10 POLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIOPTRA»
Discover the use of
dioptra in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dioptra and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Polish literature.
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Science and Mathematics in Ancient Greek Culture - Strona 153
As we have seen, the sighting-arm of the levelling dioptra was four cubits (about 1 .80 m.l long, and so too was that of the dioptra of Hipparchus and others, and of the triquetra or Ptolemy's rulers.'8 If a sighting-arm of this length was practicable ...
Christopher Tuplin, Tracey Elizabeth Rihll, 2002
1 <...>: On the folio loss see Dain, Tradition, 31—32. Vincent (350) suggests that the lost material would include a description of the dioptra and two demonstrations: the first, which is referred to in subsequent problems (see on Geodesia 2:12), ...
Denis F. Sullivan, Hero,, 2000
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Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena: A Translation and ...
Euclid's argument, using a dioptra, to show that the Earth is at the center of the cosmos. In the same way, aim the dioptra at B when Leo is rising there. If you then look through the other end of the dioptra you will see Aquarius setting at E.
Geminus, James Evans, J. L. Berggren, 2006
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Poetry and Its Contexts in Eleventh-century Byzantium - Strona 181
Chapter 11 The Dioptra of Philippos Monotropa: Didactic Verses or Poetry? Eirini Afentoulidou-Leitgeb The Dioptra, a work of about 7,000 verses, was written in 1095 by the monk Philippos, in modern literature known as 'Monotropa'.1 It is ...
Floris Bernard, Kristoffel Demoen, 2012
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The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy - Strona 35
Indeed, Geminus remarks that a dioptra may be used to divide the zodiac into twelve equal parts,38 which implies an instrument equipped with some sort of angular scale. The compound sighting tube of figure 1.23 is not suited to dividing the ...
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Dioptra Fidei, Das ist: Allgemeiner, Catholischer und ... - Strona 1044
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Surveying Instruments - Strona 10
figure 1 Dioptre (dioptra on trijioil; sighting ruler for levelling; 4 yard long hydrostatic level: shifting rod for dioptra Figure 2 Astrolabe ... Around 100 B.C. Heron from Alexandria wrote his volume "about the Dioptra "'. collecting material from his ...
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The Forgotten Revolution: How Science Was Born in 300 BC ...
used for the same end: the dioptra described by Heron (Figure 4.3).17 Here the perpendicular axes are drawn on a graduated disc; one axis, at whose ends there are slits for looking through, is free to rotate on the plane of the disc, around its ...
Lucio Russo, Silvio (translator) Levy, 2013
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Dioptra id est Regula sive Amussis rei Christianis quator ...
Docet Dioptra latronem in paradifum terreftrem indu- étu m, ex illo promiflo Chrifti : bodiemecum eru in paradifo. Sed communis & vera expofitio eft Chriftum latroni illis verbis promififlevifio- nem beatificam,eamquepir»iAii.nominedefignafl*e.
Philippus (Solitarius), Jacobus Pontanus, 1604
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Philippi Solitarii Dioptra, id est, Regvla, siue Amvssis ... - Strona 423
Diriipgt as ВАётнг. Citatur in Turcogrœcia {01.198. liber Dioptra ínfcriptus , vetfìbus politicis Conflans , animarque 8: corporis difputationem Continens, tur ad moriendumfe non praparentlnitium eius fertur hoc; U5: фар. 7:5: ёшелщё'я mf; ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIOPTRA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
dioptra is used in the context of the following news items.
In Greece, firms pay a steep price for the crisis
“At the moment we're 90 percent down in July," says Costas Papadopoulos, the chief executive of DIOPTRA, one of Greece's biggest publishing houses. «Marketplace.org, Jul 15»
Βγαίνουμε Αθήνα: Ο εθελοντισμός γιορτάζει στον πεζόδρομο …
... (Εκδόσεις Διόπτρα - Dioptra Publications), "Μεταξύ ανθρώπων" (Εκδοτικός Οργανισμός Πάπυρος) και "Η θάλασσα έφυγε" (Εκδόσεις Metaixmio) αντίστοιχα. «Πρώτο ΘΕΜΑ, Jun 15»
Greek Publishing Spotlight: An Agent's Perspective
These publishers include bigger players like Patakis, Psichogios, Metaichmio; big-to-medium sized publishers like Dioptra; and smaller publishers like ... «Publishers Weekly, Apr 15»
Greek Superfoods: Good for You, Good for Greece
The book entitled “Get to Know Greek Superfoods” is published by Dioptra and contains well-known but quite a few unknown natural foods that work wonders on ... «Greek Reporter, Jan 15»
Gómez Besteiro elude dar explicaciones y remite a Pilar de Lara
... el pleno provincial sobre el importe total de las facturas emitidas por las empresas Markova-Tic y Dioptra. En un registro paralelo en el Ayuntamiento de Lugo, ... «ABC.es, Nov 14»
Rheinbacher Römertag - Leonidas bat in die Gladiatorenarena
... Ralph Heiliger vom „IngenieurteamZwei“ aus Rheinbach, der Vermessungsinstrumente der Römer wie Chorobat, Groma oder Dioptra vorstellte. «Kölnische Rundschau, Aug 14»
The slave who found excellence in science
Al Khazini, who converted to Islam and received a distinguished education, invented various scientific instruments— including the dioptra, which is a classical ... «gulfnews.com, Aug 14»
Celebrated UK writer Victoria Hislop puts down roots in central Athens
... “The Island,” had just been published by Dioptra Publications in Greek. I recall her saying to me back then that she wished she had some kind of Greek roots. «Kathimerini, Jun 14»
Dr Paul Wilkinson: All roads lead to Rome
The dioptra was used for measuring horizontal angles, for plan surveying, vertical angles and for levelling, and the portable sundial, the gnomon, could be used ... «Canterbury Times, Apr 14»
Siria afirma que permitirá a la ONU investigar el ataque con armas …
Efectivamente, soy lo suficientemente *lo que Vd. me dice* pero manteniendo también capacidad adecuada para poder distinguir los vocablos *dioptra* y ... «El Mundo.es, Aug 13»
