One such feature was epicycles used to explain the apparent backward motion of planets across the sky. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
For the epicycle is a sphere which changes place in the circumference of the large sphere. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy] Reference
Zizka makes an interesting point, I think, with his "epicycle" comment, but I don't believe that the rules that cover exceptions are necessarily made up. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: LINGUISTIC MUTATION.] Reference
So we now have the following epicycle from peterson. From Wordnik.com. [A Second Look at USHCN Classification « Climate Audit] Reference
So, it was the epicycle espisode that fascinated me. From Wordnik.com. [A Second Look at USHCN Classification « Climate Audit] Reference
How was the machinery and holes arranged for the epicycle?. From Wordnik.com. [Bukiet on Brooklyn Books] Reference
We have an instance of such an epicycle in the philosophy of Fichte and. From Wordnik.com. [Essays of Schopenhauer] Reference
The annual revolution takes the series 'fourth place, which contains the earth ¦ together with the lunar sphere as an epicycle. From Wordnik.com. [Nicolaus Copernicus] Reference
This arrangement would be tantamount to each of these planets riding on a small epicycle whose center traversed a large deferent. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
But more recent discoveries brought to light discrepancies and difficulties which were explained away by adding epicycle to epicycle. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
The radii of the eccentric and deferent were equal and parallel to each other, while the eccentricity was equal to the radius of the epicycle. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
"It's precisely like an ancient epicycle in the solar system," said. From Wordnik.com. [AARP.org :] Reference
Do you, if you choose, perch yourself on the epicycle of the planet. From Wordnik.com. [Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II.] Reference
The body involved moved on the epicycle, and the epicycle's center orbited the earth. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
The epicycle, a smaller "circle upon a circle" centered on a point on the great sphere. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
To correct for these irregularities Copernicus introduced epicycle on epicycle in the lunar orbit. From Wordnik.com. [History of Astronomy] Reference
"Cycle on epicycle, orb on orb," by which they sought to account for the phenomena which they observed. From Wordnik.com. [Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science] Reference
I dont actually health care about what I lack for a land access now to be honest, or in we epicycle of friends. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
The fourth one in order is the yearly revolution which includes the earth with the moon's orbit as an epicycle. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science] Reference
The moon moves on an epicycle centred on a second epicycle, itself centred on a deferent, excentric to the earth. From Wordnik.com. [History of Astronomy] Reference
It cannot be made the epicycle, without introducing into the system three new circles each with a fictitious centre. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
We have an instance of such an epicycle in the philosophy of Fichte and Schelling, crowned by Hegel's caricature of it. From Wordnik.com. [Essays of Schopenhauer] Reference
And though some suppose her to move in an epicycle, yet this doth not so turne her body round, that we may discerne both. From Wordnik.com. [The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet] Reference
Both theories grew ever more complicated in response to the evidences of the natural world, adding epicycle upon epicycle. From Wordnik.com. [Uncommon Descent] Reference
The equant, or the displacement of the center of motion of the epicycle (above) from the geometric center of the heavenly body's sphere. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
Such was the theory advanced by Copernicus: The earth moves in an epicycle, on a deferent whose centre is a little distance from the sun. From Wordnik.com. [History of Astronomy] Reference
Here’s a long post on what all this epicycle business is. From Wordnik.com. [PageRank, worth it or not? : #comments] Reference
“deferent”: so that the actual motion of the sun was in an epicycle. From Wordnik.com. [Kepler]
"One of them compared it to the ancient epicycle theory of planetary motion. From Wordnik.com. [Angelmass]
A circle rolling off on a circle (epicycle), or a figure mathematically equivalent to such a one. From Wordnik.com. [SYMMETRY AND ASYMMETRY] Reference
An instance of such an epicycle is the philosophy started by Fichte and Schelling, and crowned by Hegel’s caricature of it. From Wordnik.com. [Religion] Reference
The annual revolution takes the series’ fourth place, which contains the earth … together with the lunar sphere as an epicycle. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Trouble With Common Sense] Reference
This is not an introduction nor an epicycle. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny and a Book] Reference
Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb, "happy in his immunity. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion"] Reference
Cycle on epicycle, all their tale. From Wordnik.com. [The Light of Asia] Reference
See since that Seaman's epicycle sprite. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
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