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almagest (adjective) - Related to a highly influential astronomical work titled Almagest, written by the ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy
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  • A comprehensive treatise on astronomy, alchemy, geography and/or mathematics (originally compiled by Ptolemy circa 150 C.E.).

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The Almagest is divided into thirteen books.
It was published in his influential astronomical work Almagest.
An example illustrating how the Almagest was organized is given below.
As shown for instance in the Almagest.
An Almagest is an encyclopedia of astronomical dating.
Ptolemy has given them in a catalogue in the Almagest.
We should also recognize that the Almagest is not a modern research paper.
Greaves ended up owning two copies of the Almagest.
The Almagest also suggest that the Earth is at the center of the universe.
Purbach also began to prepare a summary and commentary on the Almagest.
The Almagest is one of the most influential books in the history of Western astronomy.
Ptolemy did not predict the relative sizes of the planetary deferents in the Almagest.
His Almagest was widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.
The most complete and influential trigonometric work of antiquity is the Almagest of Ptolemy c.
Ptolemy wrote the Almagest which is the only surviving comprehensive ancient treatise on astronomy.

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A call to arms was immediately launched to assist the Almagest Freedom Party.
The Almagest is the critical source of information on ancient Greek astronomy.
Ptolemy completes his Almagest approximate date.
What little is known about Timocharis comes from citations by Ptolemy in the Almagest.
Almagest and Geography.
Sahl is believed to be the first who translated the Almagest of Ptolemy into Arabic.
Almagest and Tetrabiblos.
He knows all about Euclid and Almagest.
The Almagest to present.
Commentary on the Almagest.
The Almagest became the accepted text throughout the Middle East.
Correction of the Almagest.
An extract from the Almagest on the arc of a circle ;.
This derivation corresponds to the Third Theorem as chronicled by Copernicus following Ptolemy in Almagest.
Therefore, replace the Almagest in any way.
The Mathematical Collection has come to the present under the title Almagest.
Ptolemy 's Almagest is the only surviving comprehensive ancient treatise on astronomy.
Ptolemy in his Almagest.
The Almagest also contains a catalogue, which is a version of a catalogue created by Hipparchus.
This is also the approximate date of completion of Ptolemy 's monumental work Almagest.
Astronomy, Ptolemy 's Almagest is one of the most important works in ancient astronomy.
Among them was one of the most influential scientific works in history, Ptolemy 's Almagest.
The cosmology of the Almagest would dominate western astronomy for the 14 centuries to come.
The latter date agrees with the longitude of the stars in Ptolemy 's Almagest.
Ptolemy's work the Almagest had wide and long-lasting acceptance and influence for over a millennium.
Ptolemy wrote one of the few surviving ancient works on astronomy - the Almagest.
Ptolemy 's Almagest was translated into Latin as well.
Copernicus formulated a heliocentric model of the solar system unlike the geocentric model of Ptolemy 's Almagest.
The Almagest is moved to Italy, and after that is manipulated.
He also published an edition of Ptolemy 's Almagest.
However, it also corrected Ptolemy 's Almagest based on findings of earlier Iranian astronomers.
That 's as many as Ptolemy was able to catalog in The Almagest.
The Almagest arose as an Arabic corruption of the Greek word for greatest ( megiste ).
Corona Borealis was one of the 48 constellations mentioned in the Almagest of classical astronomer Ptolemy.
For Ptolemy in Almagest says, A wise man will be the master of the stars.

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