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Ioannes Philoponus
De usu astrolabii eiusque constructione / Über die Anwendung des Astrolabs und seine Anfertigung [EPUB ebook]

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This treatise on the astrolabe by the Alexandrian scholar John Philoponos includes the earliest preserved description of the planispherical device that was later widely disseminated during the Middle Ages. Stückelberger’s edition is intended for philologists as well as historians and astronomers. The newly edited Greek text is accompanied by a German translation, explanations, and illustrations.

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Alfred Stückelberger, Universität Bern.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 104 ● ISBN 9783110402810 ● File size 5.1 MB ● Editor Alfred Stückelberger ● Publisher De Gruyter ● City Berlin/Boston ● Published 2014 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6295856 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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