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THIS is undoubtedly one of the most important works on the history of astronomy that has appeared for many years. The author here publishes and annotates the text of. several newly discovered manuscripts of astronomical-astrological authors of the Classical and Byzantine periods. The names of Teukros the Babylonian, Antiochos, Valens, and the poet Johannes Kamateros were known to us before, but Herr Boll has considerably increased our knowledge of them and their work, and he has, indeed, almost added a new chapter to the history of astronomy.
Sphaera; neue griechische Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Sternbilder.
Von Franz Boll. Pp. xii + 564; with illustrations and 6 plates. (Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.) Price 24 marks.
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Sphaera; neue griechische Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Sternbilder . Nature 67, 481 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/067481a0
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