards Copernicus, cutting right through the rays from those formations. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story
So we shall have to set aside the objections of Aristarchus the old Greek, and Faesi the modern German, commentator. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary
The cat I was in broke down eighty some miles from Aristarchus Base and I had to walk back—with my oxy low. The Man Who Hated Mars
But Herschel considered that the occasional brightness of the crater Aristarchus could not be thus explained. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
It need hardly be added that Xenophon disregarded the second invitation no less than the first; moreover, a third invitation, which Aristarchus afterwards sent, was disregarded by all. The Two Great Retreats of History
Close to Aristarchus you will notice another ring-plain, which is called Herodotus, about twenty-three miles in diameter, with a floor 7000 feet depressed; but this formation is not nearly so bright as its neighbour. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story
Such is the judgment of Aristarchus, the greatest ancient commentator on Homer; such is also the judgment of Professor Nitzsch, the greatest modern commentator on the Odyssey. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary
The uproar spread throughout the whole city until the people all rushed into the theatre, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, who were Paul's travelling companions. The Children's Bible
He saw a bright star-like point of light, which corresponded in position with the crater of the lunar mountain Aristarchus. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
She would go, in spite of his advice, up to the Moon, to the UN sanatorium in Aristarchus. The Worshippers
It shows a number of coincidences with Colossians, Ephesians, and Philippians, and it is especially connected with Colossians by the proper names which it contains, such as Archippus, Aristarchus, Mark, and Luke. The Books of the New Testament
One work of Aristarchus, On the sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon, which is extant in Greek, is highly interesting in itself, though it contains no word of the heliocentric hypothesis. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield
We told of our unfortunate comrades whom we had buried upon the moon, and there was one gleam of satisfaction when we exhibited the wonderful crystals we had collected in the crater of Aristarchus. Edison's Conquest of Mars
But Aristarchus of Samos, a mathematician of great powers, has left a different explanation in his teaching on this subject, as I shall now set forth. The Ten Books on Architecture
The ship in which I, myself, had the good fortune to embark, was bound for the mysterious lunar mountain Aristarchus. Edison's Conquest of Mars
Heracleides, in the fourth century B. C., said that Mercury and Venus circled around the sun, and in the third century Aristarchus of Samos actually anticipated, though it was a mere guess, the heliocentric theory. The Age of the Reformation
We are told too that Cleanthes the Stoic thought that Aristarchus ought to be indicted on the charge of impiety for setting the Hearth of the Universe in motion. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield
I was chosen to accompany the car that was going to Aristarchus, because, as every one who had viewed the moon from the earth was aware, there was something very mysterious about that mountain. Edison's Conquest of Mars
But it wouldn't land in Aristarchus crater as planned. Space Tug
I had chosen to accompany the car that was going to Aristarchus, because, as every one who had viewed the moon from the earth was aware, there was something very mysterious about that mountain. Edison's Conquest of Mars
Aristarchus, not daring to dispute his behest, set sail, but went to Rome. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form
Denis did not make the whole discovery himself; he was led to it by his master Aristarchus and others. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield
From Cape Heraclides to Aristarchus the distance in air line was something over 300 miles. Edison's Conquest of Mars
Ammonius.—Alexandrian grammarian, carried on the school of Aristarchus previously to the reign of Augustus. On the Sublime
We told of our unfortunate comrades whom we had buried on the moon, and there was one gleam of satisfaction when we exhibited the wonderful crystals we had collected in the crater of Aristarchus. Edison's Conquest of Mars
Aristarchus.—The most conspicuous bright centre on the moon, the origin of a complicated ray-system. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
It was Cleanthes who wished to treat Aristarchus as the Church treated Galileo, for anticipating Galileo’s discovery. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield
The ship in which I, myself, had the good fortune to embark, was bound for the mysterious inner mountain Aristarchus. Edison's Conquest of Mars
Meeting Aristarchus, who looked very dejected, he p. 87said to him, “I see, Aristarchus, that something troubles you, but impart the cause of your grief to your friends, and perhaps we may comfort you.” The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates
From Cape Heraclides to Aristarchus the distance in an air line was something over 300 miles. Edison's Conquest of Mars
In the case of craterlets lying between Aristarchus and Copernicus the streaks point away from the latter. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
He said that they were all genuine: so I now knew what to think of the critics Zenodotus and Aristarchus and all their lucubrations. On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914
The King and the Count were charmed with the work in spite of the bitter dislike of Boileau, the Aristarchus of his age. Great Italian and French Composers
Aristarchus bought what he wanted; he laid in a provision of wool, and the ladies worked from morning to night.  The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates
The brightest portion of the whole 97lunar disc is Aristarchus, the peaks of which shine often like stars, when the mountain is within the unillumined portion of the moon. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction.
