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Excerpt from Theonis Smyrn�i Platonici Liber De Astronomia Cum Sereni Fragmento: d104um Primus Edidit, Latine Vertit, Descriptionibus Geometricis, Dissertatione Et Notis Illustravit; Accedunt Nunc Primum Edita Georgii Pachymeris e Libro Astronomico Delecta Fragmenta
Montucla 1 de Theonis Operis parte astronomica haec loquitur il est f�cheux que jamais personne n'ait song� � publier cette partie, qui vraisembla blement nous instruirait de beaucoup de faits cu rieux. B'ailleurs, comme Theon fut observateur (id falsum esse, aut certe valde dubium, ostendemus) peut-etre y trouverait - ou diverses observations utiles � l'astronomie moderne. Quas Montuclae spes non ambas quidem sed priorem certe veram fuisse haec nostra editio comprohabit.
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