of which that is the Pillar of Stone he affirms to have been extant in his Time in a Place call'd Syrias or Seirath conceived to be the Land bordering upon Mount Ephraim not far from Iericho Astronomy being thus brought into the World was cultivated and improved by the following Patriarchs who by reason of their long lives had the Opportunity of observing and noting many Astral Revolutions To which end chiefly according to the Opinion of some of the Jewish Doctors the Prolongation of their Lives was by divine Providence in a manner miraculously extended Among whom in this Science the most celebrated is Enoch whose Books upon this Subiect are said to be extant at this Day whence Tertullian and Origen produce several Citations But to what Extent of Improvement this Science was brought before the Flood is uncertain This only from the Testimony of Origen citing the Books of Enoch before mentioned appears That the Stars were then reduced into Asterisms under peculiar and distinct Denominations Touching which Names the said Enoch wrote many secret and mysterious things And Scripture makes it manifest that the Year then as now it is was computed by 〈◊〉 Revolutions of the Moon to one of the Sun 's through the Zodiack For in Genesis it is said that Noah entred into the Ark the 17. Day of the 2. Moneth there is likewise express mention of the 7. and the 10. Moneth and that on the 27. Day of the 2. Moneth of the Year following Noah went out of the Ark. Whence we may infer that the Patriarchs had then the knowledge as well of the Sun's Course as of the Moons with their Periods and in probability of the other Planets And that the Opinion of those who conceive the Year before the Flood to have been only Menstrual deserves to be exploded as most absurd and ridiculous After the Flood and the Dispersion of Mankind over the face of the Earth the Study of Astronomy began to be improved by several Nations who doubtless had derived the Knowledge thereof from Noah and his Posterity So that it may seem no wonder if at one and the same Time divers Persons in divers Regions applied themselves to the Observation and Study of this Astral Science Hence arises among several Nations the Contest for the Glory and Honour of its Invention But seeing it is clear beyond all Controversie that Mankind issued and dispersed themselves out of Asia into Africk Europe and other parts of the World the Glory thereof ought in the first Place to be attributed to the Asiaticks and among them chiefly to the Babylonians Chaldeans and Bactrians Among whom are principally celebrated Evahdnes Belus Zoroaster and his Successor Otanes as likewise Cidenas Naburian Sudinus and Seleucus the Chaldean before whom yet is to be reckoned the Patriarch Abraham and his Father Thare as great Improvers of those Inventions which had been handed down to them from their Forefathers and the Sons of Noah From the Assyrians and Chaldeans it came in the next Place to the Egyptians brought thither by the Patriarch Abraham as Eusebius proves from the Authority of Iosephus Eupolemus Artapanus Melo and others as cited by Alexander Polyhistor though Eupolemus seem to infer that Abraham first taught the same to the Phenicians before his Descent into Egypt There are others yet who attribute the Honour of its Invention to the Egyptians before the Chaldeans conceiving that Tradition of Abraham's instructing the Egyptian Priests to be inconsistent with Reason since Abraham's Stay in Egypt however Artapanus report it to have been 20 years seems not to have been above 3 Moneths most of which time was spent in Fears Jealousies and Dangers which in all Probability would not permit him to communicate at leisure and with freedom the Mysteries of that sublime Science They add further that the Egyptians were so far from receiving the Knowledge of Astronomy from the Chaldeans that on the Contrary they affirm the Chaldeans to have been first instructed therein by the Egyptians To prove which they produce the Testimonies of Diodorus Siculus and Hyginus The former writing that Babylon was a Colony of the Egyptians founded by Belus Son of Libya who therein instituted a College of Priests who were to contemplate the Sâ—…ars in the same manner as those in Egypt The later reporting that one Evahdnes is said to have come from beyond the Seas into Chaldea and there to have taught Astronomy But it seems strange if this Science were known to the Egyptians before the Babylonians and Chaldeans that yet the Egyptian Observations should be so much later than those of the Babylonians for we find scarce any of the Egyptians to precede the Time of Alexander the Great his Death than which even those of the Greeks are earlier whereas the Observations of the Babylonians appear to have been made almost 2000 years before that Time Others there are who would rob both the Chaldeans and Egyptians of this Honour and assign the Invention thereof to the Ethiopians of which Opinion is Lucian 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 But this Assertion seems to want much of Validity as being opposed by the general Stream of Tradition and that long before Lucian's Time Nor wants Africa besides the Egyptians and Ethiopians other Pretenders to the Invention of Astronomy particularly the Mauritanians who are said to have been instructed therein by Atlas the Son of Libya their King From the several Nations before mentioned Astronomy seems to have been divided anciently into Three Principal Sects that is to say the Assyrian comprehending the Babylonian and Chaldaick the Egyptian and the Atlantick of which last yet the Greeks and Romans made no reckoning for among them were only enumerated these 3 Sects the Chaldaick Egyptian and Grecian the Original and Progress of which last comes next to be described To pass by the fabulous Age touching which there is nothing certain we shall only confine our Discourse to the Historical which began with the Olympiads Nor do any Monuments of this Later inform us that the Greeks had made any considerable Advance in Astronomy before the Death of Alexander the Great For excepting some few Observations of Eclipses made by Thales and Anaxagoras the rest of the Greeks imployed their Studies no further than in nothing the Rising and Setting of the fixed Stars and accommodating the Cycles of the Sun and Moon to the Constitution of the Civil Year to which end they observed the Solstices and Equinoxes Oenopides Cleostratus Harpalus Democritus Meton Euctemon or Eudoxus having not delivered to us any thing of the proper Motion of the fixed Stars or their certain Distances from one another nor yet says Ricciolus of the Revolutions of the Planets or the Periods determining the Apocatastasis of the Moons Anomaly and Latitude And yet such was their Self-conceit and Presumption as confidently to affirm that Astronomy ow'd its Invention to them and particularly to the Rhodians from whom they will have the
years JULIUS HYGINUS whom some would have to be the Freed-man of Augustus others with more probability of Severus and Antoninus or of Iulia Severa the Empress wrote the Astronomicum Poeticum De Mundi Sphaerae partibus and the Fables of the several Asterisms yet extant SENECA the Philosopher occasionally intermingles in divers of his Writings several Astronomical Dissertations and in the seventh Book of his Natural Questions hath expresly written of Comets ANDROMACHUS CRETENSIS was Physician to Nero and about the latter end of his Reign wrote as it is affirmed by Lucas Gauricus and Clavius in Sacroboscum the first of any touching the Theory of the Planets His Writingâ—… are much commended by Galen PLINY the Elder in the second Book of his Natural History hath written many things touching the Celestial Bodies JARCHAS Prince of the Brachmannes was a famous Astronomer according to the Testimony of St. Ierome ad Paulinum whose Words are These Apollâ—… whether the Magician as vulgarly reputed or the Philosopher according to the Trâ—…dition of the Pythagoreans went to the Brachmannes that he might hear Jarchas fitting on a Throne of Gold and discoursing of the daily Revolution and Motion of the Stars Damis likewise reports that the said Iarchas gave to Apollonius seven Rings inscribed with the Names of the seven Planets which he was to wear successively every Day One. See Rantzov in Catalog Astrol. APOLLONIUS TYANAEUS wrote four Books de Divinatione Astrologica as Philostratus relates in his Life though none of them be now extant PLUTARCHUS CHAERONENSIS in his Book De facie in Orâ—…e Lunae and in his Work De Placitis Philosophorum hath shown himself studious and skilful in Astronomy MENELAUS a most eminent Mathematician and Astronomer was an Observer of the Stars for a long time both at Rhodes and at Rome He hath left Three Books Sphaericorum published by Mersennus in his Synopsis Mathemat AGRIPPA the Mathematician observed as it is reported by Ptolemy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Conjunction of the Moon with the Pleiades happening Anno Nabonassar 840. Nov. 29. ASCLETARION was an Astrologer in the time of Domitian whose fate he had predicted for which being questioned and avowing the Prediction he was asked by the Emperour what his own fate would be To which he confidently reply'd that he should be torn in pieces by Dogs Whereupon Domitian commanded that he should be immediately slain and carefully buried that the vanity of his Art might appear But a sudden and violent tempest happening at the enterment of him his body was deserted and the Dogs came and tore it in pieces See Sueton. in Domit. HADRIANUS the Emperour was singularly well skill'd in Astronomy and particularly in Judiciary Astrology according to the Testimony of Aelius Spartianus in his Life who affirms that he used yearly in the Evening of the Calends of Ianuary to calculate what ever should happen to him for the whole year following And in the Life of Verus His Successour he gives us this further Testimony which take in his own Words Fuisse Adrianum peritum Matheseôs Marius Maximus usque adeò demonstrat ut eum dicat cuncta de se scîsse sic ut omnium dierum usque ad horam mortis futuros actus antè perscripserit AQUILA PONTICUS was a learned Mathematician of Synope first a Christian but afterwards by the Church for his too great adherence to Judiciary Astrology excommunicated whereupon he became a Iewish Proselyte and translated the Old Testament though not very sincerely into Greek THEON ALEXANDRINUS Senior whom some would have to be the same with that Theon Smyrnaeus who wrote in Mathematica Platonis published by Bulialdus made several Observations of the Planet Venus in the sixteenth year of the Emperour Hadrian mentioned by Ptolemy cap. 10. Almagest In the Library at Ausbourg there is extant a Tractate of his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 PHLEGON TRALLIANUS the Freed-man of Hadrian the Emperour among other his Works wrote De Olympiadibus in which according to the testimonies of Origen and Eusebius he made a Chronological remark on the obscuration of the Sun which happened at the time of our Saviour's Passion CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS a Native of Pelusium descended as some would have it of the Royal Race of the Ptolemies Kings of Egypt The Prince in his Time of Astronomers Geographers and Astrologers His Principal Works being eight Books of Geography thirteen Books 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 commonly called Almagestum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 seu Quadripartita Syntaxis de judiciis Astrorum And Parapegma de Apparentiis Significationibus Inerrantium Stellarum de Analemmate c. there are likewise ascribed to him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. faciles expediti upon which Theon Alexandrinus Iun. is reported to have commented or rather as Golius in Alferganum from the Authority of Keusian Gilaeus notes to have composed himself and to have given them the Title of Canones Ptolemaici because computed according to the Hypotheses of Ptolemy SEXTUS EMPIRICUS Nephew to Plutarch the Philosopher in his Hypotyp Pyrrhon writes sharply against Iudiciary Astrology HEPHAESTION THEBANUS wrote de Configurationibus Stellarum as cited by Salmasius De Annis Climactericis and others Of whom divers Excerpta De duodecim Zodiaci Signis eorum Effectibus are published by Camerarius in Greek and Latine amongst his Astrological Collections Printed at Norimberg Of this Authour also three Books 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are by Simler affirmed to be yet extant in Bibliotheca Strozzae CLAUDIUS GALENUS Native of Pergamus in Asia the most famous Physician of his time in which Function he served three Roman Emperours Adrianus Lucius Verus and Antoninus Pius That he was learned in Astronomy and Astrology appears by his Books de Diebus Decretoriis his Epid. and his Mathemat His Father likewise being well skilled therein for thus according to the Testimony of Antonius Fumanellus cited by Rantzovius in Catalog Astronom he writes of Him Pater Meus Optimus fuit Mathematicus Exercitatus quandoque in Geometria Arithmetica Architectura Astronomia APULEIUS if the Piece bearing his name be genuine wrote De Sphaera now extant with other Astronomical Tractates amongst the Manuscripts in the Library at Westminster and in that of Nicholaus Trivisanus of Padua as cited by Thomasinus in Bibliothec. Patavin under this Title Sphaera Apuleii Platonici LUCIAN the Philosopher a Native of Samosata at this Day Scempsat a City in Syria in the Province of Comagene the facete Authour of the Ingenious Dialogues wrote a Particular Treatise of Astrology or Astronomy setting forth it 's Original Antiquity and Excellency In which Dissertation and in his Saturnalia Bourdelotius affirms he hath inserted many things taken from our Manilius ANDRUZAGAR an Arabian Astrologer is said to have flourished about
Dynast under whose Name Simler in Bibl. Gesner affirms there is extant a Piece entitled de Compositione Astrolabii ETHEL WOLDUS WENTANUS of the Race of the West-Saxon Kings sometime Abbot of Abington afterwards Bishop of Winchester wrote among other Works of different Subjects a Treatise de Planetis de Climatibus Mundi as Balaeus affirms MUHAMMED IB'N AHMED ALBIROUNI a Persian Astronomer wrote De modo mensurandi Altitudinem Stellarum as also an Explication of the use of the Astrolabe extant amongst the Manuscripts of Iacobus Golius IB'N JUNES or JOUNIS an Egyptian wrote Astronomical Tables together with a History of Various Observations and the reason of Calculating the Celestial Motions which he dedicated to Hakein perhaps Elhacain King of Egypt who flourished about the year 373. of the Hegira of Christ 996. ABBO FLORIACENSIS so called as being Abbot of the Monastery of Fleury in Burgundy a French man Native of Orleans among other Works wrote De Motibus Stellarum De Planetarum cursu Demonstrationes Astronomicae CAMPANUS NOVARIENSIS an eminent Astrologer and Astronomer He found a peculiar way of erecting a Celestial Scheme by division of the prime vertical Circle which way Gazulus followed He wrote besides Theoricas Planetarum De Sphaera De Computo Another Piece de Compositione Astrolabii and a Calendar Simler mentions another Piece of his entitled Breviloquium duodecim Signorum Zodiaci which he sayes in his Time was extant apud M. Dresserum in MS. ABU-ALI-IBN SINA commonly called AVICENNA a famous Physician whose life is exactly written and prefixed to Plempius's Translation of the second Books of Avicen's Canon Medicinae and of whom an excellent account is given in Abul Pharagius his History of the Dynasties He writ De Astronomia Chronologia mentioned amongst the Manuscripts of Iacobus Golius He was born in the year of the Hegira 370. and died in the year 428. which are the years of Christ 980. and 1036. IB'N HAITEM wrote touching the motion of the Center of the Moon 's Epicycle Of the difference of the Solar and Lunar Year Of the Dimensions of the Earth Sun and Moon And De Motu Circulari As also touching the exact method of taking the Elevation of the Pole He died at Grand-Cairo about the Year of Christ 1038. HERMANNUS CONTRACTUS a Monk but of noble Extraction as being Son of Wolferad Earl of Varinge in Suaben which Surname of Contractus he gained à membrorum contractione as G. Vossius affirms wrote three Books De Compositione Astrolabii and one De Utilitate Astrolabii He wrote likewise another De Eclipsibus and translated the Works of several Arabian Astronomers into Latine ISAACIUS ARGYRUS MONACHUS wrote de Cyclis Solis Lunae and de Computo Ecclesiastico which last Petavius hath published in Greek and Latine in Uranolog His Astronomical Tractates are said to be kept in MS. in the Library at Auspurg and what other Mathematical Pieces he wrote will appear in Simler's Epitome of Gesner's Bibliotheca OLIVERIUS MALMESBURIENSIS by some called ELMERUS wrote Astrologorum Dogmata quaedam and another Book De Signis Planetarum as Balaeus testifies GULIELMUS Abbas Coenobii Hirsaugiensis in the Diocess of Spires composed Three Books Rerum Philosophicarum Astronomicarum Printed at Basile 1431. ARZACHEL HISPANUS an Arabian by extraction 190. years after Albategnius observed the greatest Declination of the Sun to be 23° 34′ Some make him a Native of Toledo being called likewise Abraham Elzara Keel Georgius Ioachimus Rheticus in the Preface to his Ephemerides makes him to be the Authour Toletanarum Tabularum and that he left 402. Observations touching the Sun 's Apogaeum Vid. Ricciol in Chronol Astron. ROBERTUS LORRAINE so called by the English by reason he was Originally a Lorrainer Profest and taught both in the Schools of France and Belgia Philosophy Rhetorick and Mathematicks for which Reason he was well esteemed by William the Conquerour and advanced to the Bishoprick of Hereford He wrote de Stellarum Motibus Tabulae Mathematicae de Lunari Computo See Balaeus ALHAZEN ARABS wrote besides seven Books of Opticks one De Crepusculis in which sayes Blancanus Aeris suprema maltitudinem acutissimè rimatur Fredericus Risner published and illustrated his Works with a Comment and Sculps and makes mention of three other Signal Arabians of the same name as Ricciolus Chronic. Astron. affirms GEBER HISPALENSIS ARABS explained Ptolemy's Almagest in nine Books first Printed at Norimberg by Petreius Anno 1533. together with Petrus Apianus his Scheme or Instrument of the Primum mobile In the beginning of which Work he treats of Spherical Triangles as far as requisite to Astronomical Calculations from whence sayes Mersennus in Synops. Mathemat Purbacchius and Regiomontanus excerpted many things in their Epitome of Ptolemy's Almagest His chief study was to amend what he found defective in Ptolemy However Copernicus stiles him Ptolemaei Calumniatorem ALKINDUS a Philosopher and Astrologer wrote much about this time a Piece entitled De Temporum mutationibus And about the Year 1235. Iacobus Alkindus wrote among other things De Radiis Stellarum yet extant in France See Labbeé's Bibliotheca RABBI ABRAHAM wrote de Sphaera sayes Blancanus from the Authority of Christmannus in Alfraganum ATHELARDUS Bathoniensis Coenobii Monachus Philosophus Astronomus Rhetor ac Poeta non vulgariter eruditus sayes Balaeus Cent. 2. leaving England out of a desire to enrich himself by the Acquisition of Forreign especially the Eastern Learning travelled into the Oriental Parts and having made a Peregrination through Egypt and Arabia and in a great measure satisfied his curious and learned Appetite he returned into his own Country and published among other Works of his a Treatise of Ezychiafarim of the seven Planets by him translated out of Arabick he wrote likewise a Book de septem Artibus Liberalibus and another de Astrolabio RICHARDUS Monachus Eboracensis wrote upon Arzahel's Tables now extant in the Publick Library at Oxford ALMAEON ALMANSORIUS in the year 1140. observed the greatest Declination of the Sun to be 23° 33′ His Aphorisms Propositions or Astrological Sentences Hervagius published in the year 1530. together with Iulius Firmicus This Almaeon Vossius conceives to be different from Almaeon King of the Arabs of whom before JOANNES HISPALENSIS first translated into Latine Alfraganus as Blancanus from Christmannus and from them both Vossius de Scient Mathem c. 35. affirm He likewise translated Alcabicius his Isagoge ad Magisterium Iudiciorum Astron. He writ likewise Epitome totius Astrologiae first Printed at Norimberg 1548. with Ioachimus Hellerus his Preface contra Astrologiae Adversarios as Simler Bibl. Gesner hath noted RODOLPHUS BRUGENSIS a Mathematician of Tholouze translated into Latine and Published Ptolemy's Planisphere which he dedicated to his Master Theodoricus Platonicus as Gesner testifies Printed together with Aratus by Valderus at Bafile
1536. ALPETRAGIUS an Astronomer of Marocco as Ricciolus affirms He wrote Theorica Physica translated out of Latine by Calo Calonymus Parthenopaeus and likewise De Astrologia sayes Vossius who conceives him to be the same with him mentioned in Summa Alberti Magni He observed the Declination of the Sun to be the same with that of Almaeon ABRAHAM ABEN-EZRA or according to others AVEN-HESRE a great Astronomer and Philosopher wrote a Book entitled Mispatho Hamazzaloth i. e. De Iudiciis Signorum and another called Taâ—…min i. e. Rationum Astronomicarum and a third De Luminaribus Diebus Criticis sayes Ricciolus This last was revised and published at Rome by Angelus Blondus as Vossius in Addend ad L. de Scient Mathemat affirms There is likewise extant under his name a Book amongst the Manuscripts of Iacobus Golius entitled De Anni magnitudine and Indorum Astronomia MANUEL COMNENUS Emperour of Constantinople wrote several Astronomical Tractates yet preserved in the Vatican Library as Simler in Bibl. Gesner testifies JOHANNES DE HEXHAM so called from the place of his Nativity a Town in-the Bishoprick of Durham a Benedictine Monk wrote among other things De Signis Cometis RABBI MOSES BEN-MAIMON commonly from the initial Letters of his Name called Rambam among many other Works writ De Astrologia sive Siderum Viribus Effectis first published in Hebrew afterwards translated into Latine by Ioannes Isaac Levita Germanus Professour of the Hebrew Tongue in the University of Colen and there Printed by Maternus Cholinus in the Year 1555. AVERROES an Arabian Physician of Corduba for his diligence in commenting upon all the Works of Aristotle called Commentator Magnus and simply Commentator reduced Ptolemy's Almagest into an Epitome SIMEON Monk of Durham wrote De Cometa Combustione London aliis injuriis as I find it cited by Iames's Eclog. Oxon. Cant. who affirms the same to be extant in Benet Colledge Library in Cambridge Balaeus sayes of him that he was Vir suo saeculo in multis Scientiis eleganter instructus praesertim Mathematicis ALBUMAZAR otherwise called ABU-ASSAR and JAPHAR wrote Eight Books De Magnis Conjunctionibus Annorum Revolutionibus and is reported to have observed a Comet in his time to have been above the Orb of Venus He wrote likewise Introductio in Astronomiam Printed in the Year 1489. ROGERUS HEREFORDIENSIS of whom Balaeus sayes That he was Astrorum Peritus Metallorum Indagator Maximus wrote In Artem Iudiciariam Theoricam Planetarum De Ortu Occasu Signorum and Collectaneum Annorum Planet CLEMENS LANTHONIENSIS so called from the Town of Lanthony near Gloucester an Augustine Fryer wrote among other things De Orbibus Astrologicis and flourished about the same time HUMENIUS AEGYPTIUS about this time wrote Astronomical Tables which Christmannus in Alferganum affirms to be yet extant in the Palatine now the Vaticane Library as also in the Publick Library at Oxford DANIEL MORLEY so named from the place of his birth a Town in Norfolk out of his great inclination to promote and advance Mathematical Learning having sometime studied in the University of Oxon travelled to Toledo in Spain to instruct himself in the Language and Learning of the Arabians which there chiefly flourished and after his return home wrote De Inferiori Mundo One Book Another De Superiori Mundo and a Third entitled Principia Mathematices OMAR ASTROLOGUS or HOAMAR or HOMAR Son of Belnal Fargardian a Native of Tyberias wrote Three Books Of Nativities published by Hervagius together with Firmicus 1532. HALY ABEN RODOHAM an Arabian or according to G. Vossius an Egyptian wrote a Commentary upon Ptolemy's Centiloquium and Quadripartitum Published by Octavianus Scotus at Venice together with other Arabian Astrologers He wrote likewise De Radiorum Projectionibus and Three Nativities whereof one his own annexed to his other Works This very Year he observed a Comet in the fifteenth Degree of Scorpio of which more in the History of Comets LEOPOLDUS DE AUSTRIA Son of the Duke of Austria Episcopus Frisingensis writ Ten Tracts De Astrorum Scientia Printed at Augsbourg 1489. GILBERTUS LEGLEY Philosophus Mathematicus suae Aetatis non vulgaris sayes Balaeus wrote Compendium in Astronomia in Prognostica Hippocratis He was Physician in Ordinary to Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury JOANNES AEGIDIUS vel de SANCTO AEGIDIO born at St. Albans Philosophus Summus Physician to Philip King of France Professour of Physick and Philosophy both in the University of Paris and Montpelier He wrote Prognostica Futurorum and another Book de Materia Coeli Balaeus de Scriptor Brit. ALEXANDER DE VILLLA DEI Dolensis wrote of the Sphere He published likewise a Book of Arithmetick and Computum Ecclesiasticum as G. Vossius De Scient Math. affirms GEORGIUS MEDICUS CHRYSOCOCCA writ De Inventione Feriae and an Exposition Syntaxeos Persarum with several Tables Mediorum Motuum published by Bulialdus at the end of his Astronomia Philolaica RABBI IASAAC HAZAN i. e. Cantor as being Chaunter to the Iewish Synagogue at Toledo was one of the Principal Compilers of the Alphonsine Tables ALBERTUS MAGNUS Bishop of Ratisbon one of the most learned Persons of his Age among other the various Monuments of his Wit and Learning wrote De Sphaera De Astris De Astronomia and Speculum Astronomicum as Simler in Bibl. Gesner ROBERTUS LINCOLNIENSIS Bishop of Lincoln commonly called Grossa Testa in English Grouthead writ a Compendium of the Sphere Published first by Lucas Gauricus 1531. He wrote likewise De Coelo Mundo De Sphaera Coelesti Theoricam Planetarum and In Astrologiam as Balaeus affirms ROGERUS BACON a Franciscan Fryer of Oxford a most acute Philosopher and admirable Mathematician insomuch that he was reputed but falsely a Necromancer Out of whose vast number of Books written upon several subjects by which he hath eternized his name we shall select only what is proper to our purpose as they are enumerated by Balaeus He wrote a particular Treatise De Utilitate Astronomiae Introductio in Astrologiam De Coelo Mundo De Cosmographia De Radiis Solaribus De Locis Stellarum De Aspectibus Lunae Et Prognostica ex Siderum cursu with other Pieces of Opticks very considerable in that Age. ALBUASSIN or ALBOAZEN HALY Son of Aben Ragel wrote De Stellarum Fixarum motu ac locis according to Ricciolus Chron. Astron. as also De Iudiciis Fatis Astrorum translated at the command of Alphonsus King of Castile out of Arabick into Spanish by Iudas Ben Musce and out of Spanish into Latine by Aegidius de Thebaldis of Parma Printed at Basile 1550. He writ likewise another Book Signalium Astronomiae as Simler in Bibl. Gesner affirms JOHANNES DE SACRO BOSCO an English man born at Hallifax anciently called Holy-wood from
RAPHAEL VOLATERRANUS a Chronologer and Cosmographer who in the third Tome of his XXXVIII Books Urbanorum Commentariorum collected as himself affirms out of more than a thousand Greek and Latine Authours hath written De Philologia sive Artium Rudimentis in which those of Astronomy are included LUCIUS BELLANTIUS of Siena wrote Twenty Questions touching the truth of Astrology and Twelve Books in defence of Astrology against Picus Mirandula Printed at Florence and Basile To which are annexed the Dialogues of Gabriel Pirovanus De Veritate Astrologiae CONRADUS COCUS WIMPINAE DE BUCHONIA Professour of Theology at Francfort and Leipsick writ among divers other Tractates six Books De Corporibus Coelestibus as Simler testifies STEPHANUS ROSINUS of Ausbourg Professour of Philosophy Batchelour of Divinity and Canon at Vienna taught Astronomy there and published Tables of the Declinations of the fixed Stars with Prognosticks JOHANNES MANTZ of Plabeim a famous Theologue and Astronomer in his time wrote Prognostica ex Stellis ANDREAS STIBORIUS a Bohemian Canon and Professour of Mathematicks at Vienna a most acute Astronomer He composed an Epitome of Ptolomy's Almagest Albategnius and Geber wrote five Books touching Shadows a Book of Astronomical Instruments of the first and second Mobile with his own Canons and those of the Ancients an Introduction in sensilem Astronomiam a Book of Mathematical Authours and of the Primum Mobile divided into four parts and handled Geometricè Arithmeticè Exemplariter Instrumentaliter See more of him in Vossius de Scient Mathemat MARCUS BENEVENTANUS a Celestine-Monk wrote upon Thebit De Octava Sphaera He likewise corrected Ptolemy's Planisphere and together with Iohannes Cota of Verona Scipio Carteromachus of Pistoia and Cornelius Benigâ—…us of Viterbo sedulam navavit operam in Geographia Ptolemaei corrigenda sayes G. Voss. De Scient Mathemat BARTHOLOMAEUS VESPUCIUS a Florentine publick Professour of Astronomy in the University of Padua where he drew many into admiration of his Learning He commented in Sphaeram Sacrobosci and put forth an Oration in Laudem Quadrivii sive Quatuor Disciplinarum Mathematicarum chiefly of Astrology JOHANNES GANIVETUS of the Order of Minime Fryars at Vienna put forth a small Astronomical Treatise beginning with these words Quod Coeli enarrant c. To which he added an Abbreviation of Aben-Ezra De Luminaribus Diebus Criticis with the Astrology of Hippocrates as Gesner affirms Printed at Lyons in the year 1508. JOHANNES EZLER of Mentz published a Piece entitled Speculum Astronomicum in which he treats of the Causes of the Errours in Astrology proceeding from the neglect of the Equation of Time He put forth likewise the Theory of the Planets and of the Eighth Sphere Printed at Basil by Henricus Petri 1509. Unà cum Theoricis Purbacchii JACOBUS LOCHER PHILOMUSUS GERMANUS wrote among other things a Treatise De Cometa mentioned by Simler in Bibl. Gesner AUGUSTINUS RICCIUS of Casal wrote a learned Treatise Of the Motion of the Eighth Sphere in which he professes to have learnt Astronomy of Abraham Zaguti at Carthage and Salamanca He wrote likewise an Epistle touching the Authours of Astronomy wherein he shews the same to have come originally from the Hebrews In which Work of his sayes Simler in Bibl. Gesner are contained Platonica quaedam antiqua Magiae Dogmata JOHANNES VERNERUS of Norimberg Successour to Ioh. Regiomontanus and Bernardus Walterus commented upon Ptolemy's Geography wrote De motu Octavae Sphaerae and published Astronomical Tables In the year 1514. he observed the Sun's greatest Declination to have been 23° 28′ and the distance of the first Star in Aries from the Equinoctial Point 26° LUDOVICUS VITALIS a Bolognian Astronomer flourished about this time as Ricciolus Chronolog Astronom affirms though without any mention of his Works JOHANNES HEREMITA of Ferrara is by Ricciolus in Chronic. Astronom stiled Geometra Astronomus non vulgaris but he gives no particular account of his Works or Writings PAULUS MIDDLEBURGENSIS Bishop of Fossombrone or Forum Sempronii wrote XIV Books of the Emendation of the Calendar and Observation of Easter in which Work he not only treats of the Romane Account but also of the Iewish Egyptian and Arabian Years having therein designed the exact Doctrine of all Times He wrote likewise XIX Books of the Year and Day of our Saviour's Nativity and Passion and other Pieces of like Argument Voss. de Scient Mathemat He writ Prognosticon ostendens Anno Dom. 1524. Nullum neque Universale neque Particulare Diluvium futurum Forum Sempronii 1523. JOANNES STOEFLERUS JUSTINGENSIS Professour of Mathematicks at Tubingue wrote a Treatise De fabrica usu Astrolabii He likewise composed Ephemerides Calendarium Romanum Magnum dedicated to Maximilian the Emperour and Astronomical Tables and wrote a large Commentary in Sphaeram Procli His Death or the occasion thereof at least was very remarkable if the Story be true Having found by calculation that upon a certain Day his life was like to be endangered by some ruinous accident and the day being come to divert his thoughts from the apprehension of the danger threatning him he invites some Friends of his into his Study where after discourse entring into some dispute he to decide the controversie reaches for a Book but the Shelf on which it stood being loose came down with all the Books upon him and with its fall so bruised him that he died soon after of the hurt Voss. in Addend ad Scient Mathemat But the whole Story of his Death of which some make Calvisius the Authour is false by the Testimony of Io. Rudolphus Camerarius Genitur 69. Centur. 2. who had it from Andreas Ruttellius his Auditour for he died of the Plague at Blabira Febr. 16. 1531. in the 78 th year of his Age happening according to Calculation if you will believe it from the Direction of ☉ to ♂ ALBERTUS PIGHIUS besides his other learned Historical Works wrote of the Observation of the Solstices and Equinoxes Of the Restitution or Emendation of the Calendar and a Defence of Astrology against some Prognosticatours of his Time particularly an Apology against the New Astronomy of Marcus Beneventanus a Celestine-Monk traducing the Opinions of all Modern Astronomers touching the motion of the Eighth Sphere JOHANNES HASFURT VIRDUNGUS a Germane Astronomer set forth Tables by him entitled Tabulae Resolutae for supputation of the Celestial Motions Printed at Norimberg by Iohannes Petreius in the year 1542. He published likewise in the year 1521. Prognosticon upon the stupendious Conjunction of the Planets which was to happen in the year 1524. following with some other Prognosticks of his written in High-Dutch as Gesner affirms He writ likewise Novam Medicinae Methodum quâ ex Mathematica ratione curandi rationem ostendit Printed Helingae Hagenoae 1532. and set out afterwards with a Commentary by Ioannes Paulus Galluccius Venet.
