In the Ptolemaic system of planetary motion the earth is fixed as the center of the universe with the sun and moon and planets revolving around it. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This system became known as the Ptolemaic system and predicted the positions of the planets accurately enough for naked-eye observations. From Wordnik.com. [Ptolemy] Reference
This so-called Ptolemaic system of astronomy fitted in very nicely with the language of the. From Wordnik.com. [A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.] Reference
Hephaestio of Thebes (ca. 415), and the Ptolemaic, which is followed by Porphyrius (ca. 250), Paul of. From Wordnik.com. [ASTROLOGY] Reference
Ptolemy's name is, however, most widely known in association with what is called the Ptolemaic theory. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Maybe this notion is a kind of Ptolemaic economics. From Wordnik.com. [The Moderate Voice] Reference
Amun, or Osiris, in a Ptolemaic or a Roman sanctuary. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
The Ptolemaic theory of the universe still held sway. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Some large copper in 1st and 2nd, thinner than the Ptolemaic. From Wordnik.com. [How to Observe in Archaeology] Reference
It was for reasons the Ptolemaic system so long held its sway. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference
Medieval astronomers had generally accepted the Ptolemaic system. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
The Ptolemaic system, with its crystalline spheres revolving round the. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Ptolemaic and the Copernican astronomy, and it is very much of the same kind. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Besides which, the girls have sufficient Ptolemaic blood to pass on the throne. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
He clapped for a Ptolemaic servant, and asked that his own secretary be summoned. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Now: A Ptolemaic Egyptian sarcophagus stands between a pair of Louis XIII – era armchairs. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasures of Yves Saint Laurent] Reference
Five miles to the north of the present town are the ruins of the old Ptolemaic one, Myos Hormos. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Arabia] Reference
This book was an epitome of Ptolemy's 'Almagest,' and therefore entirely Ptolemaic in its teaching. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Milton has very faithfully adhered to the Ptolemaic mechanism and nomenclature throughout his poem. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
The Copernican theory is proved true, and the Ptolemaic theory false, by mathematical calculations. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
Ptolemaic theory adopted without doubt or hesitation by the numerous authors whose works he perused. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
The sequence of select gold coins of all the Ptolemaic kings and queens of Egypt is simply dazzling. From Wordnik.com. [At the Museums: Athens' New Coin Museum] Reference
Copernican theory, in accounting for the occurrence of celestial phenomena, as compared with the Ptolemaic. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
The moons, of those solar planets which have them, represent the epi-epicyclical orbits of the Ptolemaic theory. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
According to the Ptolemaic system, heavenly bodies were perfect unchanging spheres and all revolved around Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Galileo] Reference
The ruined temple there is Ptolemaic, but the cartouche of Ramses II has been found in the course of the excavations. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
This Ptolemaic system was not overthrown until the grand discovery of Copernicus in the sixteenth century of our era. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Beside these Ptolemaic ruins are found some traces of the prehistoric miners, and in a few cases as at the mines of the. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
Later King of Egypt, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, and author of a history of Alexander extensively used by Arrian. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
We should have landed on habitable planets by now rather than finding ourselves stuck on Earth sick with Ptolemaic itch. From Wordnik.com. [The Brother Who Wants to go to Another Planet] Reference
We are simply their way to obtain an interest in Egypt, since we do have the necessary Ptolemaic blood to establish our claims. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Or takes the occasional walk along the banks, to an ancient Ptolemaic temple, replete with images of Horus carved in the stone. From Wordnik.com. [Karin Badt: Going Down the Nile in Style: the 19th Century Dahabiyya Restored] Reference
We therefore find that Milton followed the traditional way of thinking by adopting the views associated with the Ptolemaic theory. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
There were always numerous foreigners settled in Egypt, and in Ptolemaic and Roman times Alexandria and Memphis swarmed with them. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology] Reference
Ptolemaic system, gives a Table of Chords in a circle subtended by angles at the centre of ½° increasing by half-degrees to 180°. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Each of these suggested that something is wrong with the Ptolemaic system in addition to the orbital findings of Copernicus and Kepler. From Wordnik.com. [Galileo] Reference
"The hollow round of Cynthia's seat" has beauty for that person only who knows something of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy and of the huntress-queen of Greek mythology. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
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