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Hipparchus. (c. 190 B.C. - c. 120 B.C.) Greek astronomer who as an early scientist established the use of trigonometry. He was the first to describe a location on the earth by latitude and longitude. No quotes by this name. Hipparchus in the Observatory of Alexandria, holding diopter for celestial measurement.
Hipparchus (born, Nicaea, Bithynia [now Iznik, Turkey]—died after 127 bce, Rhodes?) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the advancement of astronomy as a mathematical science and to the foundations of trigonometry.
Oct 5, 2023 · Hipparchus of Nicaea (c. 190 – c. 120 BC) was a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician. He is considered the founder of trigonometry but is most famous for his incidental discovery of precession of the equinoxes .
Aug 26, 2016 · Hipparchus was one of antiquity's greatest scientists. A Greek mathematician and astronomer, he measured the earth-moon distance accurately, founded the mathematical discipline of trigonometry, and his combinatorics work was unequalled until 1870.
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Mar 15, 2022 · Hipparchus of Nicea is famous for discovering the precession of the equinoxes as well as for major contributions to the field of astronomy. He is also regarded as the possible inventor of the Antikythera Mechanism.
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Ptolemy gives an extensive discussion of Hipparchus' work on the length of the year in the Almagest III.1, and quotes many observations that Hipparchus made or used, spanning 162 B.C.E. to 128 b.c.e..
May 29, 2018 · The Greek astronomer Hipparchus (active 162-126 B.C.) discovered the precession of the equinoxes, founded trigonometry, and compiled the first star catalog. Born at Nicaea in Bithynia, Hipparchus studied astronomy, perhaps under Theodosius, and made some of his early observations in his native city.
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