Difference between revisions of "Hipparchus"
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74682" /> == | |||
<p> [[Ancient]] astronomer, born at Nicæa; flourished in the 2nd century B.C.; discovered among other things the precession of the equinoxes, determined the place of the equinox, and catalogued 1000 fixed stars. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43806" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43806" /> == | ||
<p> a martyr at Samosata, with several others, A.D. 297, under Galerius, variously commemorated March 15 and December 9. </p> | <p> a martyr at Samosata, with several others, A.D. 297, under Galerius, variously commemorated March 15 and December 9. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_74682"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hipparchus Hipparchus from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_43806"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/hipparchus Hipparchus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_43806"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/hipparchus Hipparchus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 11:02, 12 October 2021
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
Ancient astronomer, born at Nicæa; flourished in the 2nd century B.C.; discovered among other things the precession of the equinoxes, determined the place of the equinox, and catalogued 1000 fixed stars.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a martyr at Samosata, with several others, A.D. 297, under Galerius, variously commemorated March 15 and December 9.