1580 GEORGIUS COLLIMITIUS TANNESLETTERUS was Scholar to Andreas Stiborius as Gesner affirms He writ De Applicatione Astrologiae ad Medicinam De Natura Proprietatibus Planetarum out of Haly Firmicus and Alchabitius and some other Tracts upon those Arguments Printed at Basil 1524. MOHAMMED IBNO'L ATTAR published Astronomical Tables of the Motions of the Planets calculated for the Longitude of Damascus written in the year of the Hegira 930. and of Christ 1523. and preserved in Manuscript in the Publick Library at Oxford ALBERTUS BRUDZEVIUS Professour of Mathematicks in the University of Cracovia was the first Master and Instructour of Copernicus in Astronomy as we find it mentioned by Gassendus in the life of Copernicus PETRUS APPIANUS of Leipsick called in the Germane Tongue Binewilt Professour of Mathematicks at Ingolstadt in intimate favour with the Emperour Charles the Fifth who not only invited him to his Court but also honoured him with Knighthood wrote a Book of Cosmography revised and augmented by Gemma Frisius together with Observations of several Eclipses He put forth likewise an Instrument or Table of the Primum Mobile with 100 Problems thereupon and another Piece entituled Opus Caesareum in which to use Ricciolus's Expression Rotulis Automatis ingeniosissimis docet expedire omnia ferè Problemata Astronomica Of his several other Works not proper to this place see Vossius De Scient Mathemat FRANCISCUS SARZOSUS of Xelsa in Arragon wrote two Books in Aequatorâ—…m Planetarum Alphonsinae Hypothesi superstructum as Ricciol affirms Chron. Astronom Part. 2. JOHANNES VOGELLINUS was Disciple to Ioh. Regiomontanus and made Observations on the Comets appearing in the years 1527. and 1532. PETRUS CIRVELLUS besides his Cursus Mathem Artium Published a Treatise De Correctione Calendarii Printed Compl. 1528. HENRICUS BAERSIUS alias VEKENSTYL a Mathematician and Printer to the University of Lovaine put forth but not under his own Name Tabulae perpetuae Longitudinum Latitudinum Planetarum calculated for the Meridian of Lovaine And under his own name he likewise set forth a Book De Compositione Usu Decretorii Planetarum and another De Compositione Usu Quadrantis OTHO BRUNFELSIUS Doctour of Physick at Mentz totius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cultor a great Student likewise in Divinity and the Sacred Scriptures out of which he endeavoured to refute Iudiciary Astrology He prefixed likewise to the Edition of Firmicus Printed by Hervagius and dedicated to him by Nicholaus Prucnerus a small Treatise not unuseful to young Beginners De Definitionibus Terminis Astrologiae JOANNES FERNELIUS of Ambois a famous French Physician and as eminent a Geometrician and Astronomer wrote besides other his Learned Works a particular Treatise entituled Cosmotheoria in which he explains the Motions Site Magnitude and Theory of the Celestial Bodies and another Piece called Monalosphaerium JOHANNES CARIO besides his Chronological Work left as Vossius terms them Practicas Astrologicas nec non Ephemerides beginning with the year 1536 and ending in the year 1550. JACOBUS MILICHIUS Professour of Mathematicks at Wittemberg and Tutour to Erasmus Reinholdus wrote a Commentary upon the Second Book of Plinius Secundus the Subject whereof is chiefly Astronomical ORONTIUS FINAEUS of Dauphiné Regius Professor of Mathematicks at Paris wrote De Sphaera Of Cosmography Of the Theory of the Planets Astronomical Canons or Problems of the Primum Mobile Of the difference of Longitude to be found by the Moon and several other Pieces which as Blancanus advises ought to be read cum Antidoto Petri Nonnii de Erroribus Orontii HIERONYMUS FRACASTORIUS a Native of Verona an excellent Poet Physician Philosopher and Astronomer Published a Book De Orbibus Excentricis Homocentricis which he dedicated to Pope Paul III. SEBASTIANUS MUNSTERUS was famous for two things as Vossius affirms to wit Hebraeis Literis Mathesi As to what concerns our purpose he wrote Notes In Geographiam Ptolemaei Universalem Cosmographiam and of Dyalling as also Organum Uranicum wherein the Theories of the Planets and their Motions were computed for an hundred years and more He was also Authour of the Canones super novo Luminarium Instrumento JOACHIMUS FORTIUS RINGELBERGIUS of Antwerp writ De Horoscopo De Tempore De Cosmographia and Three Books of Astrological Institutions JOHANNES ROBINUS in English Robins was a great Astrologer and put forth a Book De Portentosis Cometis dedicated by him to King Henry VIII which Balaeus calls Opus valde Lucidum now extant in Manuscript in the hands of Mr. Thomas Gale SIMON GRYNAEUS Native of Viring a Town in Suevia or Suaben merited eminently in all kind of Learning particularly by publishing in Greek the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Ptolemy to which he added a Preface of his own touching the use thereof Dedicated to King Henry the Eighth of England Printed at Basil 1538. HENRICUS GLAREANUS a Geographer Chronologer Musician and Physician Native of Glarona commonly called Glarys a Town in Swisserland put forth a Book De Geographia induced chiefly thereunto as he pretends in his Preface because he found the Sphere of Proclus to be too concise and only fitted to the Horizon of Greece and erroneous as to the Description of some Circles and Sacroboscus in his Parallels and Climates mutilous and defective He published likewise other Pieces both in Astrology and Cosmography being according to the testimony of G. Vossius Vir undequaque doctissimus ACHILLES P. GASSARUS of Lindaw by Gesner stiled Medicus Mathematicus praestantissimus put forth a Chronology from the beginning of the World to the year of Christ 1532. He published likewise a Mathematical Table entituled Sciaterion Pedarium Printed at Zurick JODOCUS CLITCHTHOVEUS NEOPORTICENSIS writ a Comment upon Iacobus Faber his Theory of the Planets GEORGIUS PRUCNER of Ruspach left behind him sayes Simler in Bibl. Gesner very fair and exquisite Astronomical Instruments and several Books collected by him in Astrorum Scientia yet preserved at Vienna in Bibliotheca Facultatis Artium JACOBUS CEPORINUS of Zurick eminently learned in the Hebrew Greek and Latine Languages put forth a Commentary upon Dionysius his Periegesis and Aratus his Astronomicon Printed at Basil by Wolphius in the year before mentioned as Gesner testifies LUDOVICUS DE RIGIIS published Astrological Aphorisms addressed to the Patriarch of Constantinople Printed at Norimberg in the year 1535. together with Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos JOHANNES STIGELIUS Native of Gota a City in the Province of Thuringen in Germany an ingenious Poet and Mathematician Professour at Wittemberg and Iena put forth Prognosticks upon the Eclipse of the Moon happening in the year 1536 as likewise others upon one of the Sun in the year following and upon one of the Moon and another of the Sun in the year 1551. JACOBUS KAEBELIUS besides an Arithmetical Treatise Published another of the Astrolabe
gave him the Island Huena commonly called Ween between Scania and Zeland in the Baltick Sound as a Place for his Retirement and Studies Where causing to be built a Stately Pallace to which he gave the Name of Uranoburgum procuring most costly and exquisite Instruments for observing and calling to his Assistance the most learned Astronomers of that Age he happily began and made his glorious Progress in the Instauration of Astronomy In which Work he is said to have expended no less than two hundred thousand Crowns And as Copernicus had corrected many things in Ptolemy so did Tycho no less in Copernicus So that from thence the Learned World began to look upon only three chief Sects of Astronomers whereof the Tychonick was the mean and middle between the Pythagorean or Copernican and the Aristolean or Ptolemaick Of his Works there are published Astronomiae Instauratae Progymnasmata in three Parts whereof the first treats of the Restitution of the Sun's Motion as also of the Moon 's and the fixed Stars chiefly of the new Star which appeared in the Constellation of Cassiopaea 1572. The second of several new Phaenomena's of the Aetherial World more particularly of the Comet which appeared in the year 1577. The third and last contains his Astronomical Epistles to divers Persons There is extant likewise a Book of his entituled Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica dedicated by him to the Emperor Rudolphus the Second describing the several stupendious and costly Instruments by him used in his Astronomical Instauration To these is to be added his Historia Coelestis being a Collection of twenty years Observations preserved in MS. by three mighty Emperors Rudolph the Second Ferdinand the Second and Ferdinand the Third and lately by Command of his Imperial Majesty Leopold made publick at Ausburg Which said Observations are ushered by a Liber Prolegomenâ—… compendiously representing the Observations made from the time of the Infancy of Astronomy unto that of it's Restauration by the Illustrous Tycho reduced into 7. Class containing the Babylonian Observations the Grecian the Alexandrian the Syro-Persian the Norimbergian the Borussian and mixt Observations from the year 1529. to the year 1582. After which begin the Tychonick Observations in twenty Books containing as many Annual Observations ending in the year 1601. which was the last of Tycho's life A correct Copy of these Observations transcribed from the Original by Erasmus Bartholinus being now likewise in the Press at Paris See more of him in his life written by the excellent Gassendus in six Books PETRUS BEAUSARDUS Doctor of Physick and Regius Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Lovain wrote of the Astronomical Ring or the Armilla THADDAEUS HAGGECIUS of Haic Disciple to Ioachimus Camerarius and Physician to the Emperour Maximilian the Second put forth a Piece entituled Dialexis touching the New Star in Cassiopaea whose several Arguments see reported and examined by Tycho Progymn Tom. 1. JOHANNES RASEH at Munichen wrote De Cometarum Significationibus about the year 1573. About the same time GEORGIUS BUSCHIUS Pictor Astronomus Erfordiensis as Ricciolus stiles him wrote of the Star which appeared in Cassiopaea And ANTONIUS SANTUTIUS Professor of Mathematicks at Pisa wrote De Cometis in which he treats of the same Star WOLFANGUS SCHULERUS Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Wittemberg wrote upon the same Subject in answer to Caspar Peucerus the Younger his Proposals touching the said New Star FRANCISCUS BORDINUS of Correggio Doctor of Arts and Physick and Publick Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Bologna published Chilias Quaestionum Responsorum Mathematicorum ad cognitionem Universi pertinentium divided into three Parts the first treating of Geometry the second of Geography and the last in a more ample manner of Astronomy Printed at Bologna JACOBUS SCHOL of Strasbourg Doctor of Physick set forth a Book wherein he reduces Theses aliquot rei Medicae simplicioris Integritati Astronomicae He published likewise a Book De brevi applicatione Astrologiae ad Medicinam with Canons of their conveniency and agreement Extant in the King's Library at St. Iames's JOHANNES FRANCISCUS OFFUSIUS wrote De Divina Astrorum Facultate in Larvatam Astrologiam Printed at Paris in the year 1574. HERMANNUS WITTEKINDUS Professor of Mathematicks at Heidelberg published a small Tractate De Sphera Mundi Temporis Ratione apud Christianos Printed at Newstadt in the year 1590. He put forth also a Piece entituled Conformatio Horologiorum in superficiebus planis utcunque sitis with a Horological Quadrant Printed at Heidelberg ADAMUS à BODENSTEIN Son of Andreas Doctor of Physick at Basil writ De Herbis duodecim Zodiaci signis dicatis as Simler affirms in Bibl. Gesner LUDOVICUS LAVATERUS of Zurich besides his Book De Spectris Lemuribus magnis atque insolitis fragoribus variisque Praesagitionibus quae plerunque Hominum magnas clades mutationésque Imperiorum praecedunt wrote a large Catalogue of Comets published at Zurich by Gesner ANDREAS ROSA SINGFURDENSIS MEDICUS in his Prognostick published 1574. made some Observations upon the Star in Cassiopaea JOSIAS SIMLERUS Author of the Epitome of Gesner's Bibliotheca put forth two Books De Principiis Astronomiae FRANCISCUS JUNCTINUS a Florentine Doctor in Theology Professor of Philosophy and Astronomy put forth Speculum Astrologicum Tabulis Astronomicis multiplici eruditione refertum according to the Judgement of Ricciolus and wrote accurate Commentaries in Sphaeram Sacrobosci as Vossius calls them He left likewise two Treatises Ad judicandum De Revolutionibus Astrorum and a large Commentary upon Ptolemy's Quadripartite with a Catalogue of the most famous Persons of his Time and some Ages before him Printed together in folio GODESCALCUS EBERBACHIUS wrote of the Eclipse of the Moon which happened in December 1573. with a brief Prognostick thereupon according to the Doctrine of Ptolemy He published likewise the Reason of another Eclipse of the Moon which happened in the year 1576. demonstrated Geometrically and Printed at Erford as Draudius affirms SIXTUS SENENSIS of the Order of Preaching Fryars put forth by way of Comment upon the Scripture one Book of Geographical another of Astronomical Questions EGNATIUS DANTE 's of Perugio a Dominican and publick Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Bologna wrote of the use of the Astrolabe and the making of Astronomical Instruments and reduced Astronomy with other Mathematical Sciences into a Compendium He erected a Gnomon in the Church of St. Petronio at Bologna for observing the Sun's Declination and Equinoctial Armillae in the Church-wall of St. Maria Novella at Florence for the observation of the Equinox He first published the Optick Fragments of Heliodorus Larissaeus in Italian in which there is something Astronomical of which another Edition hath been published in Greek and Latine at Paris in 1657. by Erasmus Bartholinus in 4 o. and lately at Cambridge another in
an Apparatus ad Mathematicas Artes. He wrote likewâ—…e De Echometria and another 〈◊〉 entituled Instrumentum Horologiorum first published by Ricciolus his Scholar GALILAEUS GALILAEI the most excellent Philosopher and Mathematician of his Time was Son of Vincentius Galilaeus a Gentleman of Florence whose Ancestors for many Descents had the Honour to be reckoned among the Patricii of that City to which Name of Galilaeus Authors usually add that of Linceus from a famous Academy of Noble and Ingenuous Persons calling themselves the Lyncei instituted by the Illustrious Prince and Generous Maecenas Angelo Caesi Duke of Aqua Sparta of which he was a Member and singular Ornament The Works and Writings by which he hath eternized his Name are many both in Philosophy and Mathematicks of which such as are Pertinent to our Purpose we shall briefly enumerate He first applied the Belgick Perspective Glass by him meliorated to Celestial Objects by which he discovered that Iupiter was invironed with four smaller Stars or Planets commonly called his Guards or Satellites to whom in Honour of his Prince and Patron the Grand Duke of Thuscany he gave the Names of Sidera Medicaea By that he likewise discovered the different Phases of Saturn appearing now round now in an oblong form with two Handles or Ansae That Venus like the Moon had her waining and increasing and that the Moon 's Supersicies was like that of the Earth rising with Mountains and deprest into Vallies and Seas that the Fountain of Light the Sun had its Spots by which likewise he evinced that the Sun had a Circular Motion about its own Axis That the Via Lactea was a Congeries of numberless Lights or small Stars and that the nebulous Stars as that in the Head of Orion and that in the Praesepe or Manger of the Aselli are composed of such For which admirable Inventions and many more altogether unknown to the Ancients he merits eternal Honour especially for having communicated them to Posterity and so excellently and clearly demonstrated them by his learned Writings particularly by his Nuncius Sidereus and its Continuation by his History and Demonstration of the Solar Spots in three Letters to Marcus Velserus by his Letters to Signore Alfonso Antonini touching La Titubatione Lunare To which is to be added his Systema Cosmicum asserting the Copernican Hypothesis with his Defence thereof in Answer to the Objections brought from Scriptures Fathers and School-men written first in Italian and addressed to Katherine of Lorrain Grand Dutchess of Thuscany and since published in Latin and Italian together Not to mention his many other exquisite Tractates in Philosophy Geometry and other the most abstruse Parts of Mathematicks as not immediately relating to our Subject A farther Account of his Inventions or Discoveries is to be had in his life published by his Scholar Signore Viviani which we have not yet seen RUDOLPHUS GOCLENIUS Doctor of Physick and Professor in the University of Marpurg published in the present year 1615. his Urania with her two Daughters Astronomy and Astrology He likewise put forth a Cosmographical Treatise seu Sphaerae Mundi Descriptionis Rudimenta Printed at Cologne 1605. JOHANNES MICRAELLIUS Published a Manuduction to the use of the Celestial and Terrestrial Globe c. as Vossius affirms DAVID FABRICIUS a Friezlander Professor of Astronomy wrote Prognosticks of the years 1615 1616 and 1617. mentioned by Kepler in his Ephemerides DOMINIQUE JAQUINOT a French-man writ in his own Language of the Use of the Astrolabe together with a small Treatise of the Sphere Printed at Paris FRANCISCUS AGUILONIUS a Iesuit of Brussels was Professor of Philosophy at Doway and of Theology at Antwerp and one of the first that introduced Mathematical Studies into Flanders How far though not directly ex professo he contributed to Astronomy may appear by his six Books of Opticks and his Excellent Treatise of Projections of the Sphere REDEMPTUS BARANZANUS of Serravalle Professor at Annesium in Savoy of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy He wrote a Book entituled Uranoscopia sive Universa Coelorum Doctrina EMANUEL DIAZ a Iesuit at Cochine in India observed the Comet which appeared in the year 1618. and set forth a Treatise against the Opinion of those who conceive Comets to be sublunary and elementary Bodies JOHANNES LEUTECHOMIUS a Lorrainer of the Society of Iesus wrote Hilaria Mathematica De Horologiis De Cometa CAROLUS PISO a French man wrote in his own Language Speculum Cometae Anno 1618. WILLEBRODUS SNELLIUS à Royen Son of Radolphus Snellius published besides divers other Mathematical Treatises Eratosthenes Batavus sive De mensura Terrae and Tiphys Batavus sive Histiodromice He wrote likewise of the Comet which appeared in the year 1618. and published the Hessian and Bohemian Observations with his own Notes thereupon together with the Observations of Regiomontanus and Waltherus HORATIUS GRASSUS a Iesuit Native of Savona sometime Professor of Mathematicks in the Iesuits Colledge at Rome put forth an Astronomical Disputation touching Three Comets in the year 1618. And a Book entituled Libra Astronomica Philosophica wherein he undertakes to weigh and censure the Opinion of Galileo concerning Comets CAMILLUS GLORIOSUS Professor of Mathematicks at Padua wrote learnedly in a Treatise entituled Dissertatio Astronomico-Physica de Cometis and in another Piece entituled Responsio ad Controversias de Cometis Peripateticas and in some other things written against Claramontius and Licetus BENJAMIN URSINUS Mathematician to the Elector of Brandenburg put forth a new Canon of Logarithms and Trigonometry of which Work Crugerus gives this Character that it is Opus aestimationis immensae JOANNES DEKERIUS a Iesuit Native of Haesbruch in Flanders Professor of Philosophy sometime at Doway and of Divinity at Lovaine and Chancellour of Gratz wrote Theorems touching the year of our Saviour's Birth and Passion and Chronological Tables from the taking of Ierusalem by Pompey to its final eversion by Titus and several other Chronological Works not published ALEXANDER DE ANGELIS of Spoleto a Iesuit Professor of Theology and Prefect of the Schools in the Roman Colledge wrote Five Books In Astrologos Conjectores LIBERTUS FROIDMONT sive FROMONDUS vindicated his Name from Oblivion by his Dissertation upon the Comet which appeared in the year 1618. He writ likewise a Book entituled Anti-Aristarchus sive De Orbe Terrae immobili against Philippus Lansbergius as also a Reply entituled Vesta sive Anti-Aristarchi Vindex in answer to Lansbergius DAVID HERLICIUS lately Doctor of Physick at Stetin in Pomerania hath published many things relating to Astronomy and Astrology in the German Tongue In the Latin there is nothing of his come to my Notice more than his Prognosticon Astrologicum for the year 1619. which is done with so much Skill and Pains that it shews â—…e does not write like one of your Common Prognosticators JOHANNES
Subjects he handles Astronomical Trigonometry and gives a particular Treatise which he entitles Interim-Astronomicum comprizing the Theory of the Planets in three Parts the first describing the same by Circles the second by Perpendicular Oscillations the third by right Lines To which by way of Appendix are added three Tractates the first exhibiting most easie Tables of the Celestial Motions as well of the Planets as of the fixed Stars the next teaching the composing of Ephemerides and demonstrating that an Astronomer may attain to the exact knowledge of the Planets Places both as to Longitude and Latitude without Calculation the last shewing to delineate upon a Plane by a pair of Compasses only the Eclipses of either the Sun or Moon thereby at least as pretended freeing Astronomers from the tedious trouble of Supputation GEORGIUS HILARIUS a Dane published Praecepta Doctrinae Sphaericae Printed at Copenhagen 1656. JOHANNES BAPTISTA HODIERNA a Sicilian and Mathematician to the Duke of Palma first of any published Theories of the Satellites of Iupiter He writ likewise De admirandis Phasibus in Sole Lunâ visis ponderationes Opticae Physicae Astronomicae Protei Coelestis vertigines seu Saturni Systema Il Microcosmo del Sole Rerum Coelestium peculiares Observationes De Magnitudinibus Stellarum inerrantium Visis Il Coelo Stellato distinto in cento Mappe O Tavole doue con faciltà si insegna à conoscer tutte le Costellationi stellificati nel Firmamento He published some other pretty Tractates in Italian among which some thing erroneous in a Treatise of his wherein he makes the Earth bigger than all the other Planets the Sun only excepted JOHANNES NEWTON D. D. and at present one of His Majesty's Chaplains set forth a Treatise entituled Astronomia Britannica exhibiting the Doctrine of the Sphere and Theory of the Planets decimally by Trigonometry and by Tables according to the Copernican System as it is illustrated by Bullialdus He published likewise a Mathematical Institution shewing the Construction and Use of the Natural and Artificial Sines Tangents and Secants in Decimal Numbers and also of the Table of Logarithms in the general Solution of any Triangle whether Plain or Spherical with their particular Application in Astronomy Dialling and Navigation BLASIUS FRANCISCUS COMES PAGANUS writ among other Mathematical Tractates as his Fortifications and Geometrical Theorems Of the Theory of the Planets with very neat Tables upon the Foundation of the Rudolphine in which all the Motions of the Celestial Bodies to use his own terms are ranged within the limits of pure Geometry Printed at Paris in the year 1657. He published likewise a Book of Spherical Triangles as also Astrologie Naturelle all in French he writ likewise a little Discourse of the Longitude and promises Geographical Tables ERHARDUS WEIGELIUS Professor of Philosophy and Mathematicks in the University of Iena put forth Astronomia Sphaerica digested into the Method of Euclid and Astronomical Exercitations De Motu Tempore He wrote likewise Cosmologia a Treatise succinctly handling the Principles of Astronomy Geography the Use of the Globe And is Author of divers Mechanical Engines and Instruments serving to the Use and Advancement of Astronomy as his Pancosmus being a large Engine or Machine capable to receive a Man on Horse-back representing the whole Mundane System together with the Motions of the Celestial Spheres Stars and Planets Astrodicticum Majus being another great Machine able to receive at once 200 Observers and so fitted with Dioptrick Instruments that the several Observers may at one instant take the view of one and the same Star Astrodicticum Minus a Rule to be applied to the Celestial Globe for the pointing out of any Star aimed at as likewise Goniometrum Horographum Topometrum Globus Hydrostaticus and Astrocosmus being the Names of several Engines and Instruments among others by him invented for Astronomical Uses which for Brevities sake we forbear to explain particular mention and description of them being made at the end of the third Volume of the Miscellanea Medico-Physica Academiae Naturae Curiosorum German Printed 1673. GABRIEL DULLENDIUS put forth Astronomical Tables to which he gave the title of Tabulae Ambianenses seu Theoriae Planetarum tà m in forma Tychonica quà m-Copernicana per unicam cujusque Ellipsim ex proprio Centro Descriptam Plano-Geometrica Delineatio Printed at Paris in 4 o. 1658. CHRISTIANUS HUGENIUS Son of Constantinus Hugenius of Zulichem a Gentleman of great Worth and Reputation for his singular Knowledge in all manner of polite Literature especially in the Mathematicks as not only his excellent Book of Pendulums and some Essayes in Dioptricks but what relates more nearly to our present Subject his Systema Saturnium sive de Causis mirandorum Saturni Phaenomenôn Comite ejus Planetâ novo sufficiently declare In which Work are detected the various Phases of that Celestial Proteus shewing that his Brachia or Ansae are no other than a Luminous Annulus or Ring about the Body of that Planet every way alike distant from it whose Planeâ—… keeps in a certain and constant inclination to the Ecliptick appearing according to its diversity of Aspect now like a large Ellipsis now like a more contracted one at other times like a streight Line discovering likewise a Lunula or small Planet to move about Saturn and to finish its Course in sixteen dayes and that Saturn in a less space of Time turns about his own Axis carrying about with him the whole Aetherial Body or Matter interjected between him and the said Satellite or Planet together with the said Annulus in a Motion not much slower than his own Printed by Adrian Ulacq at the Hague 1659. To which is to be added his Brevis ejusdem Systematis Assertio Printed at the Hague 1660. Mr. VINCENT WING born at North Luffenham in the County of Rutland a very Industrious Mathematician and Astronomer as the several Works by him published declare of which we shall mention only such as relate to our present Design as his Urania Practica or Practical Astronomy published by Him and Mr. William Leiburn about the year 1649. wherein contrary to his Later Sentiments is asserted the Earth's Stability Against which Mr. Ieremy Shakerley writ to which Mr. Wing replied in a small Treatise entituled Ens fictum Shakerlaei About the year 1652. He published his Harmonicon Coeleste therein asserting contrary to his former Opinion The Earth's Mobility He put forth likewise Astronomia Instaurata in four Parts and Ephemerides of the Celestial Motions for twenty years with an Introduction to the Knowledge of all Mundane Alterations also Examen Astronomiae Carolinae Having likewise left two Posthume Works viz. Astronomia Britannica Printed in fol. in Latin and Computatio Catholica published about a year after his Death which was in September 1668. See more of him in the Remarks on his Life and Death published by Mr. Gadbury GASPAR SCHOTTUS REGISCURIANUS
it appear that Salmasius is extreamly mistaken by the Testimony of several antient MS. of Pliny in his Possession whereof one is in a Character written above 8 or 900 years since In all which the Word Manlius is found though with some small difference in writing of the Name Nor does he think the Name of Marcus praefixed to Manlius ought to be scrupled at upon the account that none of the Manlian Family after the CCCLX Year from the Building of Rome could or did use that Praenomen seeing that Prohibition as Cicero in Philip. intimates is only to be understood of the Patrician Race Now that this Manilius or as he calls him Manlius was before his Manumission a Slave not only the Place of Pliny already cited but the very Agnomen of Antiochus sufficiently evinces for as much as a Greek Agnomen joyned to a Roman Name is alwayes a most certain Token of a Servile Condition With this rational Discourse of so incomparable a Person both my Self and Reader might well rest satisfied Did VVe not meet with another Manilius mentioned by Pliny l. 10. c. 2. of Senatorian Dignity honoured by him with the Character of the most diligent of all the long Robe and enobled with the greatest Learning without any Teacher VVho is said first of all the Romans to have written of the Phaenix That there was never any man that saw it feed that in Arabia it is Sacred to the Sun and to omit the mention of some other Particulars that it lives 660 years and that with the Life of this Bird is consummated the Conversion of the great Year In which the Stars return again to their first Points and give Significations of the same Seasons as at the Beginning That this Great Year begins about High Noon on the Day wherein the Sun enters the first Degree of Aries and was compleated as he declares when P. Licinius and M. Cornelius were Consuls c. This person not taken Notice of by any others that have written touching our Author Monsieur Tristan in his Historical Commentaries Tom. 1. conceives to be the same with our Manilius The Reasons inducing him to embrace this Opinion being grounded upon the Concinnity of Time and Conformity of Study The Subject here mentioned clearly implying him to have been conversant in the like Astronomical Exercises as our Author whom not improbably he believes to have made these curious Remarks touching the Phoenix and the Annus Magnus in the sixth Book of his Astronomicks which is now lost though as Scaliger affirms extant in the Time of Firmicus who from thence collected his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sphaerae Barbaricae as he did from the fifth Book yet extant his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 For that Manilius wrote of the first Kind as well as of the last mentioned may appear by these Verses Quae mihi per proprias Vires sunt cuncta canenda Quid valeant Ortu quid quum merguntur in undas The Elogy which Pliny gives him seeming likewise as Tristan observes to insinuate besides a particular Respect a kind of Intimacy and Acquaintance between this Manilius supposed our Author and Pliny who as he was a Person very curious might be desirous to be known to him upon the Score of his Eminent Learning and happily enjoyed what he desired about the end of Tiberius his Reign at which time Manilius might be far advanced in years and Pliny a Young Man I am not yet ignorant that the Learned Pighius in his Roman Annals and some other knowing Persons are of Opinion that this Elogium ought to be applied to Titus Manilius Son of Publius and Nephew of Marcus Manilius whom Cicero in Roscio calls Ornatissimum Senatorem But with the leave of those Learned Persons I do not find that among the Characters which Cicero gives him there is any one of his Learning or Erudition for though he sayes he was a most honourable Senator of a great Age by Nature pious and Religious and of a plentiful Fortune yet he honours him not with any Encomium of his Studies or of his great Proficiency in all Sciences which doubtless he would have done had he merited eminently in that kind In all Reason therefore We may conclude the Manilius mentioned by Pliny to be different from that of Cicero and with much seeming probability suppose him as Tristan does to be the same with our Manilius Author of this Poem who by Petrus Crinitus de Poet. Latin is reported we wish he had strengthened his Assertion by some Authentick Testimony to have been of illustrious Extraction which adds some further Weight to Mounsieur Tristan his Conjecture But since this cannot be made out by other Arguments than what are meerly probable we shall sorbear to determine positively thereupon but leave the Reader freely to judge which hath the best Pretence to be entituled to this Work the Slave or the Senator As to that Opinion started by Gevartius that this our Manilius was the same with Manlius Theodorus who 400 Years after the Death of Augustus and of our Author tâ—…o was Consul and Praefectus Praetorio in Illyrium under the Emperors Theoâ—… Honorius and Arcadius and who by Claudian is celebrated for an excellent 〈◊〉 Philosopher and Astronomer It is so groundless and so unworthy the Name of Gevartius that we shall not spend time in refuting it since the Reader may find sufficiâ—…nt Evidence against it from the Pen of our Author in this very Poem without the help of those Arguments which from thence are drawn by Tristan in his Commentaries before mentioned Tom. 1. p. 114 and 115. and Barthius in his elaborate Animadversions upon Claudian p. 112. The Name of Manilius is no less controverted than his Person some affirming it to be Manilius some Manlius and others contracting it compendio improbo as Barthius terms it into Mallius But his true Name uncertain whether derived to him by Adoption or Descent seems to be MANILIUS which was the Name of a Roman Family distinct from that of the Manlian as is apparent both by the Capitoline Tables and other Evidences in the Roman Story of which see Schottus de Famil Roman and Glandorpius in his Onomasticon This Name of Manilius all the Antient Editions in the very Infancy of Printing give him and most Manuscripts particularly as Barthius in Claudian notes that of Corpus Christi Colledge in Oxford and as he adds he is so named with the Addition of the Praenomen Marcus above 600 Years since by Gerbertus Rhemensis Bishop of Ravenna and afterwards Pope of Rome in his cxxx Epistle in these Words Age ergo te solo conscio ex tuis sumptibus fac mihi scribantur Marcus Manilius de Astrologia Victorinus de Rhetorica Demostenes Ophthalmicus c. And though some Antient MSS. call him Caius yet generally all the late printed Copies give him the Name of Marcus Manilius Which as being confirmed by the most prevailing Authority we admit of Of his Studies his
