Cometary Theory in Fifteenth-Century Europe

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Springer Science & Business Media, 31. okt. 1985 - 209 síður
 

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Cometary theory in antiquity
11
The medieval tradition of cometary theory to 1400
22
The fifteenthcentury astronomical context
34
Jacobus Angelus
37
Paolo Toscanelli
43
Georg Peurbach
86
Johannes Regiomontanus
93
Epilogues the sixteenth century
121
Tractauts de cometis facsimile
129
B Toscanellis mathematical computations
162
C Regiomontanus Sixteen Problems facsimile
170
D De cometa attributed to Regiomontanus Latin text
195
References
197
Polish Summary by Grazyna Rosinska
202
Subject Index
204
Index of Names
205

Summary and conclusions
127

Common terms and phrases

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