The most brilliant object on the surface is the central peak of the ring-plain Aristarchus, the darkest the floor of Grimaldi, or perhaps a portion of that of the neighbouring Riccioli. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
Tycho belongs to the system of lunar craters that is called radiating, like Aristarchus or Copernicus, which had been already seen and highly admired by our travellers at their first approach to the Moon. All Around the Moon
Finally Baumeister supposes our collection not to have been made by learned editors, like Aristarchus and Zenodotus, but committed confusedly from memory to papyrus by some amateur.  The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological
To conclude, some time afterwards Aristarchus came to see Socrates, and related the whole matter to him with great content, and told him the women began to complain that none but he was idle.  The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates
Aristarchus had seen the truth, though he could not establish it, in the third century B.C. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London
It is associated with a number of ridges trending towards the region N. of Aristarchus and Herodotus. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
From its bosom those wonderful mountains Kepler and Aristarchus lifted their vast ramparts glittering with innumerable streaks radiating in all directions. All Around the Moon
Aristarchus of Samos, the pioneer of the Copernican system, 65. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
“The reason,” answered Aristarchus, “is this, Ceramon has none but slaves to take care of, and I am to provide for persons who are free.” The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates
In vain Ludwig sought to keep her awake by telling her about the Imbrian Ocean, and relating the wonders of Mount Aristarchus. The Nameless Castle
HERODOTUS.—This far less brilliant but equally interesting object is about 23 miles in diameter, and is not so regular in shape as Aristarchus. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
Then, as the exciting sounds draw nearer and nearer, do I desiderate those eyes of Aristarchus, 'whose looks were as a breeching to a boy.' The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
Aristarchus of Samos gave the right explanation of her phases. The Moon-Voyage
“There is no comparison between them,” said Aristarchus The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates
From Puteoli Paul and Timothy and Aristarchus went forward towards Rome with the centurion, and the news of their journey having preceded them the brethren came to meet them as far as The Three Taverns.... The Brook Kerith A Syrian story
Between the N.W. side of Herodotus and Aristarchus is a large plateau, seen to the best advantage when the morning terminator lies a little distance E. of the former. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
But some, on the authority of good authors, make the parts only eight; as Aristarchus, and, in our day, Palæmon; who have included the vocable, or appellation, with the noun, as a species of it. The Grammar of English Grammars
Like the mountains of Kepler and Aristarchus, which overlook the Ocean of Tempests, it appears sometimes like a brilliant point through the pale light, and used to be taken for a volcano in activity. The Moon-Voyage
“On the contrary,” said Aristarchus, “I believe they know how to make all of them.” The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates
Like Kepler and Aristarchus, which overlook the "Ocean of Tempests," sometimes it appeared like a brilliant point through the cloudy light, and was taken for a volcano in activity. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
The mountain plateau N. of Aristarchus deserves careful scrutiny, as it abounds in detail and includes many short clefts. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
And as for your obedient servant," said Sievers, bowing, "here am I once more the Aristarchus of her coterie. Vivian Grey
Tycho belongs to the system of radiating mountains, like Aristarchus and Copernicus. The Moon-Voyage
This occupation diverted their melancholy, and, instead of the uneasiness there was before between them and Aristarchus, they began to live in a reciprocal satisfaction.  The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates
But Aristarchus, who had found out a double one, was therefore worthy of double honour.—Scribl. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2
HARBINGER, MOUNTAINS.—A remarkable group of moderate height, mostly extending from the N.W. towards Aristarchus. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
Passion let loose is almost sure to end in bloodshed, and the lives of Gaius and Aristarchus hung by a thread. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
From its bosom emerge the admirable shining mountains of Kepler and Aristarchus. The Moon-Voyage