Lights were found As if with Those warr'd Nature and 'gainst Ours Threatning an End to All oppos'd her Powers Nor wonder Men and States such Mischiefs grieve The fault 's at Home We will not Heav'n believe Oft Civil Wars and Kindred Arms they raise Nor more did Heaven with such fires ever blaze Than when fierce Leaders joyning bloody hands Rang'd on q He refers to the Civil Wars raised by Brutus and Cossius who on thâ—…se Plains fought a desperate Battle against Augustus Caesar wherein they both perished together with the Roman Liberty Of which see Livy Epitom l. 124. Plutarch in the Lives of Marcus Antonius and Brutus Lucius Florus l. 4. c. 6. and Appian de Bellis Civilibus l. 4. These Plains were so called from the Town Philippi heretofore called Bunomos or Bunomia Datus and Crenides the last name being given it from the many Springs there rising but afterwards renamed from Philip the Father of Alexander its Reedifier particularly described by Appian loco citato a Place fatal to the Roman Common Wealth by most conceived the same with the Pharsalian Plains where Pompey received his last and fatal overthrow but erroneously For those were in Thessaly near the River Pharsalus these in Thrace or the utmost Limits of Macedonia not far from the River Strimon Vide Bunonem in Cluver Introduct Geograph l. 4. c. 8. However the Poets generally and Virgil himself with our Manilius confounds them with the Pharsalian Plains as in this Verse in 1. Georgic Romanas Acies iterum videre Philippi And in complyance with that Vulgar Opinion Cabellavius in this following Epigram upon the present Subject Pharsaâ—…s Ausonias frangit rursum Hasta Secures 〈◊〉 rursum Aemathio Pulvere Roma cadit Credâ—… suum Macetum Tellus imitatuâ—… Alumnum Hic Orbem 〈◊〉 Vrbem viciâ—… Orbis Heram Once more Pharsalia routs Ausonian Bands And Rome once more falls on Aemathian Sands The Land sure imitates her great Son He The whole world vanquish'd the worlds Empress she Philippick Plains confederate Bands The Roman Souldiers on Sands yet scarce dry Trampled fresh Reliques of Mortality Empire It self with its own Strength assayl'd But Great Augustus Iulius-like r The Memory of this Victory which seems chiefly to be attributed to the Valour of the Praetorian Cohorts is preserved in some anâ—…nt Medails on one side whereof is the Figure of Victory standing upon a Globe holding forth in her right Hand a Laurel Wreath with this Inscription VICT. AUG On the Reverse three Military Ensigns with this Inscription COHOR PRAET. PHIL. See Goltzius Occo and Patin in Numism Imp. Rom. prevail'd Yet ends not there the s The Battle of Actium was one of the most signal that ever was fought at Sea upon whose Success depended no less than the Empire of the whole World The Chiefs interessed were Augustus Caesar and Mark Anthony abetted with all the Strength of the East and West Plutarch reckons on Mark Antonies side no less than eleven Kings engaged whereof six were personally present in the Action The Battle being denominated from the Town of Actium in Epirus seated upon a Promontory of the same Name at present call'd Capo Figalo at the Mouth of the 〈◊〉 Golf known at this Day by the Name of Golfo de Larta near to which on the third of September in the 723. year after the building of Rome as Brietius computes it the Engagement hapned Augustus his Fleâ—… consisting of 400 stout Men of War Mark Antonies being double that Number and of much greater Burden But by the Valour and Conduct of Agrippa the Victory after a long and dubious Dispute rested on Augustus his side Cleopatra first flying and after her Antony shamefully following See Virgil Aeneid l. 8. Horace Od. 37. l. 1. and Epod. 9. Plutarch in the life of Mark Antony and particularly Fournieâ—… in the fifth Book of his Hydrographie where he treats de la Puissance Navale des Anciens p. 217 and 218. Actian Battle 's fought When Armies as a fatal t So by Sidonius Apolinaris in Panegyr ad Majorian the Army which Mark Anthony and Cleopatra brought against Augustus is called Dotalis Turba in this Verse Dum venit à Phario dotalis Turba Canopo For Anthony had promised to Cleopatra by the help of that Army to give her the Roman Empire for her Dowry consirm'd by Propertius l. 3. Eleg. 11. Conjugis obscoeni Pretium Romana poposcit Moenia And Lucius Florus l. 4. c. 11. Mulier Aegyptiaca ab ebrio Imperatore Pretium Libidinis Romanum Imperium peâ—…is promisâ—… Antonius to which Albinovanus speaking of Mâ—…aenas alludes Hic modò Miles erat ne posset Foemina Romam Dotalem stupri turpis habere sui And the Authour of this Epigram in Catalect Veter Poet. Venerat Eoum quatiens Antonius Orbem Et conjuncta suis Parthlea Belia gerens Dotalemque petens Romam Cleopatra Canopo c. Dowry brought Once more engag'd for the Worlds glorious Prize And sought at Sea a Ruler of the Skies When Fleets did on a Womans Sway depend u Manilius here calls them Isiaca Sistra the Sistrum being a kind of Musical Instrument or Crepitaculum used in the Sacrifices of Isis to whom it was sacred reputed to have been her Invention and thence so named according to Isidor or from the Greek Word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. quatio because it was shaken when play'd on crispante Bracchio as Apuleius l. 1. Metamorph. describes it It was made in form of a Racquet of Iron Brass Silver and sometimes of Gold through the Rim Webb or Border thereof was put several small Rods of the same Metal with the Sistrum on which were hung divers Rings which when shaken by the Handle made a kind of gingling Noise The Greek Poet Hedylus in an Epigram of his cited by Athenaeus seems to derive the Invention of the Sistrum from the murmuring Sound which Milus makes passing through the Clifts and rocky Places touching which see Casaubon Animadvers in Athenaeum l. 11. c. 13. It is by Scaliger in C pam Virgil. and Salmasius in Flav. Vopisc confounded with the Crotalum but erroneously as observed by Pignorius de 〈◊〉 p. 8â—… where the Differences are clearly stated from their contrary Figures It was the peculiar Instrument of Aegypt That Land being by the Prophet Esay c. 8. v. 1. according to the Interpretation of 〈◊〉 in Gâ—…ogr Sacr. l. 4. c. 2. called Terra Câ—…mbali Oâ—…arum i. e. Cymbali Marginati The Land of Timbrels with Rims or Borders to distinguish them from the Timbrels of other Countries and not as our English Translation reads it the Land shadowing with Wings Isidore yet affirms the Amazons to have used this sort of Timbrel in their Wars instead of Trumpets as well as the Aegyptians and gives the Reason 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ejus erat Mulier namely Isis. Kirker likewise in Arte Magna Conson Disson l. 2. reports the Iewish Timbrel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 call Thoph
Egyptians chiefly addicted to Mathematical Studies ATLAS King of Mauritania inventor of the Sphere and therefore by the Poets feigned to have supported Heaven PROMETHEUS Brother to Atlas instructed the Assyrians in Astronomy making his Observations on Mount Caucasus with that assiduous care and sollicitous study as gave occasion to the Fable of his being tortured by a Vultur feeding on his Liver HERMES called likewise THEUT or THOTH and MERCURIUS TRISMEGISTUS a great Propagator of Astronomy among the Egyptians Something bearing his name was printed at Norimberg 1532. His Books called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 did treat 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as we find in Eusebius and Iamblicus out of Chaeremon speaks of other his Writings upon the same subject ENDYMION a curious Observer of the Moon 's motion which on Mount Latmus he used to contemplate and for that cause was fabled to have been her Paramour BELLEROPHON Son of Glaucus Prince of Corinth who is fabled to have backed Pegasus the winged Horse and soared up to Heaven is by Lucian 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 reputed a great Astronomer for thus he writes of him I believe not at all says he the Story of his winged Horse But this I conceive of him that he being much addicted to Astronomical Contemplations and conversant in the Observation of the Stars 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was carried up to Heaven not by a Horse but by his Mind CEPHEUS King of Ethiopia a Royal Promoter and Advancer of Astronomical Studies of whom we have already made mention in our Notes upon the Constellations HERCULES called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Musarum ductor to distinguish him from the other Hercules was so well learned in the Doctrine of the Sphere that he is therefore feigned to have eased Atlas of his burthen whence Ovid Hercule supposito Sydera fulsit Atlas ATREUS Brother to Thyestes King of the Argives was according to the testimomy of Lucian 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an excellent Astronomer For when the Argives by publick consent had decreed That the Kingdom should be given to him of the two who should manifest himself the most learned in the knowledge of the Heavens Thyestes is thereupon said to have made known to them the Constellation in the Zodiack called Aries But Atreus discovered to them the course of the Sun with his various rising and setting demonstrating his Motion to be contrary to that of the Heavens Whereupon they elected him to be their King PALAMEDES found out many Observables concerning the Stars their Measures Distances and Motions as we find exprest in Sophocles SOLOMON King of Israel besides his other divinely infused knowledge was excellently skilled in the course of the Heavens and order of the Stars as it is said of him Wisdom chap. 7. v. 19. NUMA POMPILIUS second King of the Romans first Authour of the Roman year which he so disposed to the end the Lunar might agree with the Solar year that every four years there was an Intercalation of 45 Days which he divided and adjusted after this manner adding to the first 2 years 22 Days and inserting in the latter 2 years 23 Days Vid. G. Voss. de Scient Math. NECEPSO though but a petty Prince of some part of the lower Egypt was one of the greatest Instauratours of Astronomy in that Nation and brought into practice and publick use whatever Thoth or the first Mercury had invented or Siphoas Son of Vulcan the second Mercury had deposited in writing in the private Archives of their Temples In which Writings of Mercury were contained besides Hieroglyphicks and other sacred Ceremonies Cosmography Geography the course of the Sun and Moon and of the other five Planets as Clem. Alex. Strom. l. 6. testifies PETOSYRIS an Egyptian Priest and Philosopher wrote according to the testimony of Suidas of Astrology collected out of the Sacred Books of the Egyptians which he dedicated to Necepso one of the Egyptian Kings immediately before mentioned yet extant as Simler in Biblioth Gesneriana affirms in Biblioth Carpensi Sancti Angeli PHOCUS SAMIUS wrote de Astrologia Nautica as Diog. Laertius testifies This Phocus is conceived to be the same to whom Solon inscribed a Poem as Plutarch writes THALES the Milesian one of the Greek Sages first Introducer of Astronomy among the Greeks He first observed the apparent Diameter of the Sun to be the 7â—…0 th part of the Orb in which he moves first found out or at least denominated the Constellation of the Lesser Bear and first foretold Eclipses particularly that memorable one happening in the time of the Battle between Halyaties King of Lydia and Astyages King of Media recorded by Herodotus He first divided the Celestial Sphere into five Zones and composed two Treatises the one of the Trepicks the other of the Aequinoctials therein asserting the obliquity of the Zodiack and distinguishing the Seasons of the year and measured the height of the Egyptian Pyramids by their shadows OENOPIDES the Chian is highly commended by Plato Proclus and Theon Smyrnaeus for his eminent Knowledge in Astronomy Eudemus asserting him to have first found out the Obliquity of the Zodiack Aelian in his Various Histories lib. 10. c. 7. reports that he set up a Brass-Table at the Olympicks having written thereon the Astronomy of LIX years within which Term or space he comprized the Great Year or the Annus magnus vertens ANAXIMANDER Country man Companion Kinsman and Disciple to Thales first asserted the Moon to receive light from the Sun yet withall affirming that she hath a light of her own but very thin He first erected a Gnomon at Sparta to discover by the shadow of the Sun the times of the Solstices and Equinoxes The invention of the Zodiack's Obliquity is likewise attributed to him HYSTASPES Son of Arsames or Arsaâ—…es King of Persia and Father of Darius of whom thus Ammianus Marcellinus l. 24. Hystaspes was a most Wise Person who boldly penetrating into the Inner Parts of upper India came to a woody Desert whose calm Silence was possest by those high 〈◊〉 the Brach 〈◊〉 Of these he learnt the Discordant Concord of the Motions of the Stâ—…rs and â—…f Heaven and of pure Rites of Sacrifice which returning into Persia he contributed as 〈◊〉 Addition and complement to Magick CLEOSTRATUS the Tenedian is said first to have studied the Parts or Division of the Zodiack and noted the Commencement of the Sign Aries and Sagittary He invented a Luni-Solar Cycle consisting of eight Solar years thence called Octaëteris in lieu of the Tetraëteris which the Greeks before used touching which see Ricciolus Almagest l. 4. c. 19. ANAXIMENES of Miletus Friend Disciple and Successour to Anaximander first demonstrated the Eclipse of the Moon to be by the Earth's Interposition between Her and the Sun and maintained the Stars to move not only above but about the Earth HARPALUS corrected the Octaëteris of Cleostratus
of Ephorus according to Gesner writ certain Pieces called Astronomica And his Apotelesmata as Labbeé reports are in the French King's Library CALIPPUS CYZICENUS an eminent Philosopher of whose Systeme of the Celestial Sphere Aristotle makes mention in his Metaphysicks He was Authour of a Luni-Solar Cycle of LXXVI years consisting of four Metonick Cycles reformed ARISTOTLE besides his other learned Works in Philosophy hath left several testimonies of his study in Astronomy particularly in his Book De Coelo He left likewise a Book entitled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Diog. Laertius testifies in his life There is likewise a Treatise under his Name De Astrologia Navali extant in MS. in Bibliothec Sancti Ioannis in Viridario Patav. as Thomasinus in Bibliothec. Patavin attests THEOPHRASTUS of Evessus in Lesbos a great Philosopher Disciple and Successour to Aristotle in the Lycaeum wrote six Books of Astrological History and particularly of Democritus's Astrology EUDEMUS of Rhodes one of Aristotle's Disciples in emulation of Theophrastus wrote likewise some Astrological Histories in which he described the Lives and Inventions of divers Astrologers and Astronomers together with the Original and Progress of Astronomy as Clemens Alexandrinus and Laertius affirm and from them Ionsius lib. 1. cap. 15. De Script Histor. Philosoph ARISTYLLUS was Contemporary with Calippus and together with Timochares observed the Declinations of the Fixed Stars mentioned by Ptolemy in Magn. Construct as also in the Greek Prolegomena to Aratus where we find several others of the name famous for Astronomy AUTOLYCHUS PRYTANAEUS Tutour to Arcesilaus left two Books yet extant the one De Sphaera Mobili the other Of the Rising and Setting of the Fixed Stars some parts whereof are translated by G. Valla. The former published by Mersennus according to the Translation of Maurolycus and the Propositions illustrated in Synops. Mathemat TIMOCHARES the Astronomer as may be collected out of Ptolemy's Almagest lib. 7. c. 2 3. observed the Fixed Stars and particularly one of the eight Stars in the Constellation of Lyra mentioned by Theon upon Aratus MANETHO an Egyptian Priest at Heliopolis and Notarius Sacrorum Penetralium per Aegyptum writ Physiologica Apotelesmatica in Verse and other Astronomical Pieces as Suidas attests and may be proved from this Verse of 〈◊〉 Arati numeros picta Manethonis Astra His Apotelesmaticks are reported to be yet extant in the Florentine Library by Simler in Biblioth Gesner ERACUS ASTRONOMUS is said to have written something in Astronomy about the time of Ptolemaeus Philadelphus as Gesner testifies ARISTARCHUS SAMIUS following the Opinion of Pythagoras and Philolaus maintained the Earth to move about the Sun He wrote a particular Treatise of the Distances and Magnitudes of the Sun and Moon yet extant translated and commented upon by Commandinus with some Explications of Pappus Alexandrinus and animadverted by Mr. Forster in his Miscellanies There is another Piece which goes under his Name of the Mundane Systeme its parts and motions published in Latine by Robervalle and Mersennus in his Mathematical Synopsis But the same by Menagius in Diog. Laert. and Descartes in his Epistles is censured as a supposititious Piece of Robervalle's and not the genuine Work of Aristarchus ARATUS SOLENSIS at the Command of Antigonus Gonatas turned into a Greek Poem the Phaenomena of Eudoxus translated into Latine Verse by Cicero Germanicus Caesar and Avienus and commented upon by the several Commentatours hereafter mentioned as they are cited at the end of the Prolegomena in the Edition of Iunta in folio AGESIANAX ALEXANDER AETOLUS by Strabo likewise reckoned inter Homeri Interpretes ALEXANDER EPHESIUS of whom hereafter more particularly ANTIGONUS GRAMMATICUS APOLLONIUS GRAMMATICUS APOLLONIUS GEOMETRA ARISTARCUS GRAMMATICUS ARISTARCHUS SAMIUS ARISTOPHANES ARISTYLLUS GEOMETRA Major ARISTYLLUS GEOMETRA Minor ATTALUS RHODIUS BOETHUS CALLIMACHUS CYRENAEUS CALLISTRATUS TENEDIUS CRATES DIDYMUS GNIDIUS DIDYMUS PONEROS five Laboriosus DIODOTUS perhaps the same with him mentioned by Alexander Aphrodisaeus in the first Book of his Commentaries in Meteor Aristot. by whom he is stiled a most learned Astrologer EVAENETUS HELIODORUS STOICUS HERMIPPUS NUMENIUS GRAMMATICUS PARMENIDES PARMENISCUS GRAMMATICUS mentioned by Hyginus and Pliny PYRRHUS MAGNESIUS SMINTHES THALES TIMOTHEUS ZENO There are some few others who have likewise commented upon Aratus the Mention of whom the Reader will find elsewhere in this Catalogue ERATOSTHENES a Native of Cyrene succeeded DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS in the charge of the Alexandrian Library He wrote 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being a Comment on the several Asterisms of Aratus lately printed perhaps the same with that Piece which is cited under the Title of Astronomica by Suidas Plutarch de Placit Philosoph Hipparchus Ptolemy and Proclus in Timaeum Of the Zones and of the measure of the Terrestrial Globe He caused likewise several Armillae and other Mathematical Instruments to be placed in a publick Portico at Alexandria for observation of the Celestial Motions He was a most skilful Geometer and writ a Treatise de Medietatibus mentioned by Pappus in his Mathematical Collections not now extant BEROSUS the Chalaean of whom Iosephus l. 1. Antiqu. Iudaic. c. 8. in l. 1. contra Appian writes that he was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Most celebrious among those conversant in the study of Astronomy and the Philosophy of the Chaldeans of which he published Books among the Grecians He flourished in the time of Antiochus Soter and hath left it recorded that among the Chaldeans he observed Astronomical Ephemerides of 480. years inscribed on baked Bricks or Tyles He is said likewise to have invented divers kinds of Sun-Dyals and for the certainty of his Predictions to have been rewarded by the Athenians with a Statue having a golden Tongue in its mouth APOLLONIUS MYNDIUS by Seneca Natur. Quaest. lib. 7. stiled peritissimus inspiciendorum naturalium travelled into Chaldea to be instructed in Astronomy and wrote particularly De Cometis EPIGENES BYZANTINUS Contemporary and Partner in Study and Travels with Apollonius by Pliny lib. 7. c. 56. joyned with Berosus and Critodemus and reputed to have been an Authour of equal credit with the best hath left it recorded that among the Babylonians there were found Ephemerides containing the Observation of the Stars for the space of 780. years inscribed in Brick and Tiles He wrote likewise as Seneca affirms Of Comets ARCHIMEDES of Syracuse famous besides his other Mathematical Works for his admirable artificial Sphere of Glass wherein the Motions of the Sun Moon and the other Planets were represented to the astonishment of the Beholders celebrated by Claudian in a particular Epigram In his Book entituled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sen Arenarius he examines divers Astronomical Hypotheses as to the Distances of the fixed Stars of the Diameters of the Earth Sun Moon and other Planets according to the opinions of Aristarchus Samius Eudoxus and others of the Ancient Astronomers being
commented upon by Paschasius Hammel Rivaltus and Mersennus The Lemmata of Archimedes recovered out of the Rubbidge of Antiquity were published in M r. Forster's Miscellanies as likewise by Borellius at the end of the three latter Books of Apollonius CONON an excellent Geometrician and Astronomer collected divers Observations made by the Chaldeans of the Solar and Lunar Eclipses wrote six Books of Astrology not now extant and invented the Constellation called Coma Berenices Celebrated he is by Pliny and Hyginus C. SULPITIUS GALLUS a Roman Tribune by his skill in Astronomy much encouraged the Roman Army in the War against Perses For when the Souldiers were terrified with the Eclipse of the Moon by his Oration to them he made it appear that what they apprehended as a Prodigy was only the effect of a natural Cause describing to them the Reasons of the Eclipse and so animated the drooping Army with fresh courage to the attaining of a glorious Victory HIPPARCHUS by the Arabs and Eastern Writers called Abrachys whom some make a Native of Nice a City in Bithynia others a Rhodian Prince of Astronomers in his time He wrote a Catalogue of the fixed Stars several Observations of the Aequinoxes mentioned by Ptolemy of the Moon 's monthly motion according to Latitude A Collection of divers Observations of the Chaldeans touching Eclipses by him examined and compared Chalcidius in Timaeum cites a Book of his De Secessibus atque Intervall is Solis 〈◊〉 which Meâ—…rsius Not. in Chalcid conceives to be the same mentioned by Poppus in 5. Syntax Ptolâ—… under the title 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. De Magnitudinibus Distantiis He hath left likewise yet extant three Books by way of Comment upon Aratus in which he shows Aratus to have taken all from Eudoxus and to have followed him even in his Errours first published from a Manuscript in the Medicaean Library by Petrus Victorius and since in Greek and Latine by Dionysius Petavius in Uranolog NIGIDIUS FIGULUS wrote a Comment De Sphaera Graecanica Barbarica mentioned by Servius in Georg. Virgil whence the Commentatour in Germanici Arat. cites divers particulars L. TARUNTIUS FIRMANUS a familiar Friend of Varro's and a great Astronomer He calculated the Nativity of Romulus and the Horoscope of Rome's foundation and wrote in Greek of the Stars He is mentioned by Cicero and Plutarch though with some small variety in the writing of his name MARCUS VARRO the most learned of his time among the Romans wrote of Astronomy of which Cassiodorus makes mention in Mathem Discipl GEMINUS a Native of Rhodes wrote an Isagoge in Meteora and in Arati Phaenomena out of which Proclus's Sphere is for the most part compiled published by Petavius in Uranolog POSIDONIUS APAMENSIS SYRUS a Stoical Philosopher Disciple and Successour to Panaetius observed at Rhodes the Star Canopus He is commended by Cicero for an Artificial Sphere by him made representing the motions of all the Planets Laërtius mentions a Book of his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 De Meteoris and another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And Labbeé in his Catalogue of Manuscripts mentions another Piece of his Of the Original of Comets and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 extant in the French King's Library M. TULLIUS CICERO translated the Phaenomena of Aratus into Latine Verse THEODOSIUS TRIPOLITA signalized his name by his three Books Sphaericorum and his twelve Propositions De Habitationibus both published by Mersennus in his Synopsis Mathemat He wrote likewise De Diebus Noctibus and Sceptica capita Astrologica as cited by Laertius JULIUS CAESAR first of the Roman Emperours according to the testimony of Pliny wrote of Astronomy in Greek Macrobius affirming likewise that he left several not unlearned Books of the motions of the Stars which he derived from the Doctrine of the Egyptians SOSIGENES a famous Astronomer of Alexandria whose assistance Iulius Caesar made use of in reforming the Roman year and reducing it to the course of the Sun which we yet retain Of this Argument he writ three Discourses as Pliny witnesseth lib. 18. c. 25. DIONYSIUS AFER called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Geographus wrote a Greek Poem De situ Orbis He was sent by Augustus before his adopted son Caius into the East the better to describe to him those Regions and Provinces ALEXANDER EPHESIUS surnamed LYCHNUS wrore besides his Historical Pieces an Astronomical Poem of the Heavens and another of the Description of the Parts of the Earth He is mentioned by Strabo lib. 14. and therefore cannot be less ancient than these times He wrote likewise a Comment in Arati Phaenomena P. OVIDIUS NASO the most Ingenious of the Latine Poets besides that he translated Aratus his Phaenomena into Verse which is lost hath leftfix Books De Fastis Romanorum yet extant being a Calendar describing their Year Moneths Festival Days together with the rising and setting of the several Constellations and the most noted of the fixed Stars dedicated by him first to Augustus afterwards revised in his Exile and addressed to Germanicus Caesar. STRABO the Geographer hath left us the Description of the World in seventeen Books wherein there are divers Astronomical Disquisitions ARTEMIDORUS COSMOGRAPHUS was Contemporaâ—…y 〈◊〉 Strabo and wrote upon the same Subject MARCUS MANILIUS wrote five Books of Astronomicks 〈◊〉 Heroicis non contemnendis sayes Ricciolus in Chron. Astronom which he dedicated to Augustus Caesar wherein he comprehended as well the Astronomy as the Astrology of the Ancients according to the Doctrine of the Chaldaeans and Egyptians the first of which five Books treating of the Sphere is the Subject of our present Undertaking The few following Authours not being reducible to the certain time wherein they flourished either before or after our Saviour's Nativity are for want of authentick Testimony in this place ambiguously inserted BOLUS MENDESIUS a Pythagorean Philosopher wrote among other things de Signis ex Sole Luna Ursa Lucerna Arcu Coelesti as Suidas testifies in voce 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 LASBAS BABYLONIUS wrote of Astronomy in a Book entituled Selech cited by Iohannes Camaterus in Opere Astrologico especially in the Chapter De Canonibus Astrorum Sorte Fortunae extant in Manuscript in the hands of my worthy Friend M r. Thomas Gale ZEUCHRUS or TEUCHRUS or TEUCER BABYLONIUS by Scaliger in Manilium and Salmasius De Annis Climactericis stiled an ancient Authour wrote De Decanis Signorum some Fragments of his according to Labbeé being extant in the French King's Library ALBU-BATUR is by Iunctinus placed in the Catalogue of Astronomers about the 500. year before Christ he writ De Nativitatibus Printed at Noremberg by Iohannes Petreius in the Year 1540 but wanting good Authority to confirm the Time wherein he flourished We have rather inserted him in this Place PAPYRIUS FABIANUS is mentioned by Pliny in several places of his Natural History
out of whose Works he has made frequent Citations upon several arguments and occasions being by him stiled Astrologus Physicus upon which score we have given him a place in this Catalogue DOROTHEUS SIDONIUS wrote an Apotelesmatick Poem as ciâ—…ed by Athenâ—…us of which little or nothing is now extant except what is preâ—…ed in the Excerpta mentioned in Labbeé's Bibliotheca Simler in Biblioth Gesâ—… will have Manilius to have followed aud imitated him in his Astronomical Poem Sâ—…aliger in Manilium and Vossius affirming the like to have been done by Omar Messalah and Alchabitius in their Astrological Tractates Iulius Firmicus gives this Character of him that he was Vir prudentissimus qui Apotelesmata veriâ—… disertissimis versibus scripsit I find likewise in Iames's Eclog. Oxon. Cant. a Pâ—…ce under the name of Dorotheus De esse Solis in Domibus Planetarum But whether that Authour be the same with this Dorotheus is altogether uncertain CRITON NAXIUS writ an Octaeteris which some sayes Suidas will have to be that of Eudoxus Gesner writes thus of him Haâ—…a dubio est Criton Astronomus cujus Plinius meminit lib. 18. c. 31. ANTIMACHUS HELIOPOLITANUS Aegyptius is by Suidas said to have written 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mundi fabricationem in a Poem of 3780. Verses SPORUS NICENUS wrote a Comment upon Aratus's Phaenomena He is mentioned in the Isagoge of Leontius Mechanicus LEONTIUS MECHANICUS wrote 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Printed inter Astronomica Veterum Scripta Isagogica Graeca Latina Ex Officinà St. Andraeana 1589. DIONYSIUS CORINTHIUS writ a Treatise of Meteorologicks 〈◊〉 Suidas affirms LASUS MAGNES in the Life of Aratus MONOPHANTUS by Thèon upon Aratus and PHILIPPUS by Hipparchus in his Exegesis are mentioned for Astronomers as is likewise MNESISTRATUS by Censorinus ANTIOCHUS wrote in Greek Thesauri Apotelesmatum distinguished into 107. Chapters extant at Rome in the Vaticane Library as Simler in Bibl. Gesner affirms He is mentioned more than once by Firmicus DOSITHEUS ASTROLOGUS is mentioned by Pliny lib. 18. c. 31. to have written Of the Rising and Setting of the Stars JULIANUS LAODICENSIS PHILOSOPHUS wrote 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Gesner affirms BELINUS a Greek Authour seemeth to have written on this Argument as the Title of his Book De judiciis Futurorum and De Imaginibus imply See Gesner and something of him now extant in his Majesty's Library at St. Iames's GEZ perhaps GESSIUS a Greek Authour wrote Libros Imaginum Et De Stationibus Et De Imaginibus Veneris as Gesner testifies if yet those Treatiseâ—… may not be Philological rather than Astrological APOMASARIS Apotelesmata with some other Authours of that kind are extant in the Vaticane Library and in that of Ausburg as Simler affirms in Biblioth Gesner HELICONIUS according to the testimony of Suidas writ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. De Syderum Tempestatum Effectis Et De Aeris Signis DEMETRIUS TRICLINIUS writ De Schematismis Lunae Macula in ejus facie extant in the French King's Library to whom is likewise ascribed that Greek Poem De Sphaera attributed to Empedocles and for such translated into Latine and published by Q. Sept. Florens Christianus Simler in Bibl. Gesner ascâ—…ibes to him another Work under the Title of Inventum Astronomicum written in Greek POLEMON ATHENIENSIS supposed the same with Him who was Disciple to Xenoâ—…rates writ a Book de Interpretatione Naturae Signorum translated into â—…atine by Nicholaus Petreius Corâ—…yraeus and Printed at Venice apud Gryphium 1552. cum alâ—…is quibusdam as Simler in Epitome Bibl. Gesner testifies EUTHYMIUS writ in Greek a Synopsis of Astronomy or as Simler entitles it De Sphaera extant in the French King's Library DION NICAENUS writ De Septem Planetis GIAPHAR ASTROLOGUS wrote a Book which he entituled Major Introductorius He wrote likewise a Book of Commentaries and another of Experiments mentioned by Gesner CAUDAS ASTROLOGUS wrote Nine Books de Annulis Astronomicis a Book de Tribus figuris Spirituum and another de figura Almandal as Simler from the Authority of Guil. Pastregicus de Originibus Rerum affirms ASTRONOMERS after our SAVIOUR's Nativity MODERATUS COLUMELLA De Re Rustica hath left an Astrological Calendar with Prognosticks THRASYLLUS Native of Mendes a City of Egypt multarum Artium scientiam professus sayes the old Scholiast of Iuvenal prostremò se dedit Platonicae Sectae ac deinde Mathesi quâ praecipuè viguit apud Tiberium By Mathesi is to be understood chiefly Astronomy or rather Astrology according to the Doctrine of the Chaldâ—…ns in which he instructed Tiberius He wrote likewise Of Musick out of which Porphyry upon Ptolemy's Harmonica and Theon Smyrnaeus cite some Pieces See more of him in Paganinus Gaudentius De Philosophia apud Romanos cap. 54. and Vâ—…ssius de Histor. Graec. l 4. c. 16. TIBERIUS CAESAR the Emperour was skilful in Astronomy and Astrology instructed therein by Thrasyllus quem ut Sapientiae Professorem contubernio admâ—…verat sayes Suetenius especially during his recess or exile at Rhodes He had the luck to predict many future Events particularly to foretel by inspecting Galba's Nativity that he should one day be Emperour which he declared Galba being then but a Youth in these words Et tu Galba quandoque degustabis Imperium as Tacitus relates it though Suetonius and others apply it to Augustus He is also reported to have had always by him the Genitures of all his Nobility and that according as he found his own or the Kingdom 's Horoscope to be well or ill looked upon by theirs so he let them stand or cut them off by Legislative Astrology to use the expression of the famous M r. Gregory GERMANICUS CAESAR that excellent Prince translated 〈◊〉 hâ—… Phaenomena into Latine Verse yet extant CHAEREMON a Philosopher of the Stoical Sect by birth an Egyptiâ—… Master to Dionysius Alexandrinus wrote of the Egyptian Astrology as we find by the mention made of him in Iamblichus De Mysteriis Aegypt although both the Latine Translatours mistook his Name He wrote also De Cometis as Origen and Seneca testifie the latter of whom calls him Charimander and not Chaeremon which G. Vossius conceives to be a mistake in the Text. He is mentioned by Strabo â—…ib 17. to have attended Aelius Gallus in a Voyage from Alexandria up into Egypt whence we may conclude him to have flourished about the latter end of Augustus or beginning of Tiberius's Reign DIONYSIUS AREOPAGITA may justly be admitted into the number of Astronomers since it is reported of him that at Helipolis in Egypt together with Apollophanes he observed that miraculous Defection of the Sun at the time of our Saviour's Passion Whereupon he broke out into this Exclamation Aut Deus Naturae patitur aut Mundi machina dissolvitur He was afterwards converted to the Christian Faith for which he died a Venerable Martyr being aged above one hundred
