Euclid’s Phaenomena

The first modern English translation of Euclid's pioneering application of spherical geometry to astronomy. Though the 4th-century BC Greek treatise was soon superseded by better astronomy, it continued to be transmitted through the Islamic and Latin Middle Ages into the Renaissance as an introduction to the geometry of circular arcs of the sphere and to the problem of the rising time of ecliptic arcs. Supported by introductory chapters and Greek and English glossaries (without pronunciation) and indices. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.