What, you, too, my ******, in hashes so knowing,   Of sauces and soups Aristarchus profest! The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes
It is with him a pious belief, just as it was with Pythagoras and his school and with Aristarchus. History of Astronomy
At the foot of the N.E. wall Madler observed a small area, which he describes as rivalling the central peak of Aristarchus in brilliancy. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
They devoted themselves chiefly to the revision of the text of Homer, which was finally established by Aristarchus. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities
This careful study of Homer culminated in the learned and accurate work of the great Alexandrian school of Zenodotus and Aristarchus. Authors of Greece
The silence of Aristarchus, however, affords no safe ground of argument to believers or disbelievers in the original edition written out by order of Pisistratus. Homer and His Age
The Harbinger Mountains.—A remarkable group, north-west of Aristarchus, including some peaks as high as 7000 feet, and other details noticed in the catalogue. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
Puteoli, on the bay of Naples, was the landing-place, and there, after long confinement with uncongenial companions, the three Christians, Paul, Aristarchus, and Luke, found brethren. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
Meanwhile Theramenes came down to Piraeus, being himself one of the generals, and raged and stormed against the heavy infantry, while Aristarchus and the adversaries of the people were angry in right earnest. The History of the Peloponnesian War
Aristarchus also, according to Plutarch, explained the apparent annual motion of the sun in the ecliptic by supposing the orbit of the earth to be inclined to its axis. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements
He did not sing for Aristotle or for Aristarchus, or for modern minute and reflective inquirers, but for warriors and ladies. Homer and His Age
The streaks of Copernicus, Kepler, and Aristarchus are greyish in colour, and much less white than those associated with Tycho: some white lines extending south-east from Aristarchus do not apparently belong to the system. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
So in due time he embarked for Italy under the charge of a centurion, accompanied with other prisoners and his friends Timothy, Luke, and Aristarchus of Thessalonica. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets
He said they were all his own, which made me laugh at the nonsense of Zenodotus and Aristarchus the grammarians.  Trips to the Moon
Aristarchus and Metrodorus symbolise, perhaps, the spheres of literature and mathematics. Sonnets
Again Aristarchus said nothing, or nothing that has reached us, about Athenian interpolation. Homer and His Age
But, until the time of Aristarchus, most of the speculations were crude and useless. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.
Aristarchus of Samos, who lived in the third century B.C., held that the earth revolves about the sun as a fixed centre, and rotates on its own axis. General History for Colleges and High Schools
He said they were all genuine; so I now knew what to think of the critics Zenodotus and Aristarchus, and all their lucubrations. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02
With one world Aristarchus fed my greed;     This finished, others Metrodorus gave;     Yet, stirred by restless yearning, still I crave:     The more I know, the more to learn I need. Sonnets
But "the scholia that represent the teaching of Aristarchus" never make any reference to the alleged dealings of Pisistratus with the Iliad. Homer and His Age
And I again inquire, What can be done by me to satisfy this atrabilious and ill-conditioned Aristarchus? The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16
There are two poems of his, the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," both, of which are arranged according to the number of letters in the alphabet, not by the poet himself, but by Aristarchus, the grammarian. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
Others, such as Aristarchus, were spitted on their own critical signs of disapproval.  Adventures Among Books
I could not accustom myself to your cosmogony either, for it seems to me fitter for a camel-driver on the Syrian sands than for a disciple of Aristarchus of Samos. Penguin Island
Mr. Leaf's conversion to belief in the story that our Iliad was practically edited and first committed to writing under Pisistratus appears to be due to the probability that Aristarchus must have known the tradition. Homer and His Age
In a few years you will be the Aristarchus of our literary world.' New Grub Street
It is true that Aristarchus was afraid to permit these verses to stand in the poet, and therefore censured them to be expunged. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