this time by Iunctinus in his Catalogue CENSORINUS in his Book de Die Natali hath written divers things touching the Harmonical Systeme of the Heavens ANATOLIUS ALEXANDRINUS Bishop of Laodicea in Syria is mentioned by St. Hierome in his Book De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis to have been well skilled in Astronomy RABBI ADDA about the end of Dioclesian's or beginning of Constantius's Reign composed an Hebrew Calendar and Rules for finding out the Tekupha's or revolution of the Equinoxes JULIUS MATERNUS FIRMICUS a Sicilian about this time wrote eight Books Astronomicôn containing Astrological Precepts which like an ungrateful Plagiary he transcribed for the most part out of Manilius without making the least mention of his name VETTIUS VALENS of Antioch by some called Vestius Valens a famous Astronomer or rather Astrologer of the same time who calculated for Constantine the Great the fate of New Rome's Foundation as L. Taruntius had done that of Old Rome by G. Vossius conceived to be the same with him of whose Works some Pieces are published by Ioachimus Camerarius In Astrologicis Veterum opusculis Edit Norimberg Anno 1532. His Anthologia is now intended for the Press at Paris by the care as I am informed of Mons. Huetius PORPHYRIUS a famous Platonist but bitter Enemy to Christianity wrote an Isagoge of Astronomy in three Books as Suidas testifies His Isagoge to Ptolemy's Apotelesmatice is also here to be mentioned Printed at Basil. MARIUS VICTORINUS AFER Master to St. Ierome among many other Works translated Porphyrius his Astronomical Isagoge into Latine yet extant with the Comment of Boetius thereupon as Gesner affirms THEON ALEXANDRINUS Iunior a Philosopher contemporary to Pappus and an excellent Mathematician He observed an Eclipse of the Sun in the year of Nabonassar 1112. and besides other Mathematical Tractates wrote according to Suidas De ortu Caniculae Canonem expeditum in Ptolemaeum a Commentary in parvum Astrolabium and upon Ptolemy's Almagest in eleven Books first published at Basile by Ioachimus Camerarius according to the Greek Manuscript brought into Italy by Cardinal Bessarion and from thence into Germany by Regiomontanus as also upon Aratus's Phaenomena this last lately Printed at the Theater in Oxford but upon no account so famous as that of being Father to the excellent HYPATIA ABYDAS ASTRONOMUS is mentioned by Epiphanius against whom Bardesanes the Syrian in his Book de fato writ who flourished in the time of Antoninus Verus PAULUS ALEXANDRINUS wrote an Astronomical Isagoge or Introduction perhaps the same whom G. Vossius calls Paulus the Philosopher who wrote likewise Apotelesmatica sive de Effectibus Syderum Published by Rantzovius MACROBIUS-AMBROSIUS-AURELIUS-THEODOSIUS Consul of Rome born at Parma contemporary with Symmachus wrote two Books De Somnio Scipionâ—…s wherein he handles divers Astronomical Arguments as he does likewise in his Saturnalia CLEOMEDES a learned Astronomer and Philosopher of the Stoical Sect wrote two Books 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. De Contemplatione Orbium Coelestium first published in Greek by Conradus Neobarius afterwards translated into Latine by 〈◊〉 Valla and commented upon by Robertus Balforeus Printed at Bourdeâ—… â—…05 4 o. SEXTUS AVIENUS RUFUS an elegant Poet by birth a Spaniard 〈◊〉 the Phaenomena of Aratus into Latine Heroick Verse and likewise paraphrased Dionysius Afer De Situ Orbis and wrote in Iambicks De Oris Maritimis FLAVIUS MANLIUS or MANLIUS THEODORUS Consul of Rome is celebrated for his great Erudition having written several Pieces both in Philosophy and Mathematicks particularly in Astronomy as may appear by that elegant Panegyrick Poem written in praise of him by Claudian whence we have taken these following Verses to shew his Indeavours on that Subject Elementa doces sempérque fluentis Materiae causas quae vis animaverit Astra Implêritque choros quo vivit Machina Motu Sidera cur septem retrò nitantur in Ortus Obluctata Polo variisque meatibus idem Arbiter an geminae convertant Aethera Mentes But the Injury of Time hath not left us any Remains of these his curious and learned Labours PAPPUS ALEXANDRINUS besides other his Mathematical Works wrote a Comment upon Ptolemy's Almagest and in his sixth Book of Mathematical Collections hath left some Explications In Aristarchum Samium De Magnitudinibus Distantiis Solis Lunae yet extant and translated by Commandinus published at Pesaro 1572. and likewise to be found in M r. Foster's Miscellanies HYPATIA Daughter to Theon Alexandrinus Iunior and Wife to Isidorus the Philosopher which name she her self more justly merited as being eminently learned in the Mathematicks and Philosophy which she publickly professed and taught till by the barbarous Christians or Monsters rather of Alexandria out of meer envy for her admirable skill in Astronomy and other Mathematical Learning she was most inhumanely murthered and torn to pieces in the very Cathedral Church She wrote besides a Comment upon Diophantus and another upon Apollonius's Conicks an Astronomical Canon as both Hesychius and Suidas affirm About this Time flourished two Aegyptian Monks ANIANUS who after the Example of Eusebius writ a Chronological Work and PANODORUS who to his skill in Chronology added the Knowledge of Astronomy Out of the Fragments of which last Syncellus hath excerpted many things as Scaliger likewise in his Eusebian Animadversions SYNESIUS first a Heathen Philosopher afterwards a Christian and Bishop of Cyrene writ among other his Works De Instrumentis Astronomicis being a Discourse occasioned by his presenting Paeonius with an Astrolabe and is extant in his Majesty's Library at St. Iames's There are also extant divers Epistles of his to the before mentioned Hypatia with this direction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 AETIUS AMIDENUS Comes Medicus sayes Ricciolus wrote Hemerologium De Significationibus Stellarum translated first out of Greek into Latine by Cornarius and since published by Petavius Uranolog pag. 421. S. CYRILLUS Bishop of Alexandria besides other Works of his wrote De Cyclo Paschali mentioned by Sigebertus Gemblacensis in Chron. BACHARIUS MACCAEUS a Britain Disciple of St. Patrick Published a Book De Prognosticis Nativitatum according to Balaeus S. PROSPER AQUITANUS Bishop of Rhegium composed a Paschal Cycle consisting of 532. years VICTORINUS AQUITANUS whom G. Vossius conceives to be more truly called Victorius composed a Paschal Cycle being by Pope Hilarius for his eminent skill in Astronomy invited to Rome to undertake the correction of the Calendar Yet his Paschal Cycle seems to have been not long after reformed by Victor Bishop of Capua who likewise wrote on the same Subject THEODORET Bishop of Cyrus is by Iunctinus in his Catalogue put into the number of Astronomers as also by Ricciolus in Chron. part 2. MAUGANTIUS a Britain by extraction a famous Philosopher and Mathematician in the time of Vortigerne to whom he was principal Physician as Geoffry of
Monmouth reports He studied in the City of Chester in which at that time Astronomy and all other Arts flourished and from the diligent observation of the course of the Stars and Planets became more eminently learned in Astrology than any of his time He calculated the prodigious conception of Merlin and wrote De Magia Naturali AMBROSIUS MERLINUS a Britain in the time of King Vortigern was famous for his admirable skill in Astronomy and Astrology of whom Balaeus thus writes Merlinus in Urbe Legionum Caerlleon studiis diligenter inâ—…ubuit eruditis Artibus literis operam dedit Magiae potissimùm Naturali Unde Astronomiae tandem peritissimus futura praedixit multa quibus sequenti saeculo mirabilem se praebuit He wrote a particular Treatise of a certain Comet which appeared in his time as Balaeus testifies and a Book of obscure Predictions translated into Latine by Geoffry Monmouth as Gesner affirms CARPUS ANTIOCHENUS wrote 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Rei Astronomicae libros of which Proclus in primum Euclidis makâ—…s mention To him Mr. Selden ascribes the Books commonly entituled Ptolemaei Centiloqutum Vid. Selden de Diis Syr. Syntagm 1. seu de Teraphim CASSIODORUS a Person of Consular dignity and honoured with the most eminent Charges of State in the time of Anastasius the Emperour and Theodoricus King of the Goths afterwards a Recluse in the Monastery of Cassina wrote amongst other things Of Astronomy De Computo Ecclesiastico SIMPLICIUS a Native of Phrygia an eminent Platonick Philosopher and excellent Commentator upon Aristotle De Coelo merits to be here mentioned MARIANUS Marci Causidici F. wrote a Metaphrasis of Aratus in MCCCXL Iambicks He lived in the time of Anastasius the Emperour See Simler in Bibl. Gesner THIUS ATHENIENSIS wrote seven Books of Observations of the mean Motions of the Stars so much the more acceptable sayes G. Vossius de Scient Mathem in regard that from Ptolemy's time unto that of Albategnius there are not any Observations of the Celestial motions extant These transcribed from a Manuscript in the King of France's Library were first published by Bulialdus at Paris Anno 1645. PROCLUS LYCIUS a Platonick Philosopher surnamed DIADOCHUS Disciple to Magnus Syrianus taught for a long time at Athens and writ a Comment upon the first Book of Euclid Of the Sphere being for the most part an Epitome of Geminus Of the Astrolabe and Astronomical Hypotheses being a Compendium of Ptolemy's Almagest There was another Proclus surnamed Siccensis who was Master or Tutor to M. Antoninus the Emperour confounded by some with this Proclus Diadochus but without all reason For Diadochus flourished not till the Reign of Anastasius being 300. years after Siccensis Ricciolus conceives this Proclus Diadochus to be the same with Proclus the famous Mathematician who as Zonaras part 3. Annal. reports made in imitation of Archimedes Burning-Glasses with which he fired Vitalianus his Fleet at the Siege of Constantinople and was employed by Anastasius the Emperour as Interpreter of his Dreams MARINUS NEAPOLITANUS Disciple to Proclus Diadochus wrote Praevia ad Phaenomena and Phaenoménôn Librum singularem sayes Voss. de Scient Math. p 166. who yet doubteth whether this be not another Marinus who writ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ad Euclidem JOANNNES LAURENTIUS PHILADELPHENSIS LYDUS wrote in the time of Iustinian the Emperour 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 de Mensibus with other Mathematical Tractates mentioned by Photius and Suidas yet extant in MS. in the Library of my honoured and most learned Friend M r. Isaac Vossius DIODORUS MONACHUS Bishop of Tarsus in Cilicia wrote according to Suidas contra Astrologos Fatum he put forth likewise a Book de Sphaera septem Zonis of the Annual Progress of the Stars and of the Sphere of Hipparchus DIONYSIUS EXIGUUS by birth a Scythian but a Roman Abbot wrote a Paschal Cycle or rather corrected that of Victorinus or Victorius as Victorius had done that of Theophilus and he that of Cyrillus This Computus or Cycle was observed by the Latine Church until the correction of the Calendar by Pope Gregory XIII From this Dionysius the Christians first learnt to reckon their years from the Nativity of our Saviour thence called Aera Dionysiana whereas before they reckoned from the Persecution of Dioclesian TRIBONIANUS SIDETES a Civil Lawyer in the time of Iustinian the Emperour wrote a Comment upon Ptolemy's Canon in Verse He published likewise Concentum Mundanae Harmonicae Dispositionis and another Book de Planetarum domiciliis as likewise de Mensium Permutatione and some other Pieces of which Suidas PHILIPPUS MEDMAEUS so called from Medme a Town of Italy by Stephanus in Voce Medme stil'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which G. Vossius conceives ought to be read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for he wrote de Ventis as they are foreseen or predicted from the Position of the Stars or Constitution of the Heavens He also flourished in the time of Iustinian the Emperour PHILOPONUS surnamed Grammaticus deserves here to be recorded for his Comment in Astrolabium planum sive de usu Astrolabii written in Greek yet extant in New Colledge Oxford and as Simler in Bibl. Gesner adds in the French King's Library BUZUR-GIUMHUR an ancient Persian Authour being one of the Counsellours and Courtiers of Nushirvân King of Persia in the 42. year of whose Reign Mahomet the false Prophet was born wrote De Quaestionibus Astrologicis MARTIANUS FELIX MINAEUS CAPELLA in his Work entituled De Nuptiis Mercurii cum Philologiâ wrote of Geometry Arithmetick Musick and Astronomy ISIDORUS Bishop of Hispalis or Sevit in Spain Son to Severianus Duke of Carthage in his Book De Originibus hath inserted a Compendium or Epitome of all the Mathematicks and in his Book De Mundo with the like brevity treated of the Sphere The Astronomical Poem of which the Fragment is published by Pythaeus among the Ancient Latine Poets by him set forth under the Name of Fulgentius is by Pythaeus conceiv'd to belong to Isidore at the End of whose Works it is commonly inserted without any other Name to it if yet as Pythaeus adds from the Conjecture of a certain Learned Person it may not rather be ascribed to Varro Atacinus HEMOALDUS an English man surnamed PROVIDUS between whom and Venerable Bede there was great familiarity to whom he addressed his Book De Rebus Mathematicis yet extant as Bede on the other side did an Epistle to him De Ratione Quadrantis Anni sive de Bissexto THEODORUS MELITENIOTAS Magnus Sacellarius Magnae Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae wrote of Astronomy and particularly upon Ptolemy's Astronomical Syntaxis or Almagest the Proem of which Work from a MS. out of the Library of Mr. Isaac Vossius Bulialdus lately published at the end of his learned Comment upon Ptolemy's 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 BEDA commonly called Venerable
Bede was renouned for his knowledge and study of Astronomy amongst whose Works there is yet extant De Argumentis Lunae De Ephemeride De Embolismis De Circulo Decennovennuali De Cyclo Paschali De Circulis Sphaerae Polis De Planetis Signis Coelestibus De Astrolabio De Aequinoctio Vernali ADELMUS DUROTELLUS seu BLADUNIUS i. e. MALMESBURIENSIS Son of Kenred and Grandchild of Ina King of the West-Saxons Bishop of Sherburne now translated to Salisbury wrote De Cyclo Paschali contra Britannos and De Astrologia as Balaeus affirms FLACCUS ALBINUS sive ALCUINUS an English-man born in York shire Scholar to Venerable Bede and Tutour to Charlemaigne to whom he was sent upon an Embassie by Off a King of the Mercians and for his exquisite Learning invited by Charlemaigne to continue with him in France which he did perswading that Prince to erect the University of Paris He was excellently well skilled in all the Parts of the Mathematicks which he publickly taught and wrote De Septem Artibus Liberalibus and De Astrologia as Vossius De Scient Mathemat testifies CHARLEMAIGNE King of France and Emperour instructed by Alcuinus aforesaid became excellently well skilled in the Mathematicks particularly in Astronomy insomuch that he wrote Ephemerides and was extremely delighted in making observations of the Stars He gave names to the Moneths of the Year and to the Winds in High-Dutch which continue to this Day He was by a King of Persia his Contemporary upon the knowledge he had of his affection to Astronomical Studies presented with a Piece of Clock-work showing the motion of â—…he Planets which the Emperour being then at Paderborne in Westphalia received with no less admiration than pleasure Vid. Voss. De Scient Mathem c. 35. JOHANNES CAMATERUS Chamberlain to the Emperour Porphyrogeneta writ De Genethliis Syderum positione Astrologiam Chaldaicam in Verse now in the Possession of my Learned Friend Mr. Tho. Gale ALMAEON whom some call ALMAMON the deservedly renouned Califfe of Babylon as Mr. Graves stiles him in his Pyramidograph fifty years before the time of Albategnius observed the greatest Declination of the Sun to have been 23° according to Elancanus and Herigone or 23° and 35′ according to Ricciolus from the authority of Alfraganus He first commanded Ptolemy's 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be translated into Arabick which Translation gave that Work the corrupt but now common name of Almagest He found by observation and measuring in the Plains of Singar that one Degree of a great Circle on the Earth is equal to 56. miles His Astronomical Designs were so acceptable to the Genius of that Nation that in the Times succeeding no less than Thirty Kings are said to have emulated his Example as is observed by Golius notis in Alfergan EGMUNDUS surnamed ASTROLOGUS is by Ricciolus put also into the Catalogue of Astronomers about this Time MESSHALA ARABS sive MESSAHULACH signalized his Name by his Book De Receptionibus De Conjunctionibus Planetarum De Revolutionibus Annorum Mundi He wrote likewise De Elementis Orbibus Coelestibus a third Book De Ratione Circuli Stellarum Operationibus and another De Compositione Utilitate Astrolabii The first Printed at Venice Anno 1493. with Pâ—…olemy's Quadripartitum The second at Norimberg by Montanus and Neuberus The third at Basil by Hervagius Anno 1533. And the fourth and last by Henricus Petri in Appendice Margaritae Philosophicae LEO PHILOSOPHUS writ something in Astrology yet extant in the French King's Library as Labbeé testifies in Catal. MS. ALBATEGNIUS or trulier ALBATTANIUS ARACENSIS called likewise MAHUMETES TINEU vel MAHUMETES ARACENSIS or but mistakenly ARACTENSIS from the City of Arrac commonly but corruptly called Aracta in Syria Son of Geber Auchan Son of Cruen Prince of Syria made diligent observations of the Stars both at Arrac and Antioch And finding that Ptolemy's Canons in his time dissented much from the course of the Heavens he made new Tables of his own He wrote a Book De Scientia Stellarum first translated out of Arabick into Latine by Plato Tiburtinus and illustrated with Annotations by Io. Regiomontanus He observed the Sun's greatest Declination to be 23° 35′ and the first Star of Aries to be 18° 2′ in Longitude from the Equinoctial Point His Observations were Printed at Norimberg His Book De Numeris Scientia Stellarum according to a Transcript thereof taken by Lucas Valerius Publick Professour of Mathematicks at Rome out of the Vatiâ—…an Library was reprinted more correctly in Latine at Bologna in the year 1645. and dedicated by Bernardinus Ugulottus to Ferdinand the second Grand Duke of Tuscany ACHILLES TATIUS wrote a Book De Sphaera as Suidas affirms part of which G. Vossius conceives to be his Commentary in Aratum Published in Greek and Latine by Petavius in Uranolog MOHAMMED IBN ZACHARIAE AL RAZI wrote many Books in several Sciences and among the rest a Particular Astronomical Treatise as I find it mentioned in the Catalogue of Golius his Manuscripts He died in the year of the Hegira 320. of Christ 932. ABDORRAHMAN AL-SUPHI commonly but corruptly called AZOPHI or ELZUPHI or EBENNOZOPHIM an Arabian Astronomer Authour of the Persian Tables in which sayes ricciolus Stellarum Schemata loca ordinata sunt The Work transcribed by his Son with the Delineation of the Celestial Signs in Miniature by the same hand is extant among the Manuscripts of Iacobus Golius ALFRAGANUS MAHUMEDES or AMETUS or AHEMED or MUHAMED the Son of Amet called Alfraganus or rather Alferganus from the City Fergana in the Province of Sogdiana He wrote Elementa Astronomica compiled chiefly out of Ptolemy which by Rabbi Iacob Antolius were turned into Hebrew and by Iohannes Hispalensis in the year 1142 translated out of Arabick into Latine but lately published in Arabick and Latine by the famous Iacobus Golius with learned Notes which yet he lived not to compleat He writ likewise de Astrolabii Descriptione Usu and a Book of Dialing as Golius in his Notes asserts G. Pastregicus mentions another Treatise of Alfraganus entitled De Aggregationibus Stellarum V. Simler Bibl. Gesner HALI BEN RAGEL is about this time by Ricciolus inserted into the number of Astronomers ARZAHEL ALA BEN writ Tables and Canons of the Motions of the Celestial Bodies preserved in MS. in the Library of Merton Colledge in Oxford and in that of Caius and Gonvil in Cambridge according to Iamesius Eclog. Oxon. Cant. Whether the same with Arzahel Hispanus of whom in the next Century we leave to be considered ALI IBNO'L HOZEIN a Persian wrote of the Theory of the Planets as Abul Pharagius in Hist. Dynast witnesses and De Demonstratione Planisphaerii as Hottinger in Smegm Orient ALFARABIUS Arabs stiled by Blancanus Astronomus celebris called likewise ABUNASR according to Abul Pharagius in Histor.
which he took his name After some time of study at Oxford he became a Doctour of the University of Paris and compiled out of Ptolemy Albategnius Alfraganus and others of the Ancients his Four Books De Sphaera commented upon by Vinetus Iunctinus Clavius Barocius and divers others And though Barocius hath detected and published no less than 84. Errours in that Work of Sacroboscus yet it still keeps up its credit in the Schools as a Classick Piece ALPHONSUS x. King of Castile and Leon having sent for the most learned among the Moors Arabs and Iews began the Instauration of Astronomical Tables which in the Year 1252. he first published having in Books Instruments and other Necessaries relating to that Work expended no less than four hundred thousand Crowns These Tables from his Name called Alphonsine being defective grounded partly upon Cabalistick Figments he afterwards viz. Anno 1256. Published more correct He observed in the Year 1250. the first Star of Aries to have been distant from the Equinoctial Point 23° 40′ as Blancanus reports Ricciolus affirms that Egnatius Dante 's in the fourth Part of his Astrolabe reports that he saw a Book of all the Alphonsine Instruments translated out of Arabick into Spanish and thence into Latine PROFATIUS a Iew about this time applyed his study to the Observation of the Stars He writ Tables of the Motion of the Eighth Sphere as Balaeus affirms and found the Sun 's greatest Declination to be 23° 32′ His Almanack Perpetuum is now extant in several of our Libraries JOHANNES PECKHAM a Franciscan Fryer and Archbishop of Canterbury wrote among other learned Works of his De Sphaera and Theoricam Planetarum VITELLIO THURINGO-POLONUS an excellent Mathematician wrote Ten Books 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. of the nature reason and projection of Visual rayes c. commonly called Perspective Printed first at Norimberg by Petreius Anno 1535. and afterwards reprinted and adorned with Figures by Frederick Risner at Basile 1572. a Work subservient to Astronomy ODINTON a Benedictine Monk in the Abbey of Evesham and an English man Scholar to Profatius the Iew and of Iewish Extraction endeavoured to vindicate his Name from Oblivion by his Book De Motibus Planetarum and De Mutatione Aeris as Balaeus affirms COGIA NASIR EDDIN TUSAEUS wrote Astronomical Tables which he dedicated to Ile-Chan Prince of the Tartars and a Treatise of the Astrolabe in twenty Chapters as I find mentioned in the Catalogue of Golius's Manuscripts He died in the year of the Hegira 675. of Christ 1276. KOTBODDINUS SHIRAZITA wrote a Book entitled Donum Regium seu Universae Astronomiae Syntagma He was contemporary with Nasir Eddin Tusaeus THEBIT BEN CHORA i. e. the Son of Chora by Profession a Iew and according to â—…eland born in England though others make him a Native of Spain first introduced the motion of Trepidation in the Eighth Sphere by some called Motus Accessus Recessus from North to South and observed the Sun's greatest Declination to be 23° 33′ He wrote likewise De significationibus Planetarum De Capite Cauda Draconis Demonstrationes in Almagestum and Additiones in Sphaerica Menelai as they are particularized by Balaeus There are mentioned likewise other Treatises of his Writing as Practica Planetarum Ganones Astronomici and De Prognosticatione Temporum said to be extant in his Majesties Library at St. Iames's GUIDO BONATUS FORO-JULIENSIS wrote Theoricae Planetarum Published at Venice 1506. He wrote likewise De Astrologia Iudiciaria HENRICUS BATEN of Mechlin Dr. in Theology Chancellour of the University of Paris and Chaunter and Canon of Liege Published a Book De Erroribus Tabularum Alphonsinarum as Ricciolus affirms in Catal. Astronom MICHAEL SCOTUS surnamed Mathematicus for his eminent skill in that kind of Learning by Balaeus stiled Eximius Physicorum Motuum Cursúsque Siderei Indagator Published a Comment super Authorem Sphaerae Four Books De Constitutione Mundi Two Books De Coelo Mundo Imagines Astronomicae And Dogmata Astrologorum De Signis Planetarum l. 1. De Natura Solis Lunae l. 1. Printed at Venice 1546. He wrote likewise other Opera Astrologica of which the MS. is extant in the Bodleian Library GULIELMUS DE SANCTO GODIALDO gained about this time the honour and repute of an able Astronomer that is as G. Vossius notes twenty years and more after the Publication of the Alphonsine Tables PETRUS DACIUS or DE DACIA as G. Vossius from the Authority of Trithemius calls him Published Astronomical Tables extant in MS. in the Library of Benet-Colledge in Cambridge He wrote likewise De Calculo sive Computo and set forth a Calendar ISAAC ISRAELITA wrote a Book entitled Iessod Holam i. e. De Fundamento Mundi in which he often takes occasion to treat of the Motion of the Eighth Sphere PETRUS DE APONO called likewise CONCILIATOR Ob Librum quo Veterum Medicorum Scripta conciliat sayes G. Vossius de Scient Mathemat wrote De Astrolabio Plano Published at Venice 1502. NICHOLAUS TRIVET a Dominican Frier Son of Sir Thomas Trivet Knight one of the Judges of the Courts of Common Law in Edward the Third's time among other learned Works wrote De Astronomia JOHANNES BACONTHORP a Carmelâ—…e Fryer in the Monastery of Blackney in Norfolk reputed one of the most learned of his time stiled Doctor Resolutus wrote four Books De Coelo Mundo One De Sphaera Iudiciali and another De Astrorum Scientiis NICHOLAUS OCKHAM a Franciscan Fryer in Coenobia Oxoniensi Praelector Publicus sayes Balaeus wrote De Latitudine Oppositionum and another Book entitled Astrologi Iudicium ISMAEL ABULFEDA Sultan of Syria Assyria and Persia an illustrious Cosmographer and Geographer whose Tables the learned Mr. Graves published in the year 1650. in Arabick and Latine CICHUS ASCULANUS Dr. of Physick Philosopher and Publick Professour of Astronomy at Bologna was accused for a Necromancer and burnt at Florence being LXX years of age Anno 1328. RICHARDUS WALLINGFORD so called from the Town of Wallingford where he was born Son of a Blacksmith after some time of Study in Oxford betook himself to a Monastick life in the Abby of St. Alban whereof he had the Honour to be Abbot He was excellently well skilled in Arithmetick Astronomy and Geometry He caused to be made a famous Clock or Horologe for the use of the Monastery being according to the Words of Leland a miraculous Fabrick sive quis Cursum Solis seu Lunae seu fixa Sidera notet sive iterum Maris Incrementa Decrementa seu Lineas unà cum figuris ac Demonstrationibus ad infinitum penè variis consideret For the better Explanation of which Curious Piece and the orderly regulating thereof he published Canons or Rules in a particular Treatise which he entitled Albion Alluding something to the Name
of the Monastery But thereby chiefly expressing this sence or meaning in English All by One i. e. Omnia per Unum as Balaeus reports He wrote besides his forementioned Canones in Albionem a Book De Iudiciis Astronomicis and another De Rebus Astronomicis JOHANNES DANK a Native of Saxony writ Canones Eclipsales Canones Tabularum De Astrolabio as Gesner testifies GUALTERUS CATTON an English Fryer in the Convent of Cordeliers at Norwich a learned Theologue and Philosopher published a Treatise Adversus Astrologos RABBI LEVI eminent in all kind of Learning and particularly in Astronomy wrote a Book called Milhamot-Hessem i. e. Defensionem Dei JOHANNES BARWICK by some but corruptly called BRENLANTIUS surnamed likewise BRITANNUS a learned English Franciscan Fryer published several Books De Astrologorum Praenotionibus in which he impugnes Judiciary Astrology ROBERTUS HOLCOTH a Dominican Fryer of Northampton of whom Balaeus sayes that he was penè infinitae lectionis Homo atque ingenii solidissimi wrote De Effectibus Stellarum and another Treatise De Motibus Stellarum as G. Vossius affirms out of Possevinus GAUFREDUS DE MELDIS published a Treatise entitled Iudicium Stellae Comatae Anno Dom. 1330. and of two other Comets which appeared in the years 1337. and 1338. preserved yet in Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke Colledge in Cambridge See Iames Eclog. Oxon. Cant. RABBI DAVID ABUDERKEM writ a Treatise entitled Ordo Intercalationis JOHANNES MANDOVICH sometime Fellow of Merton Colledge in Oxford a learned Physician and Astronomer published Astronomical Tables JOANNES ESTWOOD or ESTWED or ESCHUâ—…D of Ashenden sometimes Fellow of Merton Colledge in Oxford highly commended by Io. Picus Count of Mirandula wrote a Book which he entitled Iudiciale Astronomicum sive Summa Iudicialis He published likewise Elucidarium Planetarum Tabulae Planetarum and Canons of their Utility and Practice of the Conjunction of Saturn and Mars in Cancer 1357. and of the Conjunction of Saturn and Iupiter de Signis Conjunctionum His Iudiciale Astronomicum sive Summa Anglicana or Iudicialis vel de Accidentibus Mundi for those several Titles it bears was Printed at Venice in the year 1442. and is yet extant in MS. in the Publick Library at Oxford and in that of Oriel Colledge It was afterward Printed at Venice in the year 1489. and elegantly for that Age at the Charge of a Patrician for the Honour of whose Name because Noblemen in those Dayes would be at the charge of Printing of good Books I will subscribe what follows as I received it from my very deserving and ingenious Friend Mr. Francis Bernard in whose Possession the said Book among other curious ones with which he is stored now is Summa Anglicana Iohannis Eschuid Opus factum est tum Diligentiâ tum Impensâ Francisci Bolani Patritii Veneti Viri certè bonarum Artium studiosi Clarissimi quondam Oratoris Candiani Nec defuit Impressoris Iohannis Lucilii Santritter Herbronensis Germani maxima Lucubratio maximus Labor Diligentia NICHOLAUS CABASILAS a Grecian Archbishop of Thessalonica wrote a Comment upon Ptolemy's Almagest JOANNES ELIGERUS of Gondersleven a German writ de Compositione Astrolabii de Utilitate Astrolabii de Utilitate Quadrantis Two Books de Magnete and One de Astrogemetro and several other Pieces as Simler in Bibl. Gesner affirms JOHANNES DE SAXONIA and JOHANNES DE LIGNERIIS both Germane Astronomers and Contemporaries The latter put forth Canones Primi Mobilis together with Tables and a Book De Sphaera He is reckoned by Petrus Cirvellus Daiocensis in his Preface in Sphaeram Mundi to have been one of the four most celebrious Astronomers that had flourished between the times of Alphonsus and Purbacchius as cited by Vossius in Addend ad Scient Mathemat GUILELMUS GRIZAUNT an English man Fellow of Merton Colledge in Oxford and Dr. of Physick leaving England setled at Marseilles in France where he dyed in much Esteem for his Knowledge and Practice in Physick leaving behind him a Son of his own Name who was first Abbot of the Canons Regular at Marseilles afterward Pope of Rome by the Name of Urban the Fifth Of the Issue of his Brain I find these following mentioned by Balaeus relating to our Purpose Speculum Astrologiae De Magnitudine Solis De Qualitatibus Astrorum De Significationibus Eorundem JOHANNES KILLINGWORTH Fellow of Merton Colledge in Oxford wrote De Iudicio Astronomiae Canones Tabulae Astronomicae De Crepusculis De Nubium Ascensionibus NICEPHORUS GREGORAS writ De Astrolabio extant in the King's Library at St. Iames's Gesner mentions another Piece of his De Calumniatoribus Astronomiâ—… De Astronomia Andreas Cellarius in Praeloquio Harmon Macrocosm reports that in the 27 th year of his Age he applied himself to Andronicus Palaeologus Emperour of Constantinople offering to him Reasons for the Emendation of the Roman Calendar LUDOVICUS CAERLION so called from the Town of Caerlion in Wales where he was born a learned Theologue and Physician wrote De Eclipsi Solis Lunae Tabulae Eclipsium Solis Lunae secundum Diametros Richardi Wallingfordi now extant in his Majesty's Library at St. Iames's Canones Eclipsium De Tabulis Umbrarum and Fragmenta Astronomica IB'N SHATER DAMASCENUS stiled by Mr. Graves Sedulus Coeli Siderúmque Inspector by many Observations made at Damascus found the Obliquity of the Zodiack to be 23° 31′ He wrote likewise Canons and universal Precepts of Astronomy and Of Astronomical Instruments and their use as likewise De extruendis Coeli Thematibus as cited by Hottinger Smegm Orient His Tables are extant in the Publick Library at Oxford JOHANNES BOCCACIUS is about this time numbred among Astronomers by Gualterus in Chronico as cited by Ricciolus in Catalog Astron. THEOPHRASTUS PARACELSUS besides his many other Works in Physick and Chymistry hath left some Astronomical and Astrological Fragments published by Gerardus Dornus together with his Book De Meteoris Tribus Principiis He writ De Astronomia Magna Astronomiae Magnae Compendium Printed in the year 1584. RICHARDUS LAVINGHAM of Suffolk Professour of Mathematicks Philosophy and Theology in the University of Oxford composed a Book De Planetarum Distantia Compendium Meteororum in four Books and two Books De Coelo Mundo He was killed in that Popular Tumult wherein Simon Sudbury Archbishop of Canterbury was murthered SIMON BREDON or BRIDON alias BIRIDANIUS born at Winchcomb in Gloucester-shire Fellow of Merton Colledge in Oxford Dr. of Physick and Professour of Astronomy wrote according to Balaeus Two Books In Demonstrationes Almagesti One In quaedam Capita Ptolemaei De Rebus Astronomicis Aequationes Planetarum De Latitudine Planetarum Super Introductorio Alcabitii Astronomia Calculatoria and Astronomia Iudiciaria His Book De Aequationibus Planetarum is yet extant in Manuscript in the Library of Peter-House in Cambridge NICHOLAUS
