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Aristar`chus of Samos
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
A Greek astronomer, who first conceived the idea of the rotundity of the earth and its revolution both on its own axis and round the sun, in promulgating which idea he was accused of impiously disturbing the serenity of the gods (280 B.C.).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Aristar`chus of Samos'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/aristarchus-of-samos.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.