Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 1 Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy

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Thales' ideas, probably not a globe maker.--Eudoxus.--The Atlante Farnese.--Archimedes.--Allusion of Lactantius.--Pappus' allusions.--Armillary spheres.--The astronomer Hipparchus.--Ptolemy.--Globes used for decorative purposes by the Romans.--Roman coins.--The Byzantine Leontius Mechanicus.