Vincula a most subtile Divine Philosopher and Mathematician wrote besides other his Works not relating to our Subject De emendatione Calendarii and De Stellarum Fixarum Canone GEORGIUS PURBACCHIUS so called from the Town of Peurbach the Place of his birth in the Confines of Bavaria and Austria was publick Professour of Mathematicks both at Ferrara and Vienna and a great Instauratour of Astronomy His first Essayes were several Tractates of Dyalling with Tables fitted for the variety of Climates a Small Piece with a Table thereto of the Sun's Altitude Astrolabial Canons as Gassendus terms them with a Table of Parallels proportioned to every Degree of the Equinoctial The making and use of Solid Spheres or Globes especially the Celestial to which he added a New Table of all the Fixed Stars with their augmentation of Longitude from Ptolemy's time to his own But his chiefest Work after his Theory of the Planets and Tables of Eclipses by which he intended to signalize his Name was the Reducing of Ptolemy's Almagest into a correct Epitome or Compendium being chiefly encouraged thereunto by Cardinal Bessarion which he lived not to complete but left the same by Testament to be fulfilled by his Scholar Iohannes Regiomontanus JOHANNES FUSOR or FUSORIUS contemporary with Purbacchius published Tables of Sines and Chords and by command of Charles VII King of France made Observations for the better composing of new Tables of the Celestial Motions as Gassendus in the Life of Purbacchius testifies extant in MS. in the Library of Nicholaus Trivisanus of Padua as Thomasinus in Bibliothec. Patavin affirms GUILELMUS BOTONER an English Knight noble by Extraction but much more ennobled by his Learning as well in History Physick as Mathematicks Published with other Works upon several Subjects a Book De Astrologiae Valore JOHANNES JOVIANUS PONTANUS a Neapolitane acquired no little honour and esteem by his Astronomical Studies and Writings He translated into Latine Ptolemy's Centiloquium and published it with an Exposition or Comment thereupon and wrote XIV Books De Rebus Coelestibus and Five others in elegant Latine Verse entitled Urania sive De Stellis and One other in Verse De Meteoris MICHAEL SCOTUS a diligent Observer of the Stars at the desire of the Emperour Frederick the Third put forth about this Time Quaestiones in Sphaeram Ioh. de Sacro Bosco as Ricciolus Chronol Astronom affirms which certainly is a great mistake for Frederick the Third came to the Empire much earlier and was deposed in the year 1323. Scotus flourishing according to Balaeus in the year 1290. about which time the Reader will find him already inserted in this Catalogue JOHANNES MULLERUS commonly called JOHANNES REGIOMONTANUS or DE MONTE REGIO from Cunisberg a Town in Franconia where he was born Disciple to Purbacchius finished the Epitome begun by his Master of Ptolemy's Almagest He published likewise Tables of Directions and Eclipses and first of all in that Age set forth Astronomical Ephemerides of many years duration Printed at Augsburg 1488. He wrote likewise De Theoricis Planetarum De Cometis and published a Treatise De Triangulis Printed at Basile in folio by Daniel Santbech and is still a Book of good accompt as containing in it divers extraordinary Cases about plain Triangles He assisted Sixtus IV. by whom he was honourably to that end invited in the emendation of the Iulian Calendar though he lived not to perfect what he had begun He dedicated his Tables of the Primum Mobile to Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary who not only rewarded him with 800. Hungarian Crowns but also made him his dayly Guest for some time at his Table justly deserving to be honoured by Posterity as the great Advancer of all Mathematical Learning especially of Astronomy as well by his own Labours as the publishing in Print at Norimberg the most eminent Authours among the Ancients in that Science particularly our Manilius Ptolemy Theon Proclus Menelaus Theodorus Firmicus Hyginus and others to the number of Thirty at least He observed the Sun's greatest Declination to be 23° 30′ He died as some write at the 33 d. or as others at the 40 th year of his Age not without the suspicion of being poysoned by the Sons of Georgius Trapezuntius the envious opposers of his merits and lies buried at Rome in the Pantheon See more of him in Gassendus who writ his Life JOHANNES BLANCHINUS was as Blancanus affirms of Ferrara but more truly as Ricciolus of Bologna and composed Astronomical Tables which he dedicated to the Emperour Frederick the Third to whom he was both well known and acceptable These Tables with new ones of his own and more correct Canons and several Additions were by Lucas Gauricus published at Venice 1526. EBERHARDUS SCHLUSINGERUS of Gasmanstorfe in Franconia Doctour of Physick at Zurick writ a Treatise of Comets and of their Significations particularly of a Comet which appeared at Zurick in the year 1472. He writ likewise an Introduction to Astrology chiefly relating to Medical Elections BESSARION by birth a Grecian Cardinal of the Roman Church and Patriarck of Constantinople a great Favourer of Astronomical Studies He left among other his various and learned Works a small Tractate whereof the Manuscript is extant in the Emperour's Library at Vienna entitled Methodus cognoscendi quot horis singulis Noctibus Luna fulgeat as the same is cited by Simler in Biblioth Gesner ABRAHAM ZAGUT or ZACUTI was first publick Professour of Astronomy at Carthage afterwards at Salamanca of whom Ricciolus affirms that he was Astronomiae consultissimus Vossius sayes he was Astrologer to Emanuel King of Portugal He wrote Fasti sive Almanach perpetuum omnium coeli Motuum Printed at Venice 1502. In the Preface of which Work he makes mention of Abenverga a Iew his Astronomical Tables but without giving any account of the Time wherein he flourished In the year 1474. he observed the Star called Spica Virginis to be in the 17° 10′ of Libra as Ricciolus from the Authority of Augustinus Riccius affirms His Almanach Perpetuum sive Ephemerides were calculated for Salamanca the Radix they began from was the year 1472. but the Places of the Planets were taken from Regiomontanus his Ephemerides his first part which whether ever Printed is uncertain beginning from that year He writ the Preface to the Bishop of Salamanca who he was doth not appear Ioannes Michael Germanus made the Problems before it Alphonsus de Corduba Hispalensis made a Canon of the Equation of Venus and discourses a little of the Errours of Zacutus In the same Book one Octavius Sfortiades Episcopus Aretinus sayes that Marcus Antonius Grimanus Patricius Venetus Iuntae Calcographiae imprimendam tradidit Novam Tabellam utpote Supplementum Aequationis Veneris in 30 Revolutionibus quam suae Celsitudini Abraham Zacutus ex Damasco destinaverat paululum antequam Diem clauderet Novissimum Gauricus being but a young Man
corrected and put out the Book at Venice Anno 1515. JOANNES ODDI of Padua by Ia. Phil. Thomasinus in Bibl. Patav. stiled Physicus Astronomus upon the Score of which last We give him place in this Catalogue wrote a Book which he dedicated to Frederick Duke of Urbine de Impressionibus Elementorum de Copia rerum Pretio de Bello de Religione de Principibus de Civitatibus which I conceive to be some Astrological Discourse or Prognostick extant in MS. in the Library of Hippolytus Oddi of Padua Knight of St. Mark JOHANNES BAPTISTA CAPUANUS SIPONTINUS De Manfredonia and as Ricciolus affirms Canon Regular of the Church of Lateran while he was a secular Person his name was Franciscus Capuanus and he was publick Professour of Astronomy at Padua at which time he wrote an Exposition In Sphaeram Sacrobosci Being afterwards made a Bishop he revised it and dedicated it to his Fellow-Canons sometime his Auditours He wrote likewise In Theoricas Purbacchii Computus Ecclesiasticus and a Book De Compositione Quadrantis ANDALO of Genua a most excellent Mathematician wrote of the Astrolabe Printed at Ferrara 1475. THEODORUS GAZA wrote in Greek De Mensibus De Anno in which sayes Ricciolus Astronomiae non inscium se ostendit Published by Petavius in Uranolog CHRISTIANUS MOLITOR of Clagenfurt was as Ricciolus affirms Astronomus insignis and wrote at Vienna Opuscula Astrologica which according to the testimony of Vossius apud Doctos in magno pretio habentur NICHOLAUS ORESMIUS wrote a particular Treatise by way of Commentary against the Superstition of Iudiciary Astrology He is cited by Iohannes Picus Mirandula by the name of Nicholaus Orem to have written a Book De Proportionibus Proportionum as Simler in Biblioth Gesner attests ALEXANDER ACHILLINUS of Bologna Professour of Philosophy wrote De Orbibus Coelestibus ALCHABITIUS or ALCABITIUS called likewise ABDILAZUS an Arabian composed an Isagoge or Introduction Ad scrutanda Astrorum judicia and writ De Planetarum Conjunctionibus Ricciolus affirms he wrote four Tractates in which he comprized the Elements of Astrology commented upon by Naiboda Iohannes Hispalensis first translated him into Latine Printed at Venice in the year 1491. and 1521. together with the exposition of Ioannes de Saxonia and the Emendations of Antonius de Fantis Doctour of Physick at Trevigi in Italy He wrote likewise of Opticks of which see Vossius De Scient Mathemat There is a MS. Treatise in the Bodleian Library entitled Introductio ad Iudicia Astronom under the Name of Algabicus I know not whether mistaken for Alchabitius MARCILIUS FICINUS an eminent Florentine Physician Philosopher and Astronomer who both in his Notes In Timaeum Platonis and other his Dialogues discourses learnedly as occasion requires upon several Astronomical Subjects having likewise put forth an Apology De Medicina Astrologiae jungenda a Disputation Contra Iudicia Astrologorum and a Book De Sole Lumine In his Book De vita coelitùs comparanda he shews himself very Learned in Astrology though he writ against the Astrologasters JOHANNES KENT alias KAYLEG Native of Caermarden in South-Wales a Great Philosopher Botanist and Mathematician of which Studies he was Professour in the University of Cambridge put forth Astronomical Tables JOANNES ANGELUS put forth Opus Astrolabii Plani cum Tabulis Printed August Vindel. 1488. JOHANNES ERGHOM of York an Augustine Fryar having at Oxford professed Logick Natural Philosophy and Theology gained to himself the repute of an eminent Scholar and put forth a Book of Astrological Calculations JOHANNES PICUS Count of Mirandula Ingeniorum Phoenix as some have stiled him besides other Works of exquisite and profound Learning wrote Twelve Books Against Iudiciary Astrology NICHOLAUS COMES DE COMITIBUS a Noble Italian wrote a Tractate De Motu Recessu Octavae Sphaerae extant in MS. among those of Nicholaus Trivisanus of Padua recorded by Iac. Phil. Thomasinus in Bibliothec. Patavin PONTICUS VIRMIUS alias VIRUNNIUS Native of Trevigi in Italy Professour of Philosophy writ besides many other Works upon different Subjects a Commentary In Sphaeram Iohannis Sacrobosci JACOBUS SCHONHEINTZ Professour of Mathematicks and Philosophy in Academia Herbipoli writ an Apology in vindication of Astrology against Io. Picus Count of Mirandula DOMINICUS MARIA NOVARAS FERRARIENSIS Professour of Astronomy in Bologna and Master to Copernicus is said to have observed the Sun's greatest Declination to have been 23° 29′ He was a great Promoter of Astronomical Observations both by his teaching and practice BERNARDUS WALTHERUS of Norimberg Disciple to Regiomontanus and a Continuatour of his Observations whâ—…ch with his own were published first at Norimberg afterwards together with the Hassian and Tychonick by Willebrodus Snellius He was a great Observer of the Stars and partly from the Authority of Alhazen and Vitellio partly by his own experience made it appear of how great moment the Doctrine of Refractions is in relation to the Stars when near the Horizon HERMOLAUS BARBARUS a Noble Patrician of Venice and Patriarch of Aquileia besides his other eminent Works both in Historical and Critical Learning writ a Book De convenientia Astronomiae Medicinae CHRISTOPHORUS COLUMBUS a Native of Genua by Blancanus stiled Argonautarum Princeps trusting to his skill in Astronomy and Geography by a high and daring yet a happy and successful undertaking discovered to the Old a New World JOHANNES ABIOSUS of Naples Doctour of Physick and Professour of Mathematicks writ Dialogues in defence of Iudiciary Astrology in which he predicts many Schismes and future Changes to happen in the Church He dedicated his Books to Alphonsus King of Sicily JOANNES LUCILIUS SANTRITTER HEILBRONNENSIS reduced the Alphonsine Tables into a most easie Order and Method to which he added Tables of his own with Rules or Canons thereunto He writ likewise a Book of the Judgements of Nativities Printed at his own Shop in Venice 1494. JOANNES ANGELUS BAVARUS of Aichen put forth a Correction of the Romane Calendar a Plain Astrolabe a Treatise of Nativities and of unequal Hours in each Climate of the World as also Ephemerides and various Prognosticks Printed at Venice in the year 1494. He died in the year 1512. at which time he was about finishing Purbacchius's Table of the Equations of the Planets Motions LAURENTIUS BONINCONTRIUS MINIATENSIS writ Three Books De Rebus Coelestibus in Heroick Verse Printed by Robert Winter at Basile in the year 1540. with the accession of divers Observations of the Eclipses of the Sun and Moon made by Philippus Melancthon Iohannes Stigelius M. Acontius Ioachimus Camerarius and Georgius Aemilius He was the first that wrote a Comment upon Manilius's Astronomica Printed both at Bologna and at Basile JACOBUS FABER besides his Arithmetical Epitome of Boetius and his Comment upon Iordanus Nemorarius wrote also a Commentary In Sphaeram Sacrobosci
in High-Dutch which was Printed afterwards in Latine at Paris JACOBUS ZIGLERUS of Landaw a City in the Province of Vasgow in the lower Alsatia set forth Constructionem Solidae Sphaerae Printed at Basil by Valderus together with Aratus and his Scholiast in the year 1536. He wrote likewise Scholia in Procli Lycii Sphaeram and De Canonica per Sphaeram operatione and De Hemicyclio Berosi mentioned by Vitruvius l. 9. c. 9. He published likewise a Comment upon the Second Book of Pliny's Natural History in which he explains the most obscure especially Astronomical Places therein NICHOLAUS COPERNICUS by Bulialdus not without reason stiled Vir absolutae subtilitatis a Native of Thorne in Prussia and Canon of the Church of Frawenburg the Cathedral of Warmerlandt Scholar to Dominicus Maria of Ferrara to whom he was Assistant in making his Astronomical Observations at Bologna and Professour of the Mathematicks at Rome honoured at his Publick Lectures with the Assembly of the most Illustrious Persons in that City whence returning into his own Country he wholly applyed himself to the study and instauration of Astronomy finding the Sun's greatest Declination to be 23° 28′ The year before his Death at the instance of the Cardinals Schomberg and Ghisi he published his Noble Work De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium in Six Books in which he not only revived but most happily united and formed into an Hypothesis of his own the several Opinions of Philolaus Heraclides Ponticus and Ecphantus Pythagoreus For according to the opinion of Philolaus he made the Earth to move about the Sun as the Center whence its Annual Motion And with Heraclides and Ecphantus he likewise gave it a Motion like that of a Wheel about its own Axis whence its Diurnal Motion an Hypothesis so near the Truth that like that when persecuted maugre all Opposition Per damna per caedes ab ipso Sumit opes animúmque ferro As Ricciolus though a Dissenter from it observes ANDREAS OSIANDER took not only care in publishing the first Edition of Copernicus his Book De Revolutionibus but condescended to be Overseer of the Press while it was Printing to which he added a brief Preface of his own therein chiefly endeavouring because of the seeming Novelty of the Opinion to perswade the Reader to look upon it as an assumed Hypothesis rather than an asserted Tenet To which purpose about that time was published this Distich Quid tum si mihi Terra movetur Solque quiescit Et Coelum Constat Calculus inde Mihi Of which Gassendus in Vitâ Copernici JOHANNES SCHONERUS a Native of Carolostadt Professour of Mathematicks at Norimberg put forth Astronomical Tables for their perspicuity called Resolutae and a Book De usu Globi Stelliferi De Compositione Clobi Coelestis De Usu Globi Terrestris de Compositione Ejusdem as also another Piece called Aequatorium Astronomicum Libellus de Distantiis Locorum per Instrumentum numeros investigandis De Compositione Torqueti In Constructionem Usum Rectanguli sive Radii Astronomici Annotationes Horarii Cylindri Canones Planisphaerium seu Meteoroscopium Organum Uranicum Instrumentum Impedimentorum Lunae All Printed at Norimberg in fol. 1551. GEORGIUS VALLA an Italian Native of Piacenza among other his Learned Works wrote a Treatise in four Books De tota Astrologia In which Fabrica Ususque Astrolabii exaratur quae Signorum in exhibendis Medicaminibus sit habenda Observatio He writ likewise a Commentary in Almagestum Quadripartitum Ptolemaei and translated out of Greek into Latine Proclus Diadochus his Hypotyposes Astronomicarum Positionum and Cleomedes de Contemplatione Orbium Coelestium V. Simler in Biblioth Gesner JOHANNES BAPTISTA AMICUS COSENTINUS wrote De motu Coelestium juxta Principia Peripatetica Published in the year 1532. PETRUS PITATUS of Verona wrote Isagogen ad Ephemerides and De novo Calendario instituendo which he addressed to Pope Paul III. He wrote likewise an Explication of the Rising and Setting of the Fixed Stars Printed at Basil 1568. JOHANNES LUCIDUS SAMOSATHEUS about this time put forth his learned Chronological Labours non sine Eruditae Caveae Applausu sayes G. Vossius in which are contained Emendationes Temporum ab Orbe condito with Canons in perpetuam Temporum Tabulam Of the true Day of our Saviour's Passion And an Epitome of the Emendation of the Romane Calendar Printed at Venice by Iunta 1537. BONETTUS a Iew put forth a small Treatise De Annulo sive Instrumento Astronomico Printed at Marpurg 1537. SYMPHORIANUS CAMPEGIUS alias CHAMPERIUS Eques Auratus Lugdunensis a French-man among other Learned Works of his in Physick and Philosophy put forth several Mathematical Treatises and particularly One of Astronomy Printed by Henricus Petrus at Basil 1537. JOHANNES GIGAS STAINFORTENSIS Published Enchiridion Sphaericum seu Systema Cosmographicum compendiosum He wrote likewise according to the Testimony of Simler in Bibl. Gesner an Elegy upon two notable Eclipses of the Moon which happened in the year 1538. Whereof the former was on the fourteenth of May the latter on the sixth of November His Enchiridion Sphaericum was Printed at Oxford in the year 1664. MAURUS FLORENTINUS first a Monk of the Order of the Humiliati afterwards of the Fraternity of the Servants of the Blessed Virgin of whom Gerardus Vossius sayes That he was most learned in the Latine Greek and Hebrew Tongues and excellently well skilled in Cosmography and other Sciences Published in his own Language the Italian divers Pieces as his Annotations in Sphaeram Sacrobosci and besides his Sphaera Theologica Christiana Sphaera Platonica which he dedicated to Cosmo de Medicis He wrote likewise De Arte Navigatoria and an Epitome of Musick GASPAR BORNERUS Professour of Phylosophy at Leipsick among other Tractates put forth a Book De Stellis JOHANNES PENA a French-man Regius Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Paris translated Euclid's Opticks into Latine to which he prefixed an Encomium of Opticks wherein to use Gesner's Words there are Iucundissimae Disceptationes imprimis arduae touching the Epicycles Excentricks Apsides Apogaeums and Perigaeum's of the Planets as likewise of their Parallaxes together with ingenious Arguments concerning the Earths Rest or Motion drawn from the Principles of that Art He first maintained the Heavens to consist of no other Substance than that diffused through the Aery Region and discovered some Comets to have been above the Moon as Gassendus in the life of Tycho observes JOHANNES PIERIUS VALERIANUS the noble Authour of Hieroglyphicks wrote and dedicated to Cardinal Alexander Farneze being but yet young and much addicted to Astronomical Studies an elegant Compendium Of the Sphere PETRUS CATENA a Venetian Doctour in Theology and Professour of Mathematicks at Padua about the same time with Pierius wrote upon the same Subject of the Sphere and other Mathematical Peeces JULIANUS RISTORIUS
DE PRATO a Carmelite Fryar Doctour in Theology and an eminent Astronomer Tutour to Iunctinus by whom in his Preface to his Tabulae Resolutae he is reported to have observed the Planets for several years viz. from the year 1536. to 1542. PAULUS CRUSIUS published a Treatise wherein he sets forth the Doctrine of the Sun's Revolutions and Tables of the mean Conversions of â—…ime and of the Sun's motion in Annis Tropicis Sideriis ANGELUS FORTIUS Doctour of Physick is by Gesner in Biblioth reckoned as an eminent Astrologer ANTONIUS DE MONTULMO Doctour of Arts and Physick published a Book De judiciis Nativitatum illustrated with the additions of Io. Monteregiâ—…s Printed at Norimberg 1540. JOHANNES MASSAEUS put forth twenty Books of Chronology from the beginning of the World to the year now mentioned to which he prefixed a fourfold Calendar to wit the Egyptian Hebrew Macedonick and Roman Voss. De Scient Mathemat FRANCISCUS MAUROLYCUS Abbot of Messena in Sicily whom Ricciolus calls Siciliae Lumen clarissimum wrote three Books of Cosmography intended as a Comment upon Ptolemy's Almagest To him we are beholding for Theodosius's Sphaerica and those of Menelaus which he first of all published He put forth a Piece De Lineis Horariis Fabricam Astrolabii and divers other Works mentioned in the beginning of his Cosmography He was the first that wrote of Secant Lines as Blancanus affirms He left likewise behind him a Posthume Work entituled De Lumine Umbra and many Treatises unprinted as appears at the End of his Opusâ—…ula and though it be beside our Argument yet in regard it is not well known we think fit to mention that Alphonsus Borellius published in Sicily about 1656. the Comment of Maurolycus on the first four Books of Apollonius his Conicks with two more of the said Authours of which if there were Copies they would be grateful to Students and more acceptable than that of Commandinus in which the Text and Comment lie dispersed which Inconvenience is avoyded in that of Maurolycus the said Borellius is likewise now about publishing Maurolycus his Archimedes at Rome JOHANNES ANTONIUS DELPHINUS of Casal Provincial of the Franciscan Order wrote and dedicated to Camillus Palaeottus a Senator of Bologna a Book De Caelestibus Globis Motibus full of Erudition as Ricciolus affirms PHILIPPUS MELANCTHON among other the numerous Volumes by him published set forth Tabula de Mensibus Graecorum Descriptiones Eclipsium Solis Lunae annis jam aliquot visarum usque ad Annum 1540. and translated out of Greek into Latine Ptolemy's four Books De Syderum effectionibus V. Simler AUGUSTINUS NIPHUS PHILOTHEUS SUESSANUS who by his great Learning gained to himself the Title of Philosophus Magnus among other the various Works by him published writ as to our purpose a particular Treatise De figuris Stellarum Helionoricis in two Books Another De Diebus Criticis seu Decretoriis a third De falsa Diluvii Prognosticatione quae ex conventu omnium Planetarum qui in Piscibus contingeret anno 1524. divulgata est in three Books addressed to the Emperour Charles the Fifth He wrote likewise Eruditiones in Apotelesmata Ptolemaei Annotationes in Librum secundum Ejusdem Quadripartiti mentioned wiâ—…h the rest by Simler in Bibl. Gesner JACOBUS PELETARIUS a French man besides his Geometrical Works wrote De Constitutione Horoscopi He published likewise Astronomical Tables â—…and a Compendium of Astronomical Fractions as also of the Sun's place and that of the Moon in the Zodiack ERASMUS OSWALDUS SKREKENFUSIUS of Austria Disciple according to Ricciolus to Henricus Glareanus according to Vossius to Seâ—…stianus Munsterus Professor at Freiburg in Brisgaw of the Hebrew Tongue and Mathematicks wrote a Comment in Sphaeram Sacrobosci Annotations on 〈◊〉 Almagest put forth a Book De Primo Mobili and of the Theory of the Planâ—… Another De Gentium Calendariis and translated out of Hebrew into Latine the Sphere of Rabbi Abraham Cai. JOACHINUS CAMERARIUS of Bamberg a Town in Franconia put forth at Norimberg in the year 1532. several Greek Astrological Authours by him translated into Latine as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sive Rationem Orbis Solaris likewise Excerpta ex Hephaestione Thebano De Duodecim Signis eorum effectis also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Quid Stellae Erraticae sive Quinque Planetae in unoquoque Zodiaci Signo significent These Pieces he set forth in Greek and Latine And in Latine only he published a Fragment of the first Book of Vettius Valens his Florida and in Greek only Mercurius Irismegistus his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Medicationes rationibus Astrologicis convenientes In the year 1535 he set forth at Norimberg in Verse Tùm Phaenomena sive Siderum ac Stellarum Historiolam tùm Prognostica And in the year 1541. he published the two first Books of Ptolemy De Iudiciis Astrologicis by him translated into Latine and illustrated with Annotations We are obliged to him likewise for the first publication of Theon Alexandrinus his eleven Books of Commentaries upon Ptolemy's Almagest which he caused to be Printed at Basil by Walderus from a MS. of Cardinal Bessarion's brought into Germany by Regiomontanus See more of this eminently learned Person in G. Vossius L. de Scient Mathemat RAINERUS GEMMA FRIZIUS Physician and Professor of Mathematicks at Lovaine put forth a Book of the use of the Globe and the Astronomical Ring De Principiis Astronomiae Cosmographiae De Astrolabio Catholico c He left his Son Cornelius Gemma his Successour in the Professor's Place JOANNES GUIDO wrote De Observat. Temporis Astrorum Printed at Paris 1543. CLAUDIUS MARIUS ARETIUS a Patrician of Syracuse and Historiographer to the King of Spain wrote a Comment by way of Dialogue upon this Verse of Virgil's Defectus Lunae varios Solisque labores BUCHARDUS MITHOBIUS wrote a Piece entituled Compositiâ—…â—…li Astronomici Printed together with the Treatise of Iohannes Driander De Annulâ—… Astronomicis as Simler affirms MICHAEL ANGELUS BLONDUS Doctour of Physick wâ—…ote and dedicated to Pope Paul III. a Book De Diebus Criticis and to Rudolphus Cardinal of Carpegna another De Anticipatione Stellarum fixarum cuâ—… 〈◊〉 significationibus COELIUS CALCAGNINUS among the various Works by him published set forth a Paraphrase on the three Books of Aristotle's Meteors A Commentation Quod Coelum stet Terra moveatur De Mensibus De Re Nautica See more of him in Simler Bibl. Gesner GEORGIUS PILANDER published a Book De Annulo Astronomico aut Sphaerico POMPILIUS AZALUS writ De omnibus Rebus naturalibus quae continentur in Mundo viz. De Coelestibus de Terrestribus Mathematicis Printed at Venice in Folio as Simler in Bibl. Gesner testifies JOHANNES STADIUS Professour of the Mathematicks and History first at Paris afterwards at Lovaine put
Physick and Professor of Mathematicks in the University at Vienna set forth as Gesner stiles them Gâ—…mentaria Ephemeridum ita conscripta ut quisque absque Praeceptore ex sola Lectione integram inde Artem consequi possit Printed by Aegidius Aquila at Vienna 1551. FRANCISCUS RAPALDUS Doctor of Physick at Bruges in Flanders wrote against Astrology as altogether useless to a Physician to whom Petrus Haschardus of Lisle a Chirurgeon replied in a Discourse by him entituled Clipeum Astrologicum ROBERTUS RECORD a Learned Doctor of Physick and an excellent Mathematician descended of a generous Family in Wales illustrated by his learned Labours Cosmography Geometry Musick and Astronomy He published Cosmographiae Isagogen wrote a Book De Arte faciendi Horologium and another De usu Globorum de statu Temporum All which with several others he writ in the English Tongue PETRUS NONIUS a Portuguez Professor of Mathematicks in the Colledge at Conimbra wrote ' De Crepusculis De Erratis Orontii Astronomical Problems and Rules for Observation together with Annotations in Theoricas Purbacchii commendable sayes Vossius not only for their Acumen and Perspicuity but for discovering divers things omitted and detecting several Errors committed by others HIERONYMUS CARDANUS a Native of Milan Professor of Physick and Mathematicks at Bologna commented upon Ptolemy's Quadripartitum De Iudiciis Astrorum and put forth several other Tracts as 1. De Supplimento Almanach 2. De Restitutione Temporum Motuum Coelestium 3. De Iudiciis Geniturarum 4. De Revolutionibus 5. De Exemplis Centum Geniturarum Aphorismi Astronomici Not to mention his many other Works not relating to our purpose LEVINUS LEMNIUS Medicus Zirizaeus writ three elegant Tractates in the first whereof he treats of Astrology shewing the verity or falsity of that Art in which sayes Gesner multae amoenissimaeque causae explicantur and particularly the Original of the Proverb Quartâ Lunânati MICHAEL NOSTRADAMUS Physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX Kings of France is famous for the several Centuries of Prophetical Prognostications extant under his Name lately Englished with large Annotations which in his Epistle Dedicatory of some part of them to Henry II. he affirms to have calculated by Astronomical Doctrine But whether he were a greater Trifler or Astronomer is by some questioned but especially by Iodelé an ingenious French Poet who hath bestowed on him this Distich NOSTRA DAMUS cum falsa damus nam fallere nostrum est Et cum falsa damus nil nisi NOSTRA DAMUS NICHOLAUS SIMUS Professor of Mathematicks in the Univertsiy of Bologna set forth the Theories of the Planets reduced to a Compendium illustrated with divers Sculps and Figures He put forth likewise Ephemerides for 15. years calculated for the Meridian of Bologna with Canons expounding the use of the said Ephemerides MARCUS FRITSCHIUS LAUBANUS HEXAPOLENSIS wrote a Book De Meteoris with a Catalogue of Prodigies and Ostents Printed at Norimberg 1555. as Gesner attests ANDREAS SCHONERUS Son of Iohannes Schonerus of Carolostadt published Tables of the Primum Mobile according to the Fundamentals of Regiomontanus HADRIANUS JUNIUS HORNANUS for his Learning merited to be stiled Alterum ab Erasmo Hollandiae Lumen He published a Commentary De Anno Mensibus likewise Fastorum Liber sive 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rerum Memorabilium qualibet Anni die actarum apud Hebraeos Graecos Romanos gentesque exteras also Calendarium Syllabicum so called because the dayes of the year Vocabulorum Syllabis respondeant besides these he put forth Fasti Caesariani Calendarium These as he writ them were from hand to hand presented to Edward the Sixth King of England afterwards being enlarged and corrected dedicated to his Sister Queen Mary See more of him in Meursius in Athen. Batav and G. Vossius de Scient Mathemat p. 398. JOANNES GARCAEUS a Brandeburgher wrote a Piece entituled Methodus Astrologiae illustrated with 400. Genitures as Ricciolus affirms To which Vossius adds that he put forth at Wittemberg a Commentary consisting of XXII Propositions in which he comprizes the Doctrine of erecting a Celestial Scheme and computing the Motions of the Planets Draudius sayes he put forth a small Treatise De Tempore sive De Ortu Occasu Stellarum De usu Globi Coelestis Printed at Wittemberg 1565. He was Scholar to Gaspar Peucerus JOSEPHUS ZARLINUS a Native of Fossa Clodia commonly called da Chioggia an excellent Musician who in his Institutioni Harmoniche published in Italian treats likewise of the Harmonick System of the Spheres RODOLPHUS BATTINGIUS a Friezlander published Methodum Astrolabii according to Vossius De Scient Math. CORNELIUS VALERIUS VETERAQUINAS Successor to Petrus Nonnius at Lovaine in Collegio Trilingui put forth an Encyclopaedia in which he treats of the Sphere and the Elements of Astronomy and Geography succinctly and elegantly JEAN PIERRE DE MESMES a French Gentleman writ in his own Language Astronomical Institutions Printed at Paris in folio 1557. CONRADUS DASYPODIUS Professor of Mathematicks at Strasbourg put forth Astronomical Precepts and wrote a brief Treatise of Comets and their Effects famous for being Author of the Astronomical Horologe set up in the Great Church at Strasbourg the Description whereof he published in the year 1578. GULIELMUS XYLANDER Successour to Iacobus Mycillus in the Greek Professor's place at Heidelberg a Person of good repute for his Philosophical and Mathematical Studies among other Tractates of the later kind put forth a small Treatise De usu Globi Planisperii Printed at Heidelberg DANIEL BARBARUS a noble Venetian and Patriarch of Aquileia hath sufficiently manifested his excellent knowledge in all Parts of the Mathematicks and particularly in Astronomy by his learned Commentary upon Vitruvius his ninth and tenth Books JOHANNES TEMPORARIUS wrote an Astronomical Treatise which he entituled Organum Astronomicum grounded upon the Prutenick Tables in which the whole Work of Astronomical Calculation is contracted to two Operations to wit only Addition and Substraction All Proportional Scruples are laid aside in the search after which much time is fruitlesly spent The true Precession of the Equinox which by the Alphonsine Astronomers is called the Motion of the Auges of the fixed Stars is exposed to view for some Ages to come The places as well of the Planets as the fixed Stars are with little or no trouble found for any time given The Conjunctions and Defects of the Luminaries with their Quantities and Durations are most exquisitely defined not only â—…n one Climate but in any Parallel whatsoever The Parallaxes whose invention gives trouble to the most experienced Artists are by a wonderful compendious way found out and cleared as to Latitude and Longitude without the trouble of Calculation Whence any one may frame to himself Ephemerides without any pains or labour The Original Manuscript of which Work is at
