Abstract: CentaurusVolume 53, Issue 1 p. 55-61 Heron of Alexandria's Date Nathan Sidoli, Nathan Sidoli School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Nathan Sidoli, Nathan Sidoli School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 07 February 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.2010.00203.xCitations: 11Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract This paper is a reassessment of the use of the use of Dioptra 35 for the purposes of dating the activity of Heron of Alexandra. It is argued that the text does not contain a carefully recorded eclipse observation that can be attributed to Heron. The most that can be said is that the lunar eclipse of 13 March 62 can probably be taken as a terminus post quem for Heron's activity. References Berggren, J. L. and Jones, A. (2000) Ptolemy's geography: an annotated translation of the theoretical chapters (Princeton: Princeton University Press). Google Scholar Drachmann, A. G. (1932) Ancient oil mills and presses Det kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Archaeologisk-kunsthistoriske Meddelelser, 1 (Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard). Google Scholar Funkhouser, H. G. (1937) Historical development of the graphical representation of statistical data, Osiris, 3, 269–404. 10.1086/368480 Google Scholar Gillispie, C. C. (19701980) Dictionary of scientific biography (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons). Web of Science®Google Scholar Keyser, P. T. and Irby-Massie, G. L. (2008) The encyclopedia of ancient natural scientists (London, New York: Routledge). Google Scholar Krojer, F. (2009) Astronomie der Spätantike, die Null und Aryabhata (München: Differenz-Verlag). Web of Science®Google Scholar Lehoux, D. (2007) Astronomy, weather, and calendars (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). Google Scholar Liu, B.-L. and Fiala, A. D. (1992) Canon of lunar eclipses 1500 B.C. to A.D. 3000 (Richmond: Willmann-Bell). Google Scholar Neugebauer, O. (19381939) Über eine Methode zur Distanzbestimmung Alexandria-Rom bei Heron I & II, Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 26 (2 & 7), 3–26, 3–11. Google Scholar Neugebauer, O. (1975) A history of ancient mathematical astronomy (New York: Springer). 10.1007/978-3-642-61910-6 Google Scholar Rome, A. (1923) Le problème de la distance entre deux villes dans la Dioptra de Héron, Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles, 43, 234–258. Google Scholar Schmidt, W. (1903) Heronis Alexandrini: Pnumatica, Heronis Alexandrini opera quae supersunt omnia, Vol. 1 (Leipzig: Teubner). Google Scholar Schöne, H. (1903) Heron von Alexandria: Vermessungslehre und Dioptra, Heronis Alexandrini opera quae supersunt omnia, Vol. 3 (Leipzig: Teubner). Google Scholar Sidoli, N. (2005) Heron's Dioptra 35 and analemma methods: an astronomical determination of the distance between two cities, Centaurus, 47, 236–258. 10.1111/j.1600-0498.2005.470304.x Google Scholar Steele, J. (2000) Observations and predictions of eclipse times by early astronomers (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers). 10.1007/978-94-015-9528-5 Google Scholar Toomer, G. J. (1984) Ptolemy's almagest [Reprinted by Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1998] (London: Duckworth). Google Scholar Citing Literature Volume53, Issue1February 2011Pages 55-61 ReferencesRelatedInformation
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