See also:

• ALBATEGNIUS (c. 850-929)

ALBATEGNIUS (c. 850-929)  , an Arab See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince and astronomer, correctly designated Mahommed See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

ben Gebir al Batani, his surname being derived from his native See also:

• TOWN

town, Batan in See also:

• MESOPOTAMIA (Mevoaora)

Mesopotamia . From his observations at Aracte and See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus, where he died, he was able to correct some of See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy's results, previously taken on See also:

• TRUST

trust . He compiled new tables of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun and See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long accepted as authoritative, discovered the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement of the sun's apogee, and assigned to See also:

• ANNUAL

annual precession the improved value of 550 . Perhaps independently of Aryabhatta (See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Pataliputra on the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges 476 A.D.), he introduced the use of sines in calculation, and partially that of tangents . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORK

work, De Motu Stellarum, was published at See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg in 1537 by See also:

• MELANCHTHON, FHILIPP (1497–155o)

Melanchthon, in a blundering Latin See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by See also:

• PLATO

Plato Tiburtinus (fl . 1116), annotated by See also:

• REGIOMONTANUS (1436-1476)

Regiomontanus . A reprint appeared at See also:

• BOLOGNA
• BOLOGNA, GIOVANNI DA (1524–1608)

Bologna in 1645 . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original MS. is preserved at the Vatican; and the See also:

• ESCORIAL

Escorial library possesses in MS. a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise of some value by him on astronomicalchronology . See also:

• ALBATEGNIUS (c. 850-929)

Albategnius takes the highest See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank among Arab astronomers . See Houzeau, Bibliographic astronomique, i . 467; M . See also:

• MARIE

Marie, Histoire See also:

• DES

des sciences, ii .

113; R . See also:

• WOLF
• WOLF (Canis lupus)
• WOLF, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1759-1824)
• WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903)
• WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

Wolf, Geschichte der Astronomie; p . 67; See also:

• DELAMBRE, JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH (1749-1822)

Delambre, Hist. de l'astr. au moyen See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, ch. ii.; Phil . Trans., 1693 (913), where E . See also:

• HALLEY, EDMUND (1656–1742)

Halley supplies corrections to some of the observations recorded in De Motu Stellarum .