Ptolemy's cataloque of stars; a revision of the Almagest by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters and Edward Ball Knobel

2nd Cent Ptolemy, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters

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J. f, 63. in c^^'t^^- ^1 ot^4.\c^ q,rr. PTOLEMY'S Catalogue of Stars A REVISION OF THE ALMAGEST BY Heinrich Friedrich Ph. D.Christian Peters, Director Hamiltonof College Observatory at Hamilton CollegeFormerly Litchfield Professor of Astronomy Associate the AstronomicalForeign of SocietyRoyal Member the Honorof Legion of AND Edward Ball Knobel President the AstronomicalTreasurer and Past Royal Societyof MH iNstitutioN of 'WashingtonThe Carnegie 1915 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON Publication No. 86 Q6 .141 PRBSS OF GIBSON BROTHERS WASHINGTON TO CONTENTS. Page Preface 1-3 Historical 6-15 Errors of longitudes 16-17Ptolemy's 18List of collatedmanuscripts Notes on 1the manuscripts 9-23 Errors in 24 The Catalogue 25-26 1 27-50 IICatalogue 51-73 III 74~95 Notes to the of Stars .'Catalogue 96-1 13 Table of differences of identification I I4~i 19 The star 1magnitudes 20-143 1Notes on the star magnitudes 44-150 — 1Collations of manuscripts Longitudes 52-179— 1 of Latitudes 80-207 ILLUSTRATIONS. Plate I. Portrait of C. H. F. Peters Frontispiece Page. II. of Paris Codex IX Century Facing 24Photograph (C) 2389, III. of Paris IX(C2) 24 2389, IV. of Vatican Codex IX Century 24 (D) 1594, 6I. of Errors in CatalogueFig. Diagram Ptolemy's 2. Facsimiles from Various 24Manuscripts of Venice Codex 963. Photograph 313 of EridaniChart the of Star.Ptolemy's 17 1094. position PTOLEMY'S Catalogue of Stars A REVISION OF THE ALMAGEST BY Christian Heinrich Friedrich Ph. D.

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• Astronomy
• Stars
• Catalog

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• Langue: English
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J.
f,
63.
inc^^'t^^-^1 ot^4.\c^ q,rr.
PTOLEMY'S Catalogue of Stars
A REVISION OF THE ALMAGEST
BY
Heinrich Friedrich Ph. D.Christian Peters,
Director Hamiltonof College Observatory
at Hamilton CollegeFormerly Litchfield Professor of Astronomy
Associate the AstronomicalForeign of SocietyRoyal
Member the Honorof Legion of
AND
Edward Ball Knobel
President the AstronomicalTreasurer and Past Royal Societyof
MH
iNstitutioN of 'WashingtonThe Carnegie
1915CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON
Publication No. 86
Q6
.141
PRBSS OF GIBSON BROTHERS
WASHINGTON