Terrestrial of Wood. He put forth a Cronology from the beginning of the World to the year 1568. exactly composed and calculated as well from Eclipses and other Astronomical Observations of all Times as from the Sacred Scriptures and other Authentick Authors highly commended by Onuphrius Panvinius Not to mention his other Geographical Works HUGO sive HUO HELTILIUS of Groeningen in Friezland wrote in Spanish of the Planisphere HENRICUS BRUCAEUS of Alost in Flanders Doctor of Physick and Professor of Mathematicks at Rome and Rostoch put forth Three Books of the Primum Mobile and the Institutions of the Sphere of whom Vossius De Scient Math. gives an ample Account FRANCISCUS BAROCCIUS a Patrician of Venice wrote besides his other Works in Mechanicks and Geometry Four Books of Cosmography in the Preface to which he detects no less than LXXXIV Errors of Io. de Sacrobosco and his Followers JOANNES LALAMANTIUS of Antun in Burgundy a Physician published a Tractate entituled Collatio Rationis Anni exterarum ferè Omnium Praecipuarum Gentium cum Romano Anno Printed at Geneva apud Crispinum 1571. 8 o. ADAMUS URSINUS of Norimberg wrote Prognosticks upon the new Star in Cassiopaea touching which see Tycho Progymn Tom. 1. ANDREAS NOLTHIUS of Embeck wrote concerning the Star in Cassiopaea about the same time as the Landtgrave of Hesse as is likewise noted by Tycho Progymnas Tom. 1. BARTHOLOMAEUS RASACHERUS Professor of Mathematicks at Vienna wrote also touching the Star in Cassiopaea CORNELIUS GEMMA of Lovaine wrote likewise upon the same Subject So also did CORNELIUS FRANGIPANUS whose Censure see in Tycho Brahe Progymnas Tom. 1. HIERONYMUS MUNOSIUS Professor of the Hebrew Tongue and Mathematicks in the University of Valentia and Physician to the Emperor Maximilian the Second put forth his Observations upon the New Star in Cassiopaea ELIAS CAMERARIUS Professor of Mathematicks at Francfort upon Oder wrote De Nova Stella Cassiopaeae GULâ—…ELMUS POSTELLUS Native of Barenton a Town in Normandy about this time put forth his Cosmography sive De Universitate and wrote De Nova Stella Cassiopaeae JOHANNES d ee Doctor of Physick and an excellent Mathematician besides other his learned Works whereby he hath honoured our Nation not pertinent to our present purpose wrote upon occasion of the New Star in Cassiopaea a small Treatise by him entituled Parallacticae Commentationis Praxeos nucleus highly commended by Tycho Brahe in Progymnasm Tom. 1. He published in the year 1558. a Treatise entituled De Praestantioribus quibusdam Naturae Virtutibus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 containing several curious Astronomical and Astrological Aphorisms In the Preface to which Piece he makes mention of the several Astronomical Tractates following by him intended for the Publick but whether ever yet Printed is uncertain as first De Planetarum inerrantium Stellarum Nubiumque à Centro Terrae Distantiis Stellarum omnium veris inveniendis Magnitudinibus in two Books De praecipua Perspectivae Parte quae de Radiorum Fractione tractat in three Books De Caelestis Globi amplissimis Commoditatibus in two Books De Nova Navigationum Ratione in two Books and one Book De Annuli Astronomici multiplici usu divided into a hundred Chapters besides some other Mathematical Pieces among which his Apology for Fryar Bacon A farther Account of the Works and Writings of this Stupendious Person the Reader may happily e're long meet with in his Life intended to be written if Providence second his Design by my worthy Friend Elias Ashmole Esquire whose singular Affection to Astronomical and Astrological Studies may justly entitle him to a Place in this Catalogue PAULUS HAINZELIUS Consul of Ausbourg diligently observed at Gegginge near the City of Ausbourg aforesaid the motions of the Stars and Planets using in his Observations a Quadrant of fourteen Cubits as Ricciolus in Chronol Astron. affirms His Prayses and Commendations may be seen in Tycho Brahe Progymn Tom. 1. PAULUS FABRITIUS a Mathematician and Physician to the Emperour of Germany wrote De Nova Stella Cassiopaeae 1572. THEODORUS GRAMINEUS Professor of Mathematicks at Colen published a Prolix and tedious Commentary or as Tycho more truly terms it Commentum upon the New Star in Cassiopaea MICHAEL MAESTLINUS GOEPINGENSIS at first Parish-Priest or Curate of a little Town called Bachnang afterwards Professor of Mathematicks in the Universities of Heidelberg and Tubinge and Master or Tutor to Kepler wrote De Stella Nova Cassiopaeae and of the Comet which appeared in the year 1576. as also Ephemerides according to the Prutenick Tables and Additions to the first Narration of Rheticus with an Appendix De Dimensionibus Orbium Coelestium according to the Opinion of Copernicus He published likewise Theses De Eclipsibus and an Epitome of Astronomy and wrote against the Gregorian Calendar in which he was opposed by Clavius yet happy in this that he was not only Master to the learned Kepler but first Motor to the famous Galilaeo addicted before that time entirely to Aristotle and Ptolemy of his embracing the Copernican Hypothesis perswaded thereunto by the force of his Arguments which in a Publick Lecture upon that Subject he used at the time of his being in Italy GELLIUS SASSERIDES a Dane of Copenhagen was one of those who assisted the noble Tycho Brahe in his Celestial Observations some of whose Epistles are extant in Maginus De Directionibus JOHANNES HECKIUS of Daventer Doctor of Physick wrote a small Treatise upon the New Star in Cassiopaea termed by Ricciolus Opus non inelegans TYCHO BRAHE descended of an illustrious Family among the Danes as being eldest Son to Otto Brahe Lord of Knudsthorp in the Island Schonen not far from Elzinbourg who was Son of another Tycho Son of Axilius Brahe Lord of the said Place the Hipparchus of his Age who even from his Childhood being addicted to Astronomical Studies though diverted from them by the Advice of his Friends and morose humour of his Tutour grew by his own Ingenuity and Industry without any Instructor so great a Proficient therein that in the time of his Minority and without the help of other Instruments than a small Globe little bigger than a Man's Fist and a large pair of Compasses with which by applying his Eye to the Head of the Compasses and opening the shanks thereof he used by stealth to take the Distances of the Stars he made a shift to detect divers considerable Errors both in the Alphonsine and Prutenick Tables At length by his Studies and Travels having consummated his Knowledge in Astronomy He was by Frederick the Second King of Denmark at what time he resolved to make his Retreat into Switzerland the better to apply himself entirely to the Contemplation of the Stars invited to fix his Studies at Home and to honour his own Country with his Learned Labours and Observations To which end the King
8 o. Greek and Latine ad Hetrusâ—…i Codicis fidem ex Bibliotheca Fr. Lindenbrogii Printed at the end of the Opucsula Mythologica Ethica Physica set forth by Mr. Tho. Gale 1670. THOMAS BLEBELIUS wrote of the Sphere and of the first Rudiments of Astronomy Printed at Wittemberg in the year 1576. BARTHOLOMAEUS SCULTETUS GORLICIENSIS wrote of the Comet which appeared in the year 1557. Astronomicè Astrologicè of which see Tycho's censure lib. 2. p. 175. JOHANNES MARIA FIORNOVELLUS of Ferrara upon occasion of the Comet appearing in the year 1577. Published a small but learned Treatise De Cometis GUID ' UBALDUS or GUIDUS UBALDUS a Noble Italian Marquess of the Family DE MONTE besides other Signal Monuments of his great Skill in Mathematicks especially in Mechanicks set forth a Treatise of the Astrolabe and Perspective and left behind him being a Posthume Work divers Astronomical Problems as Ricciolus in Catalog Astron. and Vossius De Scient Mathemat testifie NICHOLAUS WINKLERUS of Hall or Hala in Suabe commonly called Schwabishe Hall to distinguish it from a Town of the same Name in Saxony wrote a small Piece wherein he proposes to demonstrate the Parallax and distance of the former Comet from the Center of the Earth but censured by Tycho to be a work full of enormous absurdities JOHANNES PRAETORIUS JOACHIMICUS wrote likewise upon the Comet appearing 1577. and occasionally upon the New Star in Cassiopaea happening not long before of which Tycho in Progymnas Tom. 1. HELIZAEUS ROESLINUS Published a Treatise entituled Theoria Coelestium 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in which sayes Draudius in Bibl. Classica from the Phaenomena of divers Comets 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quaedam afferuntur de Novis cujusdam Miraculi Tertiae Sphaerae Circulis Polis Axi Printed at Strasbourg 1578. He assumed to himself as Raimarus Dithmarsus had done the Invention of the Tychonick System to which he added the exploded Solidity of the Celestial Orbs as Gassendus in vita Tychon testifies PAULUS CRUSIUS COBURGENSIS put forth a Treatise De Doctrina Revolutionum Solis cum Tabulis Mediarum Conversionum Temporis Motuum Solis in Annis Tropicis Sidereis Printed at Iena 1567. and another De Epochis seu Aeris Printed at Basil in 8 o. 1578. GEORGIUS CAESIUS put forth a Catalogue according to the Series of Time of all the Comets which appeared from the Flood until the year 1579. Printed at Norimberg the same year ANDREAS DUDITIUS wrote a small Comment De Cometarum significationibus to which is adjoyned the Opinion of Thomas Erastus Printed at Basil 1579. ALKAS CURIACUS in the year of Hegira 950. and of Christ 1580. writ Tables or Computus Astronomicus now extant in the Publick Library at Oxford VALENTINUS NAIBODA Professor of Mathematicks at Colen and Padua wrote Three Books of Astronomical Institutions and put forth an enarration of the Elements of Astrology collected out of Alchabitius and other Authors He was found dead in his House at Padua transfixed with many wounds having predicted that he should die by the Sword Vide Ricciol in Append. ad Tom. prim Almagest Nov. Campanellae Astrolog MARCUS ALBERTUS LONICERUS wrote of the Theory of the Celestial Motions according to the Hypothesis of Copernicus Printed at Colen 1583. JOHANNES BAPTISTA CARELLUS of Piacenza wrote Ephemerides together with a Treatise or Introduction to Astrology as Ricciol in Astron. Chron. affirms MAURITIUS BRESSIUS put forth Four Books Metrices Astronomicae Printed at Paris 1581. MATTHAEUS RICCIUS Native of Macerata a Town in Italy a Iesuit famous as well for his Travels into the East Indies and China as for his eminent Skill in the Mathematicks To ingratiate himself with the Chineses he is said to have Composed a Cosmographical Map of an Oval Form in which he ordered the Kingdom of China to be placed at large in the midst and the other Kingdoms and Territories about the skirts thereof in little the better to humour that proud conceited Nation He wrote likewise in the Chinese Tongue a Cosmographical Table which he illustrated with a Comment together with Cosmographical and Astrological Rules and divers other things for the benefit of that Nation ALOYSIUS LILIUS of Verona Doctor of Physick by Blancanus stiled Alter nostri aevi Sosigenes whose assistance Gregory XIII made use of in correcting and reforming the Iulian Calendar He invented a perpetual Cycle of the Moon and established the immutable and fixed seats of the Aequinoxes THOMAS ERASTUS an eminent Philosopher and Physician writ some thing upon the Subject of Astrology or rather against the Iudiciary Part Quam validis Argumentis confutavit sayes the excellent Thuanus in Histor. ad Ann. 1583. SIXTUS ab HEMINGA called likewise by Vossius Simon ab Heminga a Native of Friezland of a Noble Family Doctor of Physick and an excellent Astronomer in his Youth much addicted to Judiciary Astrology but afterwards having detected the falsity of that vain Study by his inspection into the Genitures of thirty most eminent Persons he put forth a Book in confutation thereof wherein he chiefly oppugns Cyprianus Leovitius Hieronymus Cardanus and Lucas Gauricus JOHANNES PADUANUS wrote of the various Composition and use of Sun-Dials together with a Method or Tables for supputation of the Hours according to the several Regions of the World and distinguishing the Places of the Stars Printed at Venice and Verona in the years 1582. and 1583. as Draudius affirms ALBERTUS LEONINUS sive LEUWIUS a Groenwood Native of Utrecht of a generous Family Doctor of the Civil Law and eminently learned in the Mathematicks put forth the Theory of the Celestial Motions according to the Doctrine of Copernicus In which he likewise treats of the true Quantity of the Tropical year and of the Reason of the Reformation or Restitution of the Civil year In the same Work likewise he gives an Introduction to Astronomy Geography and Horography He wrote also against Judiciary Astrology REMBERTUS DODONAEUS Published a Cosmographical Institution of the Sphere comprehending the Principles of Astronomy and Geography Printed at Antwerp 1584. JOANNES BAPTISTA BENEDICTUS a Noble Venetian invited from Parma to Turin by the Duke of Savoy in the year 1566. to answer several Questions proposed in Arithmetick Geometry Astronomy Opticks and Musick to which he endeavoured to give satisfaction and solution by his learned Epistles published in the year 1585. He was an Excellent Geometer and Tutor to Clavius NICHODEMUS FRISCHLINUS wrote Five Books De Astronomicae Artis cum Doctrinâ Coelesti Naturali Philosophiâ congruentiâ Printed at Francfori in the year 1586. SALOMON PLEPPIUS wrote a new Explication of the Motion of the utmost Heaven called the Prime Mover Printed in the year 1587. HENRICUS DECIMATOR put forth a small Treatise as well of the Fixed Stars as Planets serving
not only for the use of Astronomers but also Poets Printed at Magdeburg 1587. JOSEPHUS SCALA a Sicilian composed Ephemerides continuing from the year of Christ 1589. to the year 1600. JOSEPHUS AURIA a Neopolitane whom Blancanus commends as if he were another Commandinus for his learned Labours in translating divers of the Ancient Greek Mathematicians in particular and to our purpose Autolycus De Sphaera Mobili Euclidis Phaenomena Theodosius Tripolita De Habitationibus De Diebus Noctibus CHRISTOPHORUS ROTHMANNUS was Mathematician to the Illustrious William Landtgrave of Hesse He made his Celestial Observations at Cassels at the same time as Tycho did his at Uranoburg and besides his accurate Piece upon the Comet which appeared in the year 1585. There are extant in the first Tome of Tycho Brahe's Epistles divers Letters of his to Tycho with Tycho Brahe's Answers to him touching several Controversies in Astronomy SIMON STEVINUS of Bruges Mathematician to Maurice Prince of Aurange put forth among other Works of his Theories of the Planets and Tables of the Celestial Motions in Three Books DAVID WOLKENSTEIN VRATISLAVIENSIS a Silesian writ an accurate Description of the Astronomical Horologe at Strasbourg where he was Professor of Mathematicks extant in Manuscript in the hands of my worthy Friend Mr. Thomas Gale JACOBUS CHRISTMANNUS Publick Professor of Mathematicks and the learned Languages at Heidelberg translated into Latine out of a Manuscript in the Elector Palatine's Library Alfraganus's Chronological and Astronomical Elements which he supplied and illustrated with various Scholia to which he annexed a Comment wherein he explained the Roman Egyptian Arabian Persian Syriac and Hebrew Calendar He put forth likewise divers Solar Observations therein explicating the true Motion of the Sun in the Zodiack accommodating the Doctrine of Triangles to the apparent motion of the Heavens He wrote likewise of the Theory of the Moon grounded upon a new Hypothesis for finding out the Moon 's true place in the Zodiack and several other Pieces as well in Astronomy and Chronology as in Geometry JOHANNES BAPTISTA PORTA a Noble Neapolitane published an Interpretation of the first Book of Ptolemy's Almagest with the Commentary of Theon thereupon not to mention his twenty Books of Natural Magick Printed in most of the Europaean Languages He writ also an Excellent Book of Opticks and of Celestial Physiognomy FRANCISCUS VIETA a French-man Native of Fontenay whom Ricciolus entitles Gallicanae Matheseos insigne decus besides his many other excellent Works in Geometry and other Parts of the Mathematicks He exhibited to Pope Clement VIII a new form of the Gregorian Calendar to which he added perpetual Canons and an Explication thereof against Clavius whom he accused to have Deformed the true Lilian Reformation by not rightly understanding the Reason of it touching which Controversie Thuanus in the 129 th Book of his History writes more particularly But the Work of his chiefly pertinent to our Subject and whose Loss cannot be sufficiently deplored was his Harmonicon Coeleste which being communicated to Mersennus was by some perfidious Acquaintance of that honest-minded Person surreptitiously taken from him and irrecoverably lost or suppressed to the unspeakable detriment of the Letter'd World Vide Buliald Prolegom in Astron. Phil. The learned Golius had it and Sir Alexander Hume from hence imparted another Copy both which 't is feared are lost there being no Impression made thereof and Golius being since dead his Collections whereof he had many in Arabick are said to be dispersed and which is to be pitied carried back by a Iew into Turkey JANUS DOUZA the Learned Son of as Learned a Father sometimâ—… Tutor to Henry Frederick Prince of Orange and the first Keeper of the Publick Library in the University of Leyden Published among other his Writings Rerum Coelestium Libri De Umbra sive Umbrae Encomium Printed at Leiden apud Raphelengium 1590. 8 o. JOHANNES BUSAEUS NOVIOMA GENSIS of the Society of Iesus wrote an Apologetical Disputation in behalf of the Gregorian Calendar against Iacobus Herbrandus a Divine of Tubingue of whom more in Ribadeneira lib. De Scriptor Soc. Iesu. GULIELMUS ADOLPHUS SCRIBONIUS wrote a Spherical Institution published together with Zacharias Parthenius his Notes at Francfort 1591. PETRUS RYFF wrote concerning the Sphere as also touching the Principles of Astronomy and Geography Published in the year 1591. THOMAS DIGGES Son of Leonard Digges before mentioned of whom Tycho Brahe Progymnasm l. 1. gives this Elogy that he was â—…nerosi Stemmatis Vir Eximius Mathematicus wrote a Book entituled Alae Sâ—…alae Mathematicae being a Treatise about calculating Parallaxes Printed 1573. He published likewise his Pantometria and some other Mathematical Tractates in the year 1591. ANTONIUS LUPICINUS an Italian writ in that Language Dâ—…lle Verghe Astronomiche Printed at Florence 1591. GEORGIUS BACHMANNUS put forth an Epitome of the Doctrine of the Primum Mobile comprehending a brief exposition of all the Celestial Circles and Appearances to which is added a small Treatise De Doctrina Sphaerica Printed at Wittemberg 1591. HENRICUS RANTZOVIUS a Noble Dane and Viceroy in the Dutchy of Schleswick Holsatia and Ditmars put forth Calendarium Romanum Oeconomicum Ecclesiasticum Astronomicum fere perpetuum and an Astrological Treatise collected out of the most ancient and best Authors of Judiciary Astrology Printed at Francfort by Wechelius also Locorum Hylegiâ—…lium ad quodvis Tempus datum Directiones He writ also a Catalogue of Emperours Princes and other Illustrious Persons who had either affected promoted or studied Astrology A Treatise De Veritate Astrologica and another De Annis Climactericis c. Printed at Leipsick 1584. JOANNES PAULUS GALLUCIUS Published Theatrum Mundi Temporis Printed at Venice 1589. Likewise Speculum Uranicum there Printed in the year 1593. And Della Fabrica Uso di diversi Stromenti di Astronomia Cosmographia Printed in the year 1597. Also De Figura Coelesti erigenda with some other Tractates of like Nature FEDERICUS BONAVENTURA wrote De Affectionibus Meteorologicis De vero Ortu Occasu Siderum De Stellarum significationibus c. Printed at Venice 1594. He hath written also upon Theophrastus De Ventis and upon Ptolemy De Siderum Ortu Occasu and in his Book De Octomestri Partu shews himself not ill affected to Astrology GULIELMUS HARTGILL an English-man put forth Tabulae Astronomicae Universales Printed at London 1594 and Reprinted 16 with Additions by Iohn Gadbury of London BERNARDINUS BALDUS Disciple to Federicus Commandinus of whom Vossius gives this Charecter that he was Vir non solum Mathesios universae peritissimus sed etiam ut Germanicam Gallicam Slavonicam Linguam omittam Latinè Graecè Hebraicè Chaldaicè Arabicè Doctissimus Not to mention his many curious Works in other Parts of the Mathematicks well
known to the Learned We shall only insist on what more nearly relates to our present Subject as his five Books Novae Gnomonices Horologium universale de Firmamento He writ likewise upon the Phaenomena of Aratus and hath composed a History of the Lives of all the famous Mathematicians from Thales Milesius to Commandinus with a Chronology of the Times wherein they flourished and their several Eulogies Of which if we may judge as of Hercules by his Foot by that Life he hath written of Hero already published with his Belopoica We cannot but conclude them worthy of that Honour which they yet want that is a speedy Publication to the view of the Learned World And if the Manuscript now in possession of some of his Family or a Copy thereof may be obtained we may have then hopes that er'e long the Work will be communicated to the Curious of this Nation GERARDUS RUPELMUND ANUS set forth a Book which he entituled Atlas or Cosmographical Meditations De fabrica Mundi fabricati figura Printed at Duisberg in the year 1595. according to Draudius whom I conceive to be the same with Mercator JOSEPHUS ACOSTA in the year 1597. published the use of an Instrument called a Cylinder together with Astronomical Tables Printed at Colen GULIELMUS Landtgrave of Hassia merits an Elogium beyond what can be here given for his assiduous Observations for many years of the Celestial Bodies to which end at Cassells he erected an Observatory with excellent Instruments calling to his assistance two eminent Artists Christophorus Rothmannus and Iustus Byrgius His Observations were published at Leyden in the year 1618. by Willebrodus Snellius and are in part mentioned by Tycho as well in his Epistles as in the second Tome of his Progymnasm A signal example to all Princely and Heroick Minds to undertake the promoting and advancing of this truly Noble and Celestial Science NICHOLAUS RAIMARUS DITHMARSUS URSUS one of Tycho Brahe's Scholars published a Piece under the Title of Astronomical Hypotheses with a Defence thereof Printed at Prague 1597. In which he endeavours to prove himself Author or at least first Reviver of the pretended Brahean Hypothesis which he will have to be ancient ascribing the same to Apollonius Pergaeus as its first Inventor ingratefully seeking to deprive Tycho of the due honour thereof But he is answered by Tycho who hath vindicated and asserted his own right JOSEPHUS SCALIGER the Great Prince or Monarch of Universal Learning As to what concerns our present Subject his elaborate Work De Emendatione Temporum his exquisite Animadversions on Eusebius with his Canon Isagogicus Chronologiae and his accurate Comment upon Manilius's Astronomicks sufficiently evidence his admirable knowledge as well in Astronomy as in other the Mathematical Learning of the Ancients whom if we may trust the Judgment of the incomparable Vieta he alone above all others perfectly understood as the same is reported by the Learned Casaubon Epist. 586. He wrote likewise Cyclometrica Et Diatriba De Aequinoctiorum Anticipatione FEDERICUS SAMINIATUS published Astronomical Tables at Anwerp in the year 1599. 4 o. CHRISTOPHORUS FEMILLUS put forth Synoptical Tables for finding out the true place of the Planets derived from the Prutenick Tables together with the Investigation of the Festival Dayes of either Calendar Printed at Wittemberg 1599. MELCHIOR JOESTELIUS published Observations of an Eclipse of the Moon happening in the year 1599. for his Skill in Astronomy well esteemed by Tycho Brahe with whom he lived sometime a Domestick and to whom he was an Assistant in his Astronomical Observations SIBRANDUS à SICCAMA wrote De Veteri Anno Romano Antitheses and Fasti Calendar Having Successively deduced this Astronomical Catalogue thus far I hold it fit before I proceed to the next Century to insert in this Place the Names of divers Jewish Persian Arabian and some other Astronomers whose Times are Dubious and uncertain at least to me of whom yet Mention is made in Simler Hottinger's Smegm Orient Abul-Pharagius his Dynasties James his Eclog. Oxon-Cant Labbee and the Catalogue of Golius his Manuscripts c. DANIEL surnamed SAPIENS wrote an Astronomical Tractate in Syriack extant in the publick Library at Oxford RABBI JACOB BEN-MACHIR wrote De Quadrante Astrolabii Vestimentum Lucis Iter Stellarum R. JEHUDA BAR BARZILEI wrote a Book teaching the supputation of Times according to the Celestial motions R. ISAAC BEN LATAPH an eminent Philosopher wrote of the Figure of the World R. ABRAZARTH a learned Astrologer mentioned by Gesner from the authority of Pastregicus lib. De rerum Inventoribus R. AB RUSAK a great Astronomer mentioned by Gesner R. ABRAHAM an eminent Astronomer wrote a Treatise entituled Liber Intercalationis as also another called Intercalatio Annorum De Solstitiis Aequinoctiis De Lunae motu Mensibus totius Calendarii ratione Quaere whether the same with R. Abraham who wrote De Sphaera mentioned by Christmannus in Alfraganum of whom already ad annum 1115. R. ISAASCHAR BEN SUSAN writ a Treatise entituled Correctio vel Ordinatio Calendarii R. ISAAC ALCHADEB published a Work entituled Via Strata De Calendario De Festis c. R. SALOMON writ a Treatise entituled Sex Alae as also another under the title of Talmid Ephemerides comprehended in six Tables as Hottinger in Smegâ—… Orient There is likewise a Treatise under his Name called Tabula Lunae extant in MS. in the Library of Marcus Mantua Benavidius of Padua mentioned by Thomasinus in Bibl. Patav. ALGAZEL ABUHAMAD a Iewish Philosopher and Astronomer writ in Hebrew a Book De Luminibus entituled Haoroth as the same is cited by Ricciolus in Catalog Astron. JOSEPHUS CHALDAEUS wrote De Planetis as testifies Habede-Iesu in his Catalogue of Chaldeé Ecclesiastick Writers Printed at Rome R. SIMCHA Disciple to R. Solomon put forth an Astronomical Treatise KUSIANUS or KEUXIAN GILAEUS composed Universal Astronomical Tables with Demonstrations of their Canons He is cited by Golius in Alferganum ABU-SEHEL published a Treatise touching the Demonstration of the Planisphere ABDORRACHMAN of Damascus wrote Tabulae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sive Resolutiones ex Tabulis Ulug Beigi brought by the learned Golius from Constantinople He wrote likewise De Astrothesia Imaginum formis variisque Nominibus IBN-JAHIA ABBASIDES AFER published a Treatise of the Doubts and Errors of Astronomers and of the Astrolabe IBN-OMAR SOPHY wrote of Horology or Dialling ABU-SHUKER AFRICANUS wrote of the Theory of the Planets demonstrated and amended according to the newest and latest Observations MAHUMEDES CHARIKAEUS put forth a System of the Doctrine of the Sphere GEORGIANUS wrote a Treatise of the Orbe or Circle called Aequans and of the Obliquity Inclination or Reflection of Epicycles ABI ZELTUS DANITA an Andaluzian put forth an Astrological Treatise ABU MESUD wrote De Corporum Coelestium Contemplatione mentioned in Golius his Catalogue MS. IB'N SINA wrote touching the best Instruments
for making of Celestial Observations perhaps the same with Avicenna ALKASRANUS MAHMOUD IB'N MESAUD ASSIJTARI IBRAHIM IB'N ALI ALABASHI ALGJMDE OMMAR ALFARESKOURI ALI IB'N ALHAZEN IB'N IBRAHIM IB'N MAHAMMED IB'N ALHUMAM HAKIM ALMUGJAREITI CHALIN ALFAKI IB'N SARCALI SJAHAB ADDIN ALI ALHAZEN IB'N ALI IB'N MUHAMMED IB'N IBRAHIM ALMERWAZI all Arabian and Persian Authors wrote upon the Subject of Astronomy and are mentioned in Iacobus Golius his Catalogue of Manuscripts to which may be added HELVENOR Astrologus and GERGIRO De Significatione Planetarum mentioned by Simler ABI'L ASSAKER ABDOL AZIZ IB'N KOBERSI wrote an Astronomical Introduction mentioned in the foresaid Catalogue of Golius OMAD EDDIN ALBOCHARI an Arabian wrote a Treatise of the Figure and Motion of the Moon and Mercury ABU'L ALI ALMARASKOSJI wrote a most accurate Treatise of the use of the Astrolabe ALCAJIM put forth very exquisite Astronomical Tables MUHAMMED IB'N ALI CHAR ARMIOUNI put forth an Astronomical Institution touching the supputation of Time and the motion of the Sun There is also among the same Manuscripts of Golius an anonymous Treatise in the Persian Language Of the Figures and Motion of the Stars together with a Latine Version thereof by JUSTUS RAPHELENGIUS ABEN MERGIOUR wrote Virtutes Oppositionum Conjunctionum Saturni Iovis juxta Sententias Antiquorum mentioned in the Catalogue of Golius his Manuscripts NEDAMENIN wrote a Treatise De variis Annorum formis Rebus Coelestibus TEILESANUS published Astronomical Canons SIDIN SHERIFFUS wrote Elementa Astronomica perhaps the same with Ali Escheriff who put forth likewise Tabulae expeditae Motuum Coelestium extant among Golius his MS. JOHANNES LEBDEBENHAZER writ De Iudiciis Astrorum said to be in his Majesties Library at St. Iames's JARDAGIRD ALEXANDRINUS otherwise called CHILVENUZ wrote De Scientia Annorum Arabum the Manuscript whereof is extant in Caius Colledge at Cambridge THOMAS De Iudiciis Astrorum a Manuscript extant in the Library of Merton Colledge at Oxford and in that of Gonvil and Caius Colledge in Cambridge HELIODORUS LARISSAEUS writ Optica De Septem Planetis his Opticks lately Printed at Cambridge HERACLIDES his Apotelesmata are by Labbeé said to be in Bibliotheca Cardinal Carpens and that of the French King AEGIDIUS ROMANUS wrote a Treatise De essentia motu significatione Cometarum extant in MS. in the Publick Library as also in that of Pembroke-Hall at Cambridge PETRUS LEMONIENSIS a Canon of the Cathedral of York wrote a Piece entituled Iudicium De Stella Cometa extant in MS. in the Publick Library at Cambridge CHRISTIANUS ROLIANUS put forth totius Orbis Generalis Descriptio Sphaera extant in the French King's Library BERNARDUS SYLVESTRIS wrote a Treatise entituled Megacosmus seu De Majori Mundo as also of Cosmography a MS. whereof is extant in Benet-Colledge in Cambridge JACOBUS ZALESE wrote De Dierum Aequationibus contra Propositiones Bartholomaei De Valentia extant in MS. in the Library of Nicolaus Trevisanus of Padua and mentioned by Thomasinus in Bibl. Patavin JOHANNES DE INERIIS a Picard of the Dlocese of Amiens wrote a Treatise entituled Canones super magnum Almanach omnium Planetarum calculated for the Meridian of Paris of which a Manuscript is in Caius and Gonvil Coll. ARCANDAM or ARCANDUM and ALCANDRINUS as some name him writa Book De Veritatibus Praedictionibus Astrologiae Printed at Paris in the year 1542. 8 o. Published by Richard Roussat Canon of Lingon HABASH MERWAZENSIS wrote three Books of Astronomical Tables the first composed according to the Rules Send Hend the second called Montahen i. e. approved by experience the last Tabularum minorum entituled Alshah as Abulpharagius in Histor. Dynast ABDALLA EB'N SAHEL EB'N NUBACHT wrote likewise upon the same Subject ALEXANDER an Astronomer wrote De Influentia Planetarum in Herbas extant in MS. in the Library of Io. Rhodius of Padua of which Thomasinus in Bibliothec Patavin MAHOMED AL-BUZIANI besides several Books which he set forth in Arithmetick composed a Treatise which he entituled Almagestum sive Systema Astronomicum as Abulpharagius attests MOSES EB'N MAIMON of Corduba a Iew together with Yuseph Eb'n Yahya corrected the Astronomy of Eb'n Aphla Hispanus as the same Abulpharagius affirms ANDALIUS DE NIGRIS wrote De Sphaera in Theorias Planetarum Planisphaerium Ptolemei and Astrolabium mentioned by Thomasinus in Bibliothec. Patavin yet extant among the MS. of Nicolaus Trivisanus GHAMINAEUS an Arabian Astrologer wrote in Arabick of Astrology with a twofold Prolix Commentary in the Moorish Character a Book commended by Scaliger and remaining in the Library at Leyden among the Manuscripts by him bequeathed to that University as Hottinger affirms in Append. Smegmat Orient ABENHAM writ De Astronomia now extant in MS. in the Cottonian Library JOANNES LAURATIUS or LAURENTIUS DE FUNDIS wrote De Sphaera Theorica Planetarum extant in MS. in the Library of Io. Rhodius of Padua of which Thomasinus in Bibliothec. Patavin AVIENUS or as others ABIENUS wrote a Tract De Cometis as Simler in Bibl. Gesner affirms MICHAEL HAVEMAN put forth a Treatise entituled Astraea in qua de Hypothesibus Astrosophorum disseritur AMBROSIUS LACHER according to the Testimony of Geâ—…ner writ quaedam De Astronomia who makes no mention of the Time wherein he flourished nor of the particular Subject he wrote upon HENRICUS DOPELSTIN or TOPELSTEIN Doctor of Physick wrote a Book De Iudiciis Astrorum mentioned by Simler in Bibl. Gesner JOHANNES ZINERIS is mentioned by Gesner among the Astronomers and he farther affirms that his Astronomical Tables are extant but assigns not the time wherein he flourished ALACENUS a Mathematician an ancient English Author of whom Balaeus writes that he deserved Astrologi Peritissimi nomen wrote Of Perspective and De Ascensione Nubium Of the time wherein he flourished no Author we can meet withal gives any account ARNOLDUS DE VILLA NOVA wrote Compendium Astrologiae ad Utilitatem Medicorum extant in MS. in the Library of the Canons of St. Io. Lateran of Padua See Thomasinus in Bibliothec. Patavin ALDILAZITH ASTROLOGUS writ a Book entituled Archibia as Gesner from the authority of Gulielmus Pastregicus L. De Inventoribus rerum assirms Printed at Venice in the year 1547. by Nicholaus Bascorinus MASLEM an Astronomer translated Ptolemy's Planispaerium out of the Greek into the Arabian Tongue as Rudolphus Brugensis relates in the Preface of his Latine Translation of the same Work MORIENTES a certain Greek Author writ De Zonis Climatibus Mundi extant as the Author Luminis Animae affirms in his Preface adding that it was by him translated out of Greek into Latine See Simler in Bibl. Gesner RAYMYRUS GADITANUS wrote a Treatise which he entituled Divinatio Sideralis mentioned by Gesner STANTONIUS an expert English Mathematician wrote In Canones Tabularum Arzahelis as Leland and Gesner affirm TRECHINDUS an Astronomer and Astrologer is often mentioned by Haly Aben-Ragel as Simler testifies in Bibl. Gesner ZAHEL sive
