Alphonsine

alphonsine English Etymology From en la Alphōnsīnus.Alfonsine n. and adj. 1 1853924829 Adjective - en Alfonsine. Noun en Alfonsine. en 1599 Thomas Hill What the Offices or Vtilities of the Equinoctiall Are The Schoole of Skil:Containing Two Bookes: The First, of the Sphere, of Heauen, of the Starres, of Their Orbes, and of the Earth, &c. The Second, of the Sphericall Elements, of the Celestiall Circles, and of Their Vses, &c. Orderly Set Forth According to Art, with Apt Figures and Proportions in Their Proper Places, by Tho. Hill. London Printed by Thomas Iudson, for William Iaggard 2nd part (Of the Sphericall Elements of the Celestiall Circles, with the Vses of the Same Circles) 77 https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_the-schoole-of-skil-_hill-thomas_1599/page/77/mode/1up 1203201028 Foꝛ Hipparchus and Ptholomie, haue ſtabliſhed in their time the quantity of the Tropicke yeare, to bee of 365. dayes, 5. houres, 55. minutes, and 12. ſeconds. The Alphonſines, of 365. dayes, 5. houres, 55. minutes, and 12. ſeconds, I 2 469 For its manifeſt, that Ptotomy could never deſcribe either the Motion of the Equinoxes, or aſſign the certain and poſitive beginning of the Year: the which he ingeniouſly confeſſeth in Lib. 3. De Almageſt. Magnum. Ch. 2. and which he leaveth to be diſcovered in after times by thoſe Aſtronomers, who coming into the World much later than he, might be able to invent ſome way to make more accurate obſervations. And although the Alphonſines & Thebith Ben Core have attempted to explain them; yet it appeareth that they have done as much as nothing. For the Poſitions of the Alphonſines diſagree amongſt themſelves, as Ricius proveth. en 1874 w:David Masson Scheme and Meaning of the Poem The Poetical Works of John Milton: Edited, with Introductions, Notes, and an Essay on Milton’s English I London Macmillan and Co. “Paradise Lost” section, “Introduction: Bibliographical, Biographical, and Expository” subsection 90 https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksedi01miltuoft/page/90/mode/1up 3086229 There are various opinions concerning the number and order of the celestial Spheres; but, following for the present, for the sake of learners, the doctrine of the Alphonsines, we reckon ten, in this order:—The 1st is the Sphere of the Moon, which has the lowest place in the Æther; Translating Epitome Astronomiae by Michael Maestlin. References French Etymology fr :af Alphonse -ine From fr Alphonse -ine. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Alphonsine.wav France Proper noun f fr female