It had, indeed, been necessary for Aristarchus to explain the fact as due to the extreme distance of the stars; a perfectly correct explanation, but one that implies distances that are altogether inconceivable. A History of Science — Volume 2
Here, then, was the measure of the base-line of that famous triangle with which Aristarchus had measured the distance of the sun. A History of Science — Volume 1
There is not, in fact, any proof even that Aristarchus must have known the tradition. Homer and His Age
As soon as they had left the house, the future Aristarchus made a confidential communication. New Grub Street
Aristarchus and Dionysius the Thracian say that he was an Athenian. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
Like the measurements of Aristarchus and Eratosthenes, this calculation of Alhazen is simple enough in theory. A History of Science — Volume 2
As Aristarchus strikes the angle, it shows that the sun is eighteen times as distant as the moon. A History of Science — Volume 1
But if Aristarchus had thought the tradition of Athenian interpolation of II. Homer and His Age
Four names at once attract us: Euclid, Aristarchus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh
Aristarchus says he lived about the period of the Ionian emigration; this happened sixty years after the return of the Heraclidae. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
Aristarchus adopted the Pythagorean system as representing the actual facts. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
In a word, the paper of Aristarchus is a rigidly scientific document unvitiated by association with any theorizings that are not directly germane to its central theme. A History of Science — Volume 1
Aristarchus answered: Yes, Socrates, I am in sore straits indeed. The Memorabilia
Moreover, there was a rival school at Pergamus where the fame of Crates all but equalled the Egyptian fame of Aristarchus. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh
Do you not recollect how at Perinthus Aristarchus shut the gates in your faces each time you offered to approach the town, and how you were driven to camp outside under the canopy of heaven? Anabasis
But the views of Aristarchus, as respects the emplacement of the planetary bodies, were not accepted by antiquity; the system proposed by Ptolemy, and incorporated in his "Syntaxis," was universally preferred. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
Unfortunately, this paper gives us no direct clew as to the opinions of Aristarchus concerning the relative positions of the earth and sun. A History of Science — Volume 1
How, for instance, he chanced upon Aristarchus wearing the look of one who suffered from a fit of the "sullens," and thus accosted him. The Memorabilia
Very Probably Aristarchus was right in his dislike of Crates's preference of what he called criticism, to grammar. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh
Aristarchus changed all that, and was no sooner arrived in Byzantium than he sold no less than four hundred of them. Anabasis
There is reason to believe that the works of Aristarchus, in the Alexandrian Library, were burnt at the time of the fire of Caesar. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
Yet this discrepancy does not in the least take away from the validity of the method which Aristarchus employed. A History of Science — Volume 1
You seem to have some trouble on your mind, Aristarchus; if so, you should share it with your friends. The Memorabilia
Aristarchus is principally famous for his attempt to discover the distance of the sun as compared with that of the moon. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh
But in the interval Aristarchus, the governor from Byzantium, arrived with a couple of war-ships, being moved to do so by Pharnabazus. Anabasis
In this the ancient investigations of Aristarchus of Samos, one of the Alexandrian school, 280 B.C., powerfully aided. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
We may fairly suppose that some previous paper of Aristarchus's has detailed the measurement which here is taken for granted, yet which of course could depend solely on observation. A History of Science — Volume 1
It appears from the words of Archimedes that Aristarchus; had propounded his theory in explicit writings. A History of Science — Volume 1
This is Aristarchus's measurement of the moon to which we have already referred when speaking of the measurements of Archimedes. A History of Science — Volume 1
Neon, indeed, and other agents from Aristarchus tried to turn them from their purpose, but to their persuasions they turned a deaf ear. Anabasis
It was not to be expected that Ptolemy should have adopted the heliocentric idea of Aristarchus. A History of Science — Volume 1
Aristarchus follows with nineteen propositions intended to elucidate his hypotheses and to demonstrate his various contentions. A History of Science — Volume 1