ZAEL or ZEEL BEBIS an Arabian Astrologer writ De Interrogationibus De Electionibus De Temporum Significationibus in Iudiciis Printed at Venice 1493. together with Ptolemy's Quadripartitum vid. Gesner's Biblioth There is also under his name a Treatise entituled De Revolutionibus Annorum Mundi extant in Manuscript in the Publick Library at Cambridge and in that of Pembroke-Hall MAHUMED BEN MALUD wrote learned Commentaries on the Book of Tap Phatis Scihajah de Astronomia extant in the Vatican Library of which mention is made by Labbeé in Bibliothec. MS. NECTARIUS Bishop of Hydrusa turned the Book called Laxeuterion treating of Astrological Predictions according to the Chaldaick Doctrine into Greek now extant in the Library of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge and in that of the French King Scaliger L. 1. Epist. 67. gives to that Piece likewise the Name of Raboulion and the Publisher of the Florentine Library makes an Author of it citing him by the Name of Laxeuterius Pythagoricus sive Rabolius GULIELMUS READ sometime Fellow of Merton-Colledge in Oxford to the Library whereof he liberally contributed afterwards Bishop of Chichester writ Tables of the mean motions of the Planets and Canons of those Tables extant in the Publick Library at Oxford HALPERICUS wrote a Treatise De Arte calculatoria extant in Manuscript in Caius-Colledge in Cambridge JACOBUS ZALES wrote De Dierum Aequationibus contrà Propositiones Bartholomaei de Valentia as cited by Ia. Phil. Thomasinus inter MS. Nicolai Trivisani biblioth Patav. BERNARDUS DE TRYLLIA a Dominican Fryar and a Spaniard wrote Quaestiones super Totam Astrologiam as cited by Simler in Bibl. Gesner There is a Book entituled NOVEM IUDICUM IN ASTRONOMIA said to be sent by the Soldan of Babylon to Frederick the German Emperor Printed in the year 1509. and extant in his Majesty's Library at St. Iames's and in the Bodleian at Oxford Proceed we now in our former Order and Method to the ASTRONOMERS flourishing in the Seventeenth Century in which the first Author appearing is CHRISTOPHORUS CLAVIUS of Bamberg a Iesuit Scholar to Io. Baptista Benedictus and Master to Blancanus and Griembergerus a most profound Mathematician and Astronomer The Works whereby he hath signalized his Name upon the Subject of Astronomy are these His Commentary in Sphaeram Sacrobosci in Sphaerica Theodosii De Forma Usu Astrolabii His Apology for the Gregorian Calendar against the two Oppugners thereof Michael Maestlinus and Ioseph Scaliger and his Problemata Astronomica Printed at Rome 1599. HUGO GROTIUS the great Ornament of Learning and of his Country put forth Aratus his Phaenomena Diosemeia in Greek with Cicero Germanicus Caesar and Avienus their Translations thereof with Cuts of the several Constellations to which he added his own learned Notes and the names of the Stars in Hebrew Arabick Greek and Latine Printed in the year 1600. THEODOSIUS RUBEUS Published Diarum Universale perpetuum for finding out the Quantity of the Day or Night in any Part of the World together with the Rising and Setting of the Sun according to the Italick Babylonian and Astronomical Hours CHERUBINUS SANDâ—…LINUS is likewise numbred amongst the Astronomers of this Time as having written something upon the same Subject with the former HENRICUS SAMERIUS of Luxemburg a Iesuit stiled by Ricciolus Egregius Temporum Supputator Published a Chronology from the beginning of the World to the time of our Saviour's Nativity and is by Ricciolus inserted in his Catalogue of Astronomers JOHN CHAMBER Prebendary of Windsor and Fellow of Eaton-Colledge put forth a Treatise against Iudicial Astrology together with the Encomium or Praise of Astronomy made by him some years before upon Occasion of his Publick Lectures on Ptolemy's Almagest in the University of Oxford Printed in Latine and English 1601. 4 o. London ABRAHAMUS ROCHENBACKIUS at Wittenberg wrote De Cometis of which he published a Catalogue NATHANIEL TORPORLEY an English man born in Shropshire set forth a Treatise entituled Diclides Coelo-Metricae seu Valvae Astronomicae Universales in two Books Printed at London The first shewing the Composition of Astronomical Tables with their Application as to Directions comprized in a new Universal and most easie Method The second teaching to calculate the Prostaphaereses of the Planets Motions without the Subdititious Aid of Proportional Scruples and setting forth the Doctrine of Spherical Triangles most fully and easily the whole Artifice being reduced to Six Words in a Tractable Order represented in the Form or Figure of a Mitre He was sometime Amanuensis to the famous Vieta and merits commendation for the Legacy he bequeathed of many choice Books toward furnishing the Library at Sion Colledge London ANTONIUS GREVENSTEIN put forth a Supputation of all the Eclipses which happened from the year of Christ 1593. to this year 1601. together with the Tract of Proclus Diadochus touching the signification of Eclipses Printed at Breme by Bernardus Petri. JOHANNES BAYERUS RHEINANUS Doctor of the Civil Law and an eminent Astronomer exhibited elegant Schemes of all the Stars and Celestial Constellations with their several Situations according to the Descriptions of Hipparchus Ptolemy Alphonsus and Copernicus reduced to the Scale of Truth by Tycho Brahe together with their distinct Denominations in Latine Greek Arabick Chaldee Persian Sir CHRISTOPHER HEYDON Knight a Person of great Worth and Learning wrote a Defence of Iudicial Astrology in Answer to the Treatise of Chambers published against it a Work full of no common Reading and carried on with no mean Arguments Printed at Cambridge 1603. 4 o. THOMAS LYDYAT an English man in the year 1605. Published a Book entituled Praelectio Astronomica De Natura Coeli Elementorum and the same year another Piece De variis Annorum formis c. cum refutatione Anni Novitii Gregoriani In the year 1607. he writ Defensio Tractatus de variis Annorum Formis praesertim Antiquissima Optima contra Iosephi Scaligeri Obtrectationem Unà cum Examine Ejus Canonum Chronologiae Isagogicorum Another Book called Solis Lunae Periodus Eruditae Antiquitati Appellatus ANNUS MAGNUS constans Octodesexcentis Annis vertentibus Printed at London 1620. Epistola Astronomica ad D. H. Savilium Equit. Auratum de Anni Solaris Mensura pro Confirmatione Periodi Octodesexcentenariae Solis Lunae 8 o. Lond. 1621. BALTHAZAR CAPRA Published at Padua a Book entituled Tyrocinia Astronomica ADRIANUS ROMANUS Published in the year 1591. a Book entituled Ouranographia sive de Coelorum Numero Ordine Printed at Antwerp He set forth likewise in the year 1595. Theoria Calendariorum in five Parts Printed at Wirteberg 4 o. And in the year 1602. Universae Mathesis Idaea Printed Herbipol In the year 1606. he published Speculum Astronomicum wherein he represented the Motions of the Primum Mobile Printed at Lovaine 4 o. See more of him in Andreas Desselius his Bibliotheca Belgica JOANNES
RUDOLPHUS CAMERARIUS a learned Physician and descended from the Great Ioachimus a good Astronomer though he chiefly applied himself to Astrological Studies Published a Century of Genitures wherein he spoke of the violent Death of Henry the Fourth King of France and in 1610. published another Century with Iudgments thereupon JOHANNES TALENTONIUS besides his Thesaurus Rerum Reconditarum published a Treatise of which Draudius gives this Character that it was De Supremae Sphaerae loco Disceptatio gravissima HENRICUS LINDOUGHT of Brussels Doctor of Physick and Professor of Philosophy set forth a Book which he called Speculum Astrologiae being an Introduction in Scientiam Genethliacam sive Physicam Iudiciariam in which he endeavours to distinguish between the vanity and the verity of Astrology Printed at Francfort with a Preface of Gothardus Arthurus of Dantzick De Astrologiae praestantia utilitate in the year 1608. BERNARDINUS SALINUS a Iesuit wrote among other things De variis Problematibus Astronomicis which with other his Works are preserved in the Iesuits Library at Genua GEORGIUS HENISCHIUS Doctor of Physick and Professor of Mathematicks at Ausbourg put forth Proclus De Sphaera in Greek and Latine which he illustrated to use Ricciolus's expression with an egregious Commentary JOHANNES BASSANTINUS a Scotch-man published a Treatise of Astronomy in French though he scarce understood that Language much less Latine or Greek and yet In Astronomia ita excelluit ut inter primos Aetatis suae habitus sit sayes Ioannes Tornaesius who translated that Work of his into Latine and published the same at Geneva DAVID ORIGANUS born at Glatz a Town in Silesia Professor of Mathematicks at Francfort upon Oder set forth New Ephemerides in Three Tomes continuing from the year 1595. to the year 1654. with a most ample Preliminary Introduction in which are explained the Grounds or Principles of Chronology Astronomy and Astrology JOANNES ANTONIUS MAGINUS of Padua Professor of Mathematicks in that University as also at Bologna was Author of the several Works hereafter mentioned Ephemerides according to the Prutenick Tables for fifty years Tables Secundorum Mobilium Coelestium New Theories of the Planets according to the Copernican Hypothesis Tables of the Primum Mobile or of Directions De Astrologica ratione usu Dierum Criticorum as also though he was a severe Impugner of the common Judiciary Astrology De legitimo Astrologiae in Medicina usu He commented upon Galen De Diebus Decretoriis in the Astrological Part Printed at Venice 1607. He wrote likwise a Book against Scaliger's Diatriba De Aequinoctiorum Processione and several other Pieces in Cosmography and Geography being stiled by Ricciolus Insignis Astronomus Cosmographus BARTHOLOMAEUS KECKERMANNUS wrote among other things Systemata Astronomiae and Problemata Nautica Printed at Hannov. 1610. JOHANNES FABRICIUS put forth a Treatise entituled De Maculis in Sole Modo Eductionis Specierum Visibilium Dubitatio Printed at Witteberg 4 o. 1611. NICHOLAUS MULLERUS of Bruges Doctor of Physick and chief Moderator of the School at Leovard afterwards Publick Professor of Mathematicks in the University at Groningen put forth hiâ—… Tabulae Frisicae Lunae-Solares Quadruplices Printed at Alcmaire which Title he gave them because composed in Friezland and fitted to the Meridian of Leovard containing the Calculation of the Conjunctions and Eclipses of the Sun and Moon in Four Parts according to the Ptolemaick Alphonsine Copernican and Brahaean Astronomy together with an Introduction and Appendix thereunto represented by Vossius to be Opus omnino eruditum atque accuratum He published likewise Solis totidem Tabulae wherein he proves the Iewish year to be Luni-Solaris that of the Turks merè Lunaris Printed at Groning 1630. He set forth also Calendarium vetus Romanum cum Methodo Paschali emendata JOSEPHUS LANGIUS Professor of the Greek Tongue and Mathematicks in the Arch-Duke's Academy at Friburg in Brisgaw put forth a Work entituled Elementale Mathematicum in which besides Vulgar Arithmetick Geometry and Geography he treats De Logistice-Astronomica Astronomica Sphaerica Theorica Planetarum Which Work Isaac Habrechtus not only enlarged but also explained with Annotations and illustrated with Figures causing the same to be Printed at Strasbourg CHRISTOPHORUS GRIEMBERGERUS a Iesuit native of Hale in Tiroll at first Scholar to Clavius afterwards his Successor in the Mathematical Chair in the Roman Colledge put forth a Catalogue of the Longitudes and Latitudes of the Fixed Stars according to the Ancients compared with the Modern together with a new Perspective of the Heavens He wrote likewise a Book De Speculo Ustorio Elliptico and a new Invention of delineating all sorts of hours as also a Treatise for the describing of all manner of Astrolabes in which Argument Clavius acknowledged the assistance of this his Scholar What is found Geometrical in Villalpandus of Solomon's Temple Claudius Rickardus and others ascribe to Griembergerus of whose worth and commendation Bettinus in Aerario hath made a Digression Philip Alegambe in his Catalogue of Iesuit-Writers affirming that he left Elementa Conica and other Geometrical Pieces not proper for this place JOANNES PAULUS RESENIUS put forth Initia Geometrica Arithmetica Astronomica Printed at Wittemberg 1612. 8 o. JULIUS CAESAR LA GALLA Published a Discourse touching the New Phaenomena discovered in the Moon by the help of the Telescope OCTAVIUS PISANUS Published in a very large but thin foliâ—… a Tâ—…atise entituled Astrologia seu Motus Loca Syderum In which Astrology or â—…ather Astronomy is reduced to Method and Ocular Demonstration by the Means of a Planisphere and an Instrument which he calls Sphaera Materialis Instrumentalis Whose â—…se is exprest by several Chartaceous Instruments exquisitely cut and printed the whole grounded upon the Ptolemaick Hypotheses the Industry Labour and Pains of which costly Design if you will take his own Word for it he conceives may be reputed Archimedis Laboribus non Dissimiles He dedicated his Works to Cosmus the Second Duke of Florence being printed at Antwerp ex Officina Roberti Bruneaâ—… JOHANNES NEPERUS Lord of Merkinstone in Scotland Inventor of Logarithms or Artificial Numbers which by bare Substraction or Addition perform the Rule of Three and by a wonderful facility of operation resolve as well Plain as Spherical Triangles an incredible help to Astronomical Calculations and for that respect alone meriting a place in this Catalogue and eternal Commendations PETRUS LAURENBERGIUS is mentioned by G. Vossius to have published at Hamborough a Book entituled Amphilychus being a Dissertation of the Nature of Twilights JOSEPHUS BLANCANUS of Bologna a Iesuit Professor of Mathematicks at Parma wrote besides his Book In Loca Mathematica Aristotelis De Natura Mathematicarum and his Chronology of Mathematicians a Book De Sphaera Mundi according to the 〈◊〉 and most recent Observations with an Introduction to Geography and
BAPTISTA CYSATUS a Iesuit of Lucerne in Switzerland and Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Ingolstadt published Mathematica Astronomica upon the occasion of the Comet which appeared in the year 1618. VINCISLAUS PANTALEO a Iesuit of Austria travelled into China and put forth the several Observations made by those of that Society in the East-Indies upon the Comets appearing in the year 1618. SIMON MARIUS wrote a Book of the Satellites of Iupiter to which he gave the title of Mundus Iovialis as Ricciolus affirms in Chronic. Astronom JOHANNES TARDE Canon of the Cathedral Church of Sarlat in Aquitaine wrote a Treatise by him entituled Bourbonia Sidera in which he endeavours to prove that the Solar Spots are Planets moving by a proper and regular Motion about the Sun and not inherent in the Body thereof as the Telescopes represent To which Work are subjoyned Optical Demonstrations teaching the way of making those Instruments fit to discover Objects more distinctly at a great distance He wrote another Treatise of the Use of the Magnetical Quadrant by which he resolves divers Astronomical Problems MICHAEL ZANARDUS put forth a Tractate containing Universum Coeleste wherein he disputes and concludes De omnibus singulis quae ad Naturam Coelestium Sphaerarum ab Empyraeousque ad Sphaeram Elementorum faciunt Printed at Colen CHRISTOPHORUS LONGOMONTANUS Son of Severinus Longomontanus a Dane Assistant to Tycho Brahe in his Celestial Observations for the space of eight years together afterwards Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Copenhagen The Work by which he signalized his Name was his Astrologia Danica the first part whereof treats in Two Books of the Doctrine of the Sphere and the latter in as many of the Theory of the Planets according to the threefold Hypotheses of Ptolemy Copernicus and Tycho Brahe together with an Appendix of Adscititious Phaenomena as New Stars and Comets JOANNES KEPLERUS WITTEMBER GICUS Disciple to Maestlinus and Principal Mathematician to three Emperours Matthias Rudolphus and Ferdinand the Second stiled by Ricciolus Sagacissimi ardentissimi Vir Ingenii Astronomicarum Subtilitatum scrutator acutissimus In the year 1596. he put forth his Prodromus Dissertationum Cosmographicarum seu Mysterium Cosmographicum In the year 1604. Paralipomena ad Vitellionem seu Astronomiae Pars Optica In which he gives Directions for using of Instruments in making of Observations In the year 1605. De Nova Stella Serpentarii In the year 1609. he published Astronomica Nova seu Physica Coelestis cum Commentariis Stellae Martis ex Observationibus Tychonis in which according to the Judgment of the knowing Mr. Flamstead he hath so well considered the Motions of that Star and ordered his Numbers so well that though his method of Calculation be troublesome no Tables answer his Appearances and Transits by Fixed Stars half so well as his In the year 1610. he set forth Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sydereo Galilaei In the year 1616. he published Ephemerides Nova cum Fundamentis earum from the year 1617. to the year 1620. In the year 1618. he set forth the three first Books of his Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae and in the year 1619. Five Books De Harmonia Mundi and three Books De Cometis In the year 1621. he reprinted his Mysterium Cosmographicum illustrated with Annotations and the year following he published the IV. V. and VI. Books of his Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae In the year 1625. he set forth in vindication of Tycho Brahe against Scipio Claramontius a Treatise entituled Hyperaspistes cum Appendice ex Trutinatore Galilaei and in the year 1627. Tabulae Rudolphinae Tychonicis Observationibus superstructae In which Work he had spent no less than 26. years study The Appendix which is added to the first Tome of Tycho's Progymnasmata is likewise his He writ also Eclogae Chronologicae a Book De vero nati Christi Anno Stereometria Trigonometria Logarithmetica The first in somethings censured by Guldinus in Centrobaricis There is extant a Posthume Piece of his called Somnium sive Lunaris Astronomia which whilst he endeavoured to publish at Zeigan in Silesia he died as did also his Son-in-Law Iacobus Bartschius prosecuting at the same place the same Design But it was afterwards happily compassed by his own Son Ludovicus Kepler and we could have wished he had done the like by other the Learned Remains of his incomparable Parent But 't is hoped that Defect will be now supplied and made good by the Care and Industry of the Learned Hevelius into whose Hands all the Remains of that Admirable Person are at last happily fallen And among them all his Epistles written upon the Subject of Astronomy and other Mathematical Arguments to divers Eminent and Learned Persons together with their Answers more Particularly his Book entituled Hipparchus containing according to the Testimony of Hevelius Praefat. Machin Coelest plurimùm Laboris ac Ingenii Acuminis though wanting in many Places the finishing Hand of the Author upon which yet in his other Works he seems to set a very valuable esteem The Publication whereof the studious in Astronomy earnestly expect THOMAS CAMPANELLA a Calabrian of the Order of Preaching Fryars put forth seven Books Astrologicorum in which Astrology separated from Iewish and Arabian Superstitions is Physiologically handled He set forth likewise four Books De sensu Rerum Magia in the third of which he treats of the Heavens and the Celestial Bodies GEORGIUS SCHOMBERGERUS Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Freiburg in Brisgaw a Iesuit put forth a Book entituled Sol illustratus wherein he treats of the several Accidents of the Sun of the Solar Stars and of the liquidity of the Heavens He published likewise a Century of Optical Problems and a new way of Dialling as well by direct refracted as reflected Rayes SIMEON PARTLICIUS put forth Astronomici Apologetici Pars prior Printed in 8 o. 1623. as I find in Iames his Appendix to the Catalogue of the Bodleian Library JOHANNES ADAMUS a German of the Society of the Iesuits travelled into China and in the Language of that Country wrote a Table of all the Stars He put forth likewise a Treatise De Calculo Eclipsis Lunae in the year 1624. HENRICUS BRIGGIUS Savilian Professor of Geometry in the University of Oxford pursuing what Nepier had invented and begun put forth two Books of Logarithms after a more commodious Method the first entituled Arithmetica Logarithmetica the other Trigonometria Britannica the former shewing the Construction of Logarithmetical Tables the latter the Construction of the Tables of Sines Tangents and Secants and the Doctrine of Triangles to the great advantage of Astronomy and Astronomical Operations Mr. EDWARD WRIGHT Contemporary with Mr. Briggs before mentioned having spent sometime in Cambridge and being naturally addicted to Mathematical Studies was perswaded to accompany and went along with the Right Honourable George
Earle of Cumberland in his Expedition to the Azores in the year 1589. on purpose to add the Practice of Navigation to the Theory and in the year 1599. he published his Book called the Errors in Navigation A most excellent Work for the true describing a Sea-Chart which Invention of his Gerardus Mercator published without owning the Author Before the Publication of this Work in the year 1594 1595 and 1596. He by a large Quadrant of six foot Radius made Observation of the Sun's Meridian Altitude and thereby not only left the best Theory of the Sun's Motion at that Time but new made exquisite Tables for the Sun's Declination He held Intelligence with the most Able Artists abroad and being chosen Tutor in the Mathematicks to Prince Henry he by the help of some German Workmen caused to be made for that hopeful Prince a large Sphere with curious Movements which by the help of Spring-Work not only represented the Motion of the whole Celestial Sphere but shewed likewise the Particular Systems of the Sun and Moon and their Circular Motions together with their Places and possibilities of eclipsing each other There is in it a Work by Wheel and Pinion for a Motion of 17100 years certainly effected if the Sphere should be so long kept in Motion This Sphere though thus made at a great Expence of Mony and ingenious Industry was in the late Times of Devastation cast aside among other Rubbidge and had been utterly lost and destroyed had it not in the year 1646. been found out by Sir Ionas Moore Knight my worthy Friend and at his great cost and charge restored to its Pristine Perfection remaining now at his House in the Tower among other Mathematical Instruments and Curiosities in his Possession Besides the Book of the Errors in Navigation before mentioned the said Mr. Wright writ a Book of the Use of the Sphere a Piece of Dialling and a Book of Navigation called the Haven finding Art in all which he hath shewn himself not only a Sedulous but a Knowing Astronomer MARTINUS HORTENSIUS of Delpht in Holland Professor of Mathematicks at Amsterdam Companion and Adjutor to Philippus Lansbergius in his Astronomical Studies and no mean Observator of the Stars undertook to answer something which Kepler had inserted in the Preface to his Ephemerides and put forth a Dissertation De Mercurio sub Sole viso Venere invisâ which he addressed to Gassendus who had written upon the same Subject ROBERTUS HUGHES Professor of Mathematicks in Gresham-Colledge London set forth a Treatise of the Use of the Celestial and Terrestial Globes illustrated with Figures and Annotations by Iohannes Isaac Pontanus Professor of Philosophy at Harderwick in Gelderland ANDREAS ZERGOL Native of Sancta Cruce in Carniola a Iesuit Professor of Mathematicks and Theology at Gratz in Styria put forth Chronological Theorems of the year of our Saviour's Nativity and Passion CAROLUS ANTONIUS MANZINUS Professor of Philosophy at Bologna a learned Mathematician put forth Tables of the Primum Mobile cum nova Arte dirigendi with a compendious Method of Directions He writ likewise of the Theory of the Planets and was at the time Ricciolus published his Almagest a diligent Observer of the Celestial Motions D. HENRION Professor of Mathematicks at Paris put forth in French the Problems of Regiomontanus touching the Use and Practise of his Tables of Directions to which he added large Annotations and Explications of his own together with Regiomontanus his Tables by him corrected and augmented In the Preface to which Work he hath laid down the Doctrine of Spherical Triangles He set forth in French Theodosius his Sphericks published a Treatise of the Use of the Globes and Compass of Proportion of Cosmography and a Canon Manuel des Sinus c. besides his Mathematical Collections and Euclid's Elements JULIUS SCHILLERIUS of Ausburg Dr. of the Laws put forth Coelum Stellatum Christianum reducing the fabulous Morphoses of the several Constellations and changing their Profane Names into those of Christian Saints and Martyrs Bayerus adding thereto a new and more accurate Uranometria ALBERTUS CURTIUS a Iesuit Native of Munichen in Bavaria proposed in the year 1627. a New System of Heaven to be disputed on at Dining whose ingenuity in the Theory of the Moon his Aemulator Kepler not only admired but commended in his Rudolphine Tables c. 25. ADRIANUS ULACK of Gouda challenges a place in this Catalogue for his Chiliads of Logarithms resolving by an admirable Compendium Astronomical Geometrical and Arithmetical Problems JACOBUS ROSIUS BIBERACENSIS put forth Ephemerides or a General Calendar Astronomical and Astrological in which the rising and setting of the Stars with their several Effects for every Day of the Moneth are set forth A Work collected out of Ancient and Modern Authors with no mean Industry as G. Vossius sayes of it He stiles himself Mathematician and Publick Imperial Notary which Office he executed at Biennae or Biel a Town in Switzerland GULIELMUS JANSONSIUS CAESIUS alias BLAEU of Amsterdam an Excellent Artist as well for his Geographical Tables as his Celestial Globes and Spheres whereof he was the first Composer according to the Copernican System of which G. Vossius affirms the World not to have seen the like since Archimedes's time He likewise put forth a twofold Astronomical Institution according to the Ptolemaick and Copernican Hypothesis which being written in his own Language was translated into Latin by Martinus Hortenâ—…ius JACOBUS BARTSCHIUS of Lauban a City in the upper Lusaâ—…ia oâ—… Lausnitz a Province adjoyning to Bohemia now under the Dominion of the Duke of Saxe Doctor of Physick and Son-in-Law to the famous Kepler set forth Uranâ—…burgum Strasburgicum sive Motuum Coelestium Ephemeris Printed at â—… eipsick in the year 1629. He published likewise Planisphaerium Stellatum seu vice-globus Coelestis in Plano Delineatus He wrote also another Treatise De Indice Astronomico cum seâ—…tem Rotulis Planetarum aliisque figuris imprimis Phases Lunares Eclipses apparentes Planetarum Magnitudâ—…es adumbrantes Printed at Norimberg in 4 o 1661. CAROLUS MALAPERTIUS a Flemming of Montz and a Iesuit Professor of Mathematicks at Doway among other his Mathematical Works put forth a small Piece De Maculis Solaribus which he stiled Sidera Austriaca LE SIEUR BOULENGER a French-man Reader in Ordinary to the late King of France hath written a Treatise in his own Language of the Sphere in four Books to which he hath added a fifth touching the use thereof the third Edition whereof was Printed at Paris 1648. CHRISTOPHORUS SCHEINERUS of the Society of Iesus a Native of Mundeilhen in Swaben Professor sometime of the Hebrew Tongue and Mathematicks at Fribourg and Ingolstadt afterwards Rector of the Colledge of Nisse or Nissa in Silesia observed about the same time with Galilaeo the Spots in the Sun The most Eminent Pieces by which he hath signalized his
Name are these Oculus seu Fundamentum Opticum Sol Ellipticus Disquisitiones Mathematicae De Controversiis Novitatibus Astronomicis Apelles post Tabulam and lastly Rosa Ursina in which he hath so excellently and learnedly written of the Solar Spots that according to the Judgment of Des Cartes and Hevelius nothing can be expected in that kind more satisfactory DIONYSIUS PETAVIUS Native of Orleans in France of the Society of Iesus the Varro of our Age as Ricciolus stiles him hath not only merited much by his Studies in Theology but in Chronology likewise and the Reason of Times and particularly in Astronomy as his two Volumes the one De Doctrina Temporum the other Rationarium Temporum and his Uranologium sufficiently evidence JOANNES BAPTISTA MORINUS Regius Professor of Mathematicks at Paris put forth several Astronomical Tractates as first Nova Mundi Sublunaris Anatomia Another with this Title Famosi Problematis De Telluris Motu vel Quiete hactenus optata Solutio A third was entituled Arae Telluris fractae written in opposition to Gassendus's Book De Motu impresso à Motore Translato Three Books of the Doctrine of the Sphere Tabulae Rudolphinae ad accuratum facile Compendium redactae to which is annexed a Compendium of Trigonometry Plain and Spherical Constructio Figurae Coelestis Nova Dirigendi Methodus Et de Planetarum Revolutionibus tà m Mundanis quà m Genethliacis He published a Book in French called Remarques Astrologiques being a Commentary on Ptolemy's Centiloquium He put forth likewise Nine Books of Longitude under the title of Astronomia à Fundamentis integrè exactè restituta To which is to be added his long-studied Work entituled Astrologia Gallica published after his death HENRICUS PHILIPPI a Iesuit Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Gratz Vienna and Prague of whom Ricciolus reports that Plurimis Operibus Chronologiam Universam praesertim sacram illustravit The Works by him put forth are first Chronological Questions for reconciling the Iulian years of our Lord and those of Nabonassar with the Iewish Aera Likewise Chronological Questions touching the year of our Saviour's Birth and Passion in the first of which is explained the Roman Calendar with the Epacts Calends Ides Nones and Beginnings of the Moneths as well of the Greeks Syro-Chaldeans and Aegyptians as also of the Feriae Cycles of the Sun and Moon and of Indictions c. G. Voss. ADAMUS TANNERUS a Iesuit of Inspruck Professor of Mathematicks at Munichen Ingolstadt and Vienna wrote a most learned dissertation De Caelo as also another Piece entituled Astrologia Sacra PHILIPPUS LANSBERGIUS of Gaunt put forth at Middleburgh Tables of the Celestial Motions fitted to the Meridian of Goese together with a Thesaurus of Observations and the Theory of the Planets He put forth also Progymnasmata Astronomiae restitutae and three Books Uranometriae Whereto may be added his Commentationes in Motum Diurnum Annuum grounded partly on his own partly upon Martinus Hortensius's Observations JACOBUS LANSBERGIUS Doctor of Physick wrote an Apology for Philippus Lansbergius his Commentary In Motum Diurnum Annuum Terrae against Fromondus MELCHIOR INCHOFER a Iesuit sometime Professor of Mathematicks Philosophy and Theology at Messina in Sicily wrote a Treatise entituled Tractatus Syllepticus De Statione Terrae Motu Solis secundum Sacram Scripturam SS Patres And an Examen Thematum Coelestium variorum Astronomorum usque ad Tychonem the Reason of calculating Eclipses and of the Theory of the Planets these three last published not under his own Name but that of Academicus Vertumnius EVERARDUS WELPERUS of Strasbourgh put forth a Compendium of Astronomy as well Spherical as Theorical collected out of various Authors from whom says G. Voss. much more might have been expected had he not been opprest by a low and necessitous Fortune PETRUS CRUGERUS Professor of Mathematicks at Dantzick and Master to Hevelius besides his Logarithmical Tables undertook to write Astronomia Dantiscana which yet he lived not to finish as his Scholar Hevelius testifies He wrote likewise another Piece entituled Uranodromus Cometicus ANDREAS ARZET a Iesuit of Constance put forth a Mathematical Clavis and diligently observed the Stars as Ricciolus affirms as long as either his Occasions or the Gout would permit many of whose Observations especially about Eclipses he freely communicated to Ricciolus BONA VENTURA CAVALLERIUS Iesuatus Mediolanensis Disciple to the Excellent Galilaeo and Primary-Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Bologna put forth Directorium Generale Uranometricum Practica Astrologia and a Century of Mathematical and among them Astronomical Problemâ—… a Person of an acute Wit and Judgment and by Ricciolus acknowledged to have been no mean Assistant and Promotor of his Astronomical Studies He wâ—… Trigonometria wherein are some Astronomical Problems more exquisitly demonstrated than are else where to be met with PAULUS GULDINUS Native of S. Gal of the Society of Iesuâ—… taught Philosophy and Mathematicks at Rome Gratz and Vienna He wrote in defence of the Roman Calendar against Sethus Calvisius in which Work he also opposes Scaliger's Diatriba De Aequinoctiorum Praecessione He also published a Geographical Problem touching the difference in numbring the dayes between those that sail hence to the New World and those that inhabit there Not to mention his Centrobarica and other Geometrical Pieces of which Ricciolus in Chronologâ—… Astronom HUGO SEMPILIUS by Birth a Scotch-man by Profession a Iesuit in the Colledge at Madrid writ twelve Books De Mathematicis Disciplinis In the three last of which he treats distinctly De Astronomia De Astrologia De Calendario Printed at Antwerp in folio in the year 1635. and dedicated to Philip the Fourth King of Spain In the End of which Work he hath annexed several Catalogues of Mathematical Authors and among them of Astronomers and Astrologers but giving no more of them than their bare Names NATHANIEL CARPENTER sometimes Fellow of Exeter-Colledge in Oxford put forth Geography Delineated-in two Books in the first of which containing the Spherical Part among other things he treats of the Magnetical Affections and Motion of the Earth of its Site and Proportion in respect of the Heavens of the Longitudes and Latitudes of Places and their several Wayes of Invention In the second containing the Topical Part he treats likewise among other things of the Adjuncts of Place in relation to the Heavens either Northward Southward Eastward Westward with the Differences of the respective Hemispheres and several other things worthy the Knowledge of a young Student in Astronomy Printed at Oxford 1635.4 o. Upon the same Accompt may be here inserted Varinius his Geography being much after the same Method and a very useful Piece especially since lately reprinted at Cambridge with the Addition of the several Schemes wanting in the former Edition JOHANNES PHOCYLLIDES HOLWARDA wrote an Epitome Astronomiae