Let it be particularly observed, however, that all the conclusions of Aristarchus are stated in relative terms. A History of Science — Volume 1
We may well believe that the clear-seeing Aristarchus would look askance at such a complex system of imaginary machinery. A History of Science — Volume 1
At dawn Aristarchus again summoned the generals and officers, but the latter resolved to have done with the visit to Aristarchus, and to summon a meeting of the army. Anabasis
Here he is probably basing his argument upon another set of measurements of Aristarchus, to which, also, we shall presently refer more at length. A History of Science — Volume 1
With Aristarchus the scientific imagination had reached its highest flight; but with Hipparchus it was beginning to settle back into regions of foggier atmosphere and narrower horizons. A History of Science — Volume 1
Hipparchus, at a later day, was enabled to compare his own observations with those made by Aristarchus, and, as we have just seen, his work was well known to so distant a contemporary as Archimedes. A History of Science — Volume 1
What, then, was the line of scientific induction that led Aristarchus to this wonderful goal? A History of Science — Volume 1
While Xenophon was thus employed, the generals and officers came back with a message from Aristarchus, who had told them they might retire for the present, but in the afternoon he would expect them. Anabasis
Now Aristarchus sights the sun in place of Thales' ship, and, sighting the moon at the same time, measures the angle and establishes the shape of his right-angle triangle. A History of Science — Volume 1
Aristarchus of Samos, in his writing against the astronomers, seeks to establish the fact that the world is really very different from this. A History of Science — Volume 1
The Pythagorean doctrine that the earth is round had become a commonplace, but it would appear that the theory of Aristarchus, according to which the earth is in motion, has been almost absolutely forgotten. A History of Science — Volume 1
In point of fact, Aristarchus estimated the angle at eighty-seven degrees. A History of Science — Volume 1
Men, Aristarchus with his ships of war hinders us from sailing where we fain would go; it is not even safe to set foot on board a vessel. Anabasis
The sun is really not merely eighteen times but more than two hundred times the distance of the moon, as Wendelein discovered on repeating the experiment of Aristarchus about two thousand years later. A History of Science — Volume 1
Aristarchus had made a similar attempt before him. A History of Science — Volume 1
It was not to be expected that his mind would be attracted by the heliocentric theory of Aristarchus. A History of Science — Volume 1
Indeed, as we shall see, it is through a chance reference preserved in one of the writings of Archimedes that one of the most important speculations of Aristarchus is made known to us. A History of Science — Volume 1
The measurement, it is expressly stated, is based on the measurements of Aristarchus, who makes the diameter of the sun 1/170 of its orbit. A History of Science — Volume 1
But the honor of first making it must be given to Aristarchus and not to Archimedes. A History of Science — Volume 1
He made use also of the observations of Aristarchus and others of his Greek precursors. A History of Science — Volume 1
Here, then, was the heliocentric doctrine reduced to a virtual demonstration by Aristarchus of Samos, somewhere about the middle of the third century B.C. A History of Science — Volume 1
How widely the exact results of the measurements of Aristarchus, differ from the truth, we have pointed out as we progressed. A History of Science — Volume 1
Aristarchus gained his evidence through some wonderful measurements. A History of Science — Volume 1
This worthy supplementor of the work of Aristarchus was Eratosthenes of Alexandria. A History of Science — Volume 1
This remarkable bit of testimony establishes beyond question the position of Aristarchus of Samos as the Copernicus of antiquity. A History of Science — Volume 1
All this, then, makes us but wonder the more that the genius of an Aristarchus could give precedence to scientific induction as against the seemingly clear evidence of the senses. A History of Science — Volume 1
We learn, for example, that the studies of Aristarchus of Samos were definitely known to Archimedes of Syracuse, out in Sicily. A History of Science — Volume 1
Hipparchus must have known of that measurement, since he quotes the work of Aristarchus in other fields. A History of Science — Volume 1
As our eye falls upon Asia Minor and its outlying islands, we reflect that here were born such men as Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, Socrates, Aristarchus, Hipparchus, Eudoxus, Philolaus, and Galen. A History of Science — Volume 1
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