wrote also against the truth of Telescopes asserting that the Earth cannot reflect a Light to the Moon but is answered by Zucchius in his Opticks MARIUS BETTINUS a Native of Bologna of the Society of Iesus Professor of Moral Philosophy and Mathematicks at Parma among other his Works published Apiarium seu Paradoxa universae Philosophiae Mathematicae in the Eighth Book whereof he treats chiefly touching matters Astronomical which Subject he also handles in his Aerarium Mathematicum He writ likewise in Vindication of himself being accused by Ricciolus of committing many Errors in Astronomy a thin folio Book published in Latin JOHANNES MARCUS MARCI Counsellor and Physician to the Emperor Ferdinand the Third and primary Professor of Physick in the University of Prague wrote among other Physico-Mathematical Tractates a Particular Treatise De Longitudine seu Differentia inter duos Meridianos unà cum Motu vero Lunae inveniendo ad tempus datae Observationis Printed at Prague in the year 1650. 8 o. JOHANNES GRAVES sometime Savilian Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford A Person who as well by his Forraign Travels as his learned Labours hath gained to himself an unperishing Reputation as his Pyramidegraphia de Pede Denario Romano sufficiently testifie and as to our present Subject his Discourse or Demonstration of the Heliacal rising of Sirius or the Dog-star for the Parallel of the Lower Egypt published together with Doctor Bambridge his Canicularia likewise evinces to which is subjoyned out of Ulugh Beigh the Longitudes and Latitudes of the chiefest of the fixed Stars He published likewise in Arabick and Latin Epochae Celebriores Astronomis Historicis Chronologis Chataiorum Syro-Graecorum Arabum Persarum Chorasmiorum Usitatae ex Traditione Ulugh Beigh together with Abul Feda's Geographical Tables both which Pieces he illustrated with his learned Notes In like manner he set forth Astronomica Shah Cholgii Persae unà cum Hypothesibus Planetarum to which likewise he subjoyned the Geographical Tables of Nassir Eddinus the Persian and of Ulugh Beigh And from whom the learned World might justly have expected yet greater things had not Death by a too hasty End of his Life put a stop to the Course of his Ingenious Studies LEO ALLATIUS a Graecian of the Isle of of Chios lately Keeper of the Vatican Library at Rome a Person most eminently learned hath published among other his various Works of most profound and diffusive Reading an Exercitation proper to our present Subject entituled Mensura Temporum Antiquorum praecipuè Graecorum He likewise designed another Treatise under the Title of Historia Astrologica and Three Books De Magnete as I find in the Catalogue of his Works as well already Printed as to be Published set forth by Bartoldus Nihusius but whether the two last have yet passed the Press is to me uncertain He translated the Paraphrase of Proclus Diadochus upon Ptolemie's Quadripartite and caused it to be elegantly Printed JOHANNES BECHET put forth a new Theory of the Planets Geometrically demonstrated by Concentrick and Excentrick Circles Printed at Paris MARIA CUNITIA Daughter to Henricus Cunitius Doctor of Physick by Birth a Silesian highly meriting for her excellent Skill in Languages and History more especially for her admirable Knowledge like another Hypatia in Mathematical Learning particularly in Astronomy and Astrology of which she hath given Signal Testimony by her Exquisite and curious Work entituled Urania Propitia wherein she hath set forth Astronomical Tables of wonderful facility and exactness grounded upon Kepler's Hypotheses and satisfying the Celestial Phaenomenae by a most easie and Compendious way of Calculation expressing and performing by explicite Numbers what the Rudolphine Tables contain implicitely in Logarithmical Numbers and thence require to be effected Dedicated by her Self and Husband Elias à Leonibus to Ferdinand the Third Emperor of Germany and Printed in fol. Bicini Silesiorum 1650. in Latin and High Dutch JOHANNES GARIBUS writ De Phaenomenis Ostentis from the year 1641. to the year 1650. VINCENTIUS MUTUS of Majorca a most expert Astronomer and sedulous Observer of the Stars hath added honour to his Name by his signal Work De Sole Alphonsino JOHANNES DRIENES of Dieppe a Iesuit and Professor of Mathematicks at Paris wrote Tabulae Canorienses seu Doctrina Luminarium NICOLAUS ZUCCHIUS Native of Parma of the Society of Iesus was an eminent Philosopher and Divine He at Rome assisted Scheinerus in his Observations of the Solar Spots having published his Philosophia Optica in which he treats of Refractions and Celestial appearances by the Telescope JOANNES BAPTISTA RICCIOLUS of Ferrara a Learned Iesuit sometime Professor of Rhetorick and Poetry then of Philosophy and School-Divinity partly at Parma partly at Bologna but being chiefly addicticted to Geographical Chronological and Astronomical Studies hath ennobled his Name by his excellent Work entituled Almagestum Novum divided into three Tomes in the first whereof he treats of the Sphere of the Sun and Moon and their Eclipses of the fixed Stars of the lesser Planets of Comets and New Stars of the several Mundane Systems c. In the second he handles Trigonometry or the Doctrine of Plain and Spherical Triangles promises a Treatise of Astronomical Instruments and the Optical part of Astronomy which yet he never published of Latitude and Longitude and Hydrography the Reason of Times with a Chronological Epitome confirmed by Astronomical Characters In the third he comprehends Observations of the Sun Moon Eclipses of the fixed Stars and lesser Planets with Precepts and Tables Primi Secundorum Mobilium and other Astronomical Tables He put forth likewise another Work entituled Astronomia Reformata the design of which is considering the various Hypotheses of several Astronomers and the difficulty thence arising of concluding any thing certain by comparing together all the best Observations and examining what they have most certain in them to reform upon that measure the Principles of Astronomy Not to mention his Chronology Published likewise by him in folio FRANCISCUS MARIA GRIMALDI of an Illustrious Family a Iesuit of Bologna partly by his joynt Indeavours and Observations with Ricciolus partly by his own Inventions and Discoveries hath greatly illustrated and improved Astronomy The chiefest of his joynt Observations are these De Quantitate Crepusculi De Dimensione Ambitus Terrae De Solis Distantia per Dichotomiam Lunae De Solis Diametro apparenti De Obliquitate Eclipticae seu maxima Solis Declinatione De Altitudine Lunarium Montium De Parallaxibus Lunae De Diametro Apparenti Lunae De Fixarum Distantiis inter se De earum Ascensione recta Declinatione De Venere falcata De Iovis Fasciis ac earum Parallelismo cum Aequatore De Diametris apparentibus Planetarum Minorum Fixarum Those of his proper Invention are these his Problema aemulum Aristarchi pro Distantia Solis Opinio de Lunae Maculis
and where they should cease to appear after he had seen them but four or five times The same Person entertains hopes that a Motion of Comets exactly observed may in time clear that grand Question whether the Earth moves or not He also hath taken Notice by making Reflections upon former Comets that more of them enter into our System by the Sign of Libra and about the Spica Virginis than by all the other Parts of the Heavens See the Phil. Transact N o. 1. p. 3. N o. 2. p. 18 19. N o. 3. p. 36 39. And being very well versed in Opticks and Dioptricks he hath given us the Proportions of the Apertures of Telescopes and reduced them to Tables ibid. N o. 4. p. 55. as he hath also delivered a Means to illuminate an Object in what Proportion one pleaseth ibid. N o. 4. p. 68. And we doubt not but he will upon his Return out of Italy where he hath spent some years of late impart to the World as well the Astronomical as other the learned Observations he-hath there made SIGNOR GIOVANNI DOMINICO CASSINI a deservedly Famous Astronomer of Italy now entertained by His most Christian Majesty in the Royal Observatory at Paris and withall a Member of the Royal Society of London doth continually oblige the learned World by his excellent and most important Astronomical Observations of which there are recorded in the Phil. Transact First that of the permanent Spot in Iupiter arguing the Rotation of that Planet about it's Axis Secondly those of the Shadows cast by the Satellites of Iupiter upon his Disque and Ephemerides of their Motions Thirdly those of the Spots in Mars arguing the Conversion of that Planet also about it's Axis Fourthly those of the Spots in Venus evincing the Revolution of that Body likewise about it's Axis as well as that of Iupiter and Mars Fifthly those of the Spots in the Sun Sixthly those of the change of Saturns Figure Seventhly those of some new Stars discovered by him and especially of the two new Planets about Saturn Of all which see the Phil. Transact N o. 4. p. 75. N o. 8. p. 143. N o. 10. p. 171. N o. 12. p. 209. N o. 14. p. 242. N o. 32. p. 615. N o. 78. p. 2201. N o. 78. p. 2250. N o. 78. p. 3020 3024. N o. 102. p. 4039. N o. 92. p. 5175. To which add his Calculations for the Eclipses of the Satellites of Iupiter for Anno 1671. in N o. 74. p. 2238. Neither ought we to pass by his three excellent Letters concerning the Hypothesis of the Sun's Motions and his Doctrine of Refraction of which an Account is given in N o. 84. p. 5001. What other Observations and Discoveries he hath made concerning the Heavens we hope he will in due time likewise publish SIGNOR GEMINIANO MONTANARI the learned Professor of Mathematicks at Bologna hath taken particular Care and Pains in acquainting us with the Total Disappearance of divers Stars that appeared formerly and intends to write upon this Argument a Book to be entituled Firmamentum Instabile See Philosoph Transact N o 73. p. 2202. and N o. 89. p. 5125. Where 't is intimated that this Author doubts not but to make it out to the Assertors of the Incorruptibility of the Visible Heavens that even in the Stars anciently described there are observed such Changes as would be sufficient to make Aristotle himself if alive change his Opinion in this Point Mr. JO. FLAMSTED of Derby an Industrious and accurate Astronomer and Observer of the Heavens hath of late endeavoured to advance Astronomy by publishing yearly his Calculations of the more notable Celestial Appearances conspicuous in these Parts of which see the Phil. Transactions N o. 55. p. 1099. N o. 66. p. 2029. N o. 77. p. 2297. N o. 79. p. 3061. N o. 89. p. 5118. To which may be added his Observations of the Transits of Iupiter and Mars near certain fixed Stars N o. 82. p. 4036. N o. 86. p. 5034. As also those for determining the Inclination of Iupiter to the Ecliptick N o. 94. p. 6033. together with those lately described in a Letter of his to Signor Cassini that were made by Him after a New and exquisite Way about the farthest Elongations of the Medicean Stars from the Centre of Iupiter and others concerning the Diameters of the Planets and their Distances from the fixed Stars as also the Parallax of Mars N o. 96. p. 6094. which Communications were with much Applause received by the said Signor Cassini Witness his Answer which we hope will also be published e're long together with the sequel of more Letters lately exchanged between these two eminent Astronomers Mr. EDWARD BERNARD Successor to Sir Christopher Wrenn in the Savilian Professor's Place of Astronomy in the University of Oxford merits here a due Remembrance from whom besides those future Improvements Astronomy is like to receive by his learned Lectures and Observations we are incouraged to expect the Publication of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or as Pappus terms it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the Alexandrian School restored to it's Pristine Splendor being a Book so called by way of Distinction from Ptolemy's Almagest commonly by the Alexandrians call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which two Books were the only or at least the chief Astronomical Pieces usually read in that University The first whereof consists of nine Books containing Theodosii Sphaerica with Euclids Opticks and Phaenomena in three Books Theodosius de Habitationibus de Diebus Noctibus in two Books Autolycus de Sphaera Mota de Ortu Occasu siderum inerrantium in two Books Aristarchus Samius de Magnitudinibus Distantiis Solis Lunae Hypsicles his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sive de Ascensionibus Which nine Books collected into one Volume and remaining in several Libraries in Italy and France were by Sir Henry Savile partly in Print partly in MS. given to the University of Oxford and now hope for New Life from this learned Persons Hand who intends as I am informed further to oblige the learned World by publishing the three remaining Books of Apollonius Pergaeus from the MS. Copies of Beni Musa and Aldelmelech with the Annotations of Eutocius upon one of them whereas the Copy used in the Version of Abraham Ecchellensis and illustrated with the learned Annotations of Alphonsus Borellius seems to be a Stream from a more impure Fountain and this Supplement is to be subjoyned to the first four Books put forth or ready to be put forth by the most Learned and Reverend Doctor Isaac Barrow Mr. ISAAC NEWTON Lucasian Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity Colledge hath lately published his reflecting Telescope New Theories of Light and Colours hath â—…ready for the Press a Treatise of Dioptricks and divers Astronomical Exercises which are to be subjoyned to Mr. Nicholas Mercator's Epitome of Astronomy and to be Printed at
ever writ and that equivalent to what of his might have been forty or fifty years since known is not readily to be expected For want of the like Encouragement we have lost that most excellent Piece of the incomparable Vieta his Harmonicon Coeleste as likewise the Remains of Alexander Anderson the Scot as his Conicks Stereometria Solidorum Triangul Sphaerie the want whereof Guldinus much bewails and excites the ingenious to enquire after them On the same Accompt the Remains of Griembergerus as his Conicks Dialling and Projections of the Sphere have not come to light and for the very same Reason the second Tome of Galilaeus in English doth and is like to remain unprinted With the like Remora in France have met the Works of the Excellent Monsieur Fermat viz. Euclidis Porismata restituta his Treatise De Locis Planis Solidis Linearibus ad Superficiem and his Treatise De Contactibus Sphaericis As also the Remains of the much knowing Lalovera as his Geometrical Dictionary sive Explieatio vocum Geometricarum four Books Problematum Illustrium four Books Problematum Physico-Mathematicorum and a Collection of Letters between him and the learned containing the Solution of many Problems of great Curiosity and Difficulty which seeing they are not like to get Printed there they have written over to know if they would be undertaken here promising to send the MS. Copies And having hinted thus much at the Instance of this Ingenious and Industrious Person to the Curious and Generously learned I come now again further to acquaint the Reader that we have more particularly obtained from him an Accompt of two of his own Designs relative to the Sphere and Astronomy The one of Geometrical Dialling whereby reflex Dyalling is rendred Geometrical and reduced to a Method of Calculation so that if a Glass were placed at Random and â—…ines drawn on the Plain by chance by either Method Points might be found in the said Lines which joyned should be the Hour Lines and the like when the Glâ—…ss is so placed that the Hour Lines may be drawn in that Part of the Room which is most capable of them and as a Corollary of this Doctrine a Dial for any Latitude may be suddainly divided from a Line of Tangents parallel to any Line proposed and that without any Calculation for the Horary Divisions The other a Treatise of Projections of the Sphere and concerning Spherical Trigonometry in which many extraordinary Cases will be solved those Proportions mentioned before in the Narrative concerning Mr. William Oughtred several wayes more easily demonstrated and all Spherical Triangles measured by a new Method not by him formerly insisted on after the manner of Plain Triangles all which perchance may be handled in some little Tractates concerning the Use of Prints of several other Instruments designed to be cut pasted and varnished as before mentioned viz. the Analemma the double Horizontal Dial the Logarithmical Serpentine Line Prints of Logarithmical Rulers whereof if there be three they may be so placed as to lie still all Day and as fast as the Hight of the Sun is given shall find either the Hour or Azimuth universally by bare Inspection The hasty Collection and uncorrect transcribing of the foregoing CATALOGUE hath occasioned the omission of some considerable Persons and Authors which should therein have been inserted in their Proper Times and Places The Reader therefore is desired to take Notice of them as We have here set them down according to Order of Time in the following SUPPLEMENT FOHIUS the first Emperor of China was greatly addicted to the Study of Astronomy and first of all the Chineses reduced the Motions of the Celestial Bodies into Tables as Martinius in his History of China affirms TANAUS chief Minister of State to Hoantgius the third Emperor of China contemporary with Methusalem as Martinius in his History of China reports composed a Solar Cycle of sixty years which the Chineses use at this Day YUMCHINIUS another chief Minister of State to the former Emperor about the 28 th year of his Reign first of all observed the Pole and the Stars about it and composed a Sphere or Globe representing that of the Heavens CHUENHIOUS the Fifth Emperor of the Chineses was the first who published a Calendar for the common Use of his Subjects He wrote likewise Ephemerides of the five Planets which he saw at one time all in Conjunction upon the same Day that he observed a Conjunction of the Sun and Moon which Day he ordered to be observed as the first Day of the Year in the Sign or Constellation Xe which is now reckoned from the eighteenth Degree of Pisces to the fourth of Aries This Admirable Conjunction of the Planets is perhaps the same with that which the European Chronologers affirm to have hapned in the Time of Noah sayes Martinius in his History of China p. 33. ANDUBARIUS a certain Indian of the Race of Arphaxad is said to have flourished near the Time of the Building of the Tower of Babel and to have been very knowing in Astronomy and first of all to have taught the same to the Indians as the Chronicon Alexandrinum attests JAUS the seventh Emperor of China whom Kepler in Commentatiune in Epistolium R. Patr. Terrentii ex Sinar Regn. Miss supposes the same with Ion or Iavan or Iaon Son of Iaphet is reported to have been extreamly addicted to Astronomical Observations and to have corrected the Chinese Calendar to have caused divers Instruments to be made for observing the Motions of the Celestial Bodies and to have exactly noted the Winter Solstice which the Chinese Writers affirm to have then been in the first Degree of the Sign or Constellation Hiu which at present is about the first Degree of Aquarius V. Martin Histor. Sinic p. 25. XUNUS the Eighth Emperour of China caused to be made out of the Gold and Jewels of his Imperial Treasury a Sphere of Admirable Workmanship shewing the Motion of the seven Planets each of which were represented by a precious Stone resembling their respective Natures in the midst of which was a large Jewel placed representing the Earth See Martinius Histor. Sinic CHUMKANG the Fourth Emperor of China of the Family of Hia about a year after Noah's Death observed a Memorable Eclipse of the Sun to have hapned in the Sign or Constellation called Fang which now sayes Martinius is about the 28 th Degree of Scorpio he put to Death the Astronomers of that Time for their Negligence in not observing the same CHEUCUNGUS a great Astronomer and Mathematician among the Chineses caused to be made an Ample Instrument or Rule erected perpendicularly upon a large Plain of Brass and divided into certain Parts upon the Superficies of which Plain was likewise a Line drawn divided into several Parts by which Instrument he used to take the Meridian Altitude of the Sun as likewise the Elevation of the Pole
after Negotiator add In which Sence by the Arabs he is called Otared monente Almakrizio sayes Doctor Pocock Ibidem Line 55. after cited add He is also called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from the bright and quick Vibration of his Rayes Ibidem Line 58. after videt add for which Reason by the Arabian Astrologers he is called Menapheck i. e. Hypocrita vel Simulator teste Alkaswini vid. D. Pocock ut supra Page 62. Line 40. Annot. after Motion add the Learned Doctor Isaac Vossius in his Book De Natura Lucis reduces them to the only means of Constipation and Attrition of solid Matter for that of Propagation or kindling Fire by Fire or by contraction of Radii in Burning-Glasses is not properly generating of Fire but multiplying and propagating it already actually existing In the APPENDIX Page 10. Line 3. after Astronomy add In which he was more particularly instructed by Sonches chief Prophet of the Egyptians as Clem. Alex. Stromat l. 1. testifies Page 11. Line 7. after Priests add especially Senchnouphis the Heliopolitan Ibidem Line 38 after there add particularly of Konouphis as Clem. Alexandr Stromat l. 1. attests Page 12. Line 42. after Aratus add and found that Spica Virginis then preceded the Autumnal Equinoctial Point eight Degrees Page 23. Line 8. after Explications add In Theodosii Sphaerica c. Page 29. Line 4. after Avicenna add whom some will have to be a Spaniard descended of the Race of the Moores but others make him to be a Native of Bucara a Town in Persia upon the Confines of Tartary and Son of a Chinese as his Name imports vide Perronian p. 23. Page 29. Line 20. after into add very good Latine as appears from the Astronomical Pieces extant in the Bodleian Library under his Name Page 30. Line 15. after in France add and at Oxford Erasmius Bartholinus in his Learned Animadversions upon Heliodorus Larissaeus his Opticks reports that he saw in Bulialdus his Library a MS. of Alkindus De Aspectibus which I conceive to be the same with that De Radiis Stellarum Ibidem Line 17. after Alfraganum add and of the Disposition of the Celestial Orbs and Motion of the Stars conceived to be the same with Aben Ezra of whom hereafter Page 31. Line 11. after Astronomia add which is likewise to be found in Latine in the Bodleian Library Page 33. Line 7. after that Age add many of his Works are preserved in the Bodleian and other the Oxonian Libraries and also as I am informed in that of Mr. Theyer of Gloucestershire Page 34. Line 4. after Manuscripts add As also an Institution of Astronomy extant in the Oxonian Libraries both in Persian and Arabick Page 35. Line 1. after De Astronomia add and Canones de Conjunctionibus Oppositionibus Eclipsibus Solis Lunae as they are cited by Pitsaeus Ibidem Line 10. after Geographer add a Specimen of c. Ibidem Line 11. after Latine add The whole Work hath been essayed or promised by many Learned Men as Schikardus Erpinnius Hornius the learned Mr. Clerk of Oxford and the ingenious Monsieur Thevenote Ibidem Line 29. after Astronomicis add His Tables and Astronomical Pieces are yet preserved in the Libraries of Oxford Ibidem Line 35. after Defensionem Dei add In the fifth Tractate of which Book he affirms the Stars Spica Virginis and Regulus to have been in the same Places in the Heavens in his Time as they ought to have been in according to Albategnius as Riccius reports in his Treatise De Octava Sphaera Page 36. Line 28. after Diligentia add His Observations of the change of the Weather at Oxford for several years together are in MS. in the Bodleian Library Page 37. Line 40. after Iudiciaria add Part whereof are in Print and c. Page 39. Line 29. and 33. for Arabick read Persian Page 46. after Line 42. add 1520. NICHOLAUS KRATZERUS Native of Munichen in Bavaria and Fellow of Corpus Christi Colledge in Oxford read there by Command of Henry the Eighth Lectures upon the Sphere of Io. Sacroboscus and wrote De Compositione Astrolabii in Geograph Ptolemaei likewise Canones horopti Page 48. Line 29. after Robinus add sometime Fellow of All-Souls Colledge in Oxford add likewise ibidem Line 32. he wrote likewise De Culminatione fixarum Stellarum and De Ortu Occasu fixarum Stellarum as also Annotationes Astrologicae in three Books All which are yet extant in MS. in the Bodleian Library as I find in the Oxford Antiquities l. 2. p. 178. Page 50. Line 38. after 1568. add He writ also a Treatise De Anno Die Passionis Christi as Onuphrius Panvinius l. 6. Antiqu Veronens affirms Page 51. Line 32. after observes add He put forth likewise Theodosius his Sphaerica in Greek and Latine with Explanations and Notes Printed at Paris 1558. 4 o. Page 56. Line 34. after Wales add and sometimes Fellow of All-Souls Colledge in Oxford Ibidem Line 39. after Portuguez add an Eminent Professor and Line 40. after Conimbra add who besides his Algebra Page 57. post Line ult add 1556. JOANNES MARTINUS POBLACION put forth a small Treatise entituled Compendium de Usu Astrolabii Schematibus commodissimis illustratum Printed at Paris in the year 1556. 8 o. Page 60. Line 27. after Astronomical add perpetual and after Printed add afterwards corrected and augmented with an accurate Description of the Copernican System and reprinted in the Year 1592. Page 66. Line 28. after Authors add he wrote a very large Comment upon Ptolemie's Quadripartite in Latine which remains in a fair MS. in St. Iohn's Library Oxford together with the Scheme of his Nativity and a remarkable Narration concerning his Death Page 74. Line 23. after Cambridge add and published at Paris in Greek and Latine by Erasmius Bartholinus with his Learned Animadversions thereon 1657. 4 o. Page 76. Line 18. after Work add and also Commandinus in his Excellent Edition of the Ptolemaick Planisphere Page 77. Line 4. after Oxford add He died in the year 1385 as I since find in the Author of the Oxford Antiquities l. 2. p. 87. Page 78. add 1600. THOMAS ALLEN sometime of Trinity Colledge in Oxford afterward of Glocester-Hall in the same University a Learned Antiquary Philosopher Mythologist and Mathematician In which last Concern he was by some conceived to be Equal to the Famous Roger Bacon being stiled not only Princops Coryphaeus sed ipsa Anima Sol omnium sui Aevi Mathematicorum as Burton sometimes his Fellow-Collegiate in his Funeral Sermon sayes of him Whose Learned Collections and Observations Astronomical besides his other Mathematical and Philosophical Labours at this Day enrich the private Libraries of several Curious Persons The greatest Part falling to the share of the Noble Sir Kenelm Digby His Exposition on the second and third Book of Ptolemy De Astrorum Iudiciis being at this Day preserved in MS. in the Hands of my worthy Friend Elias Ashmole
duo ad Astronomos the first touching a New Star in the Neck of the Whale appearing at some times at others disappearing the other touching a cloudy Star in the Northern part of Andromeda's Girdle not discovered by any of the Ancients sometimes appearing and sometimes not Which Phaenomena he recommends to the Observation of all curious Astronomers FRANCISCO GENERINI set forth in Italian the Design of a Moving Globe composed by him to demonstrate the diurnal and annual motion of the Moon together with the inequality of dayes to which is annexed a Discourse of Natural and Artificial Houres declaring the meaning of the said Author touching the said Invention and an account of many other Operations to be wrought by the said Globe besides those before mentioned Printed at Florence in 4 o. 1645. JOHANNES BAINBRIDGE sometime Savilian Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford writ a Treatise of the Dog-Star and of the Canicular dayes published by Mr. Graves together with a Demonstration of the Heliacal Rising of Sirius or the Dog-Star for the Parallel of the Lower Egypt Printed at Oxford in the year 1648. He writ likewise of the Comet in 1618. and published Procli Sphaera with Ptolemy's Chronological Canon ATHANASIUS KIRCHERUS a Iesuit Native of Buchon within the Territories of the Abbot of Fulda in Germany sometime Professor of the Oriental Languages in which by Ricciolus he is said to be ad stuporem usque peritus as also of Mathematicks at Wirtsberg and Avignon afterwards Ordinary Professor of Mathematicks in the Iesuits Colledge at Rome hath in most of his Works treated largely upon the Subject of Astronomy as in his Oedipus Aegyptiacus where he displayes Systematica Mundorum sive de Mundo Mundorúmque varietate ex mente Aegyptiorum De Astrologia Aegyptiorum Chaldaeorum Hieroglyphica and more particularly in his Musurgia where he treats De Coelorum Symphonismo De admiranda Mundanorum Corporum ad invicem proportione De particulari Symphonismo Planetarum De Choro Ioviali De Choro Solari Martio De Harmonia Stellarum Fixarum In his Book De Magnete where he fully handles the Subject of Magnetick Astronomy under the several Heads of Sphaera Magnetica Uranographia Sciotherico-Magnetica and Horologiographia Magnetica In his Book entituled Ars magna Lucis Umbrae wherein besides his various Horography he treats De Astrolabiographia Geographia Gnomonica Gnomonica Physico-Astrologica De Arte Anacamptica sive Astronomia Reflexa De Arte Anaclastica sive Astronomia Refracta De Cosmometria Gnomonica hoc est De Mundi Lucumbris Dimensione c. as also in his Itinerarium Ecstaticum Coeleste in which to express him in his own words Mundi Opificium i. e. Caelestis Expansi Siderúmque tà m errantium quà m fixorum natura vires proprietates singulorumque compositio structura ab infimo Telluris Globo usque ad ultima Mundi confinia perfecti Raptus Integumentum explorata novà Hypothesi exponitur ad veritatem Printed at Rome 1656. JOHANNES DE EPIERES Doctor of Divinity and Grand Prior of the Monastery of Aquicintinum put forth an Universal Calendar wherein he proposes an easie Method for finding out the Golden Number Epact Dominical Letter Moveable Feasts and Indictions for any year proposed and promises a larger Work under the Title of Astronomia Aquicinctina which whether ever published does not yet appear to me DIRK REMBRANTZ in his Netherlandish Astronomy treats of Planet-Wisers and gives the Reader an Eclipsigraphia shewing when an Eclipse of the Sun happens what and how great a part of the Earth will be obscured thereby ROBERTUS DUDLEY an English-man known abroad especially in Italy by the pretended Title of Duke of Northumberland published three Volumes in folio entituled Arcano del Mare in which are Sea-Charts Directions for the building of Galleys and a Description of many Planetary Instruments SAMUEL FOSTER a learned Professor of Astronomy in Gresham-Colledge contrived several ingenious Planetary Instruments published afterwards in his Posthumous Miscellanies SILVIO PHILOMANTIO an Italian under that feigned Name and in that Language put forth Ruota Planetaria which Ricciolus ascribes to Bonaventura Cavallerio PHILIPPUS LABBEE a learned French Iesuit Native of Bourges en Berry put forth in his own Language L'Abbregé de la Sphere being a compendious Treatise of the Sphere reduced by an easie and short Method into XII Chapters with some important Advertisements thereupon Printed in the year 1647. JACOBUS USSERIUS the late most learned and Reverend Archbishop of Armagh published a Dissertation of the Macedonian and Asiatick Solar year together with a Parapegma of Greek Astronomers accommodated to the Reasons of the Macedonian and Iulian years Vide Voss. L. De Scient Mathemat GOTHOFREDUS WENDELINUS Canon of the Collegiate Church of Conde in Flanders published Idaea Atlanticarum Tabularum grounded upon the Observations of divers Eclipses He set forth likewise Lampas Arcanorum Coelestium and wrote upon several other Astronomical Subjects as may appear by his Epistles to Gassendus and those of Gassendus to him published in his Works AEGIDIUS MATROPTUS composed something of the Sphere Machinationem conversionibus Secundorum Mobilium repraesentandis commended by Gassendus in his Epistles CLAUDIUS SALMASIUS having signalized his Name by divers learned Works hath also endeavoured to give honour thereto by his Diatribes De Annis Climactericis De Antiqua Astrologia Printed at Leiden 1648. He hath interspersed likewise in his Plinian Exercitations sundry Astronomical Arguments and some Critical Observations upon Manilius but such as are now and then severely met with by Petavius in Uranolog Mr. WILLIAM OUGHTRED a learned Divine and most eminent Mathematician famous for his Clavis Mathematicae at the End whereof is a Treatise of Dialling which is an Astronomical Subject He was likewise the Author of the Circles of Proportion where not to mention the Double Horizontal Dial there is a Treatise of Navigation besides divers Astronomical Propositions He likewise published a Treatise of Trigonometry being the first Author that demonstrated two Proportions for finding both the Angles at the Base of an oblique Spherical Triangle at two Operations when two Sides with the Angle are given PHILIPPUS FINELLA wrote in Italian Planetaria Physionomia Printed at Naples 1649. 4 o. SCIPIO CLARAMONTIUS of Caesena a Knight and formerly Professor of Philosophy in the University of Pisa a most expert Mathematician put forth many learned Pieces among which the chief are these Anti-Tycho in defence of the Sublunary Place of Comets with its Apology and Supplement but answered by Kepler in his Hyperaspistes Of three New Stars against the Opinion of Tycho Brahe which is yet defended by Galilaeo in his Mundane System And XVI Books De Universo Anno published in the year 1644 as also a particular Treatise De Phasibus Lunae Geometrically demonstrated and another entituled Anti-Philolaus He
a Iesuit sometime Professor of Mathematicks in the Iesuits Colledge at Palermo in Sicily afterwards at Wirtsberg in Franconia set forth Cursus Mathematicus sive absolut a omnium Mathematicarum Disciplinarum Encyclopaedia in 28 Books In the seventh eighth and ninth of which Books he treats of Astronomy the first comprizing Astronomia Elementaris or the Description of the Sphere the Celestial Circles c. the next handling Astronomia Theorica the Theory of the Planets the third Astronomia Practica resolving divers Astronomical Problems as well Organically as Geometrically The whole Work Printed in folio at Wirtsberg 1661. He published likewise Kircher's Iter Ecstaticum Coeleste adorned and augmented with several Prelusions Scholia's and Schemes and promises the Edition of a greater Work by him entituled Mundus Mirabilis which whether it were ever finished or published I know not THOMAS STREET Student in Astronomy and Mathematicks put forth a New easie Geometrical and Harmonious Theory of the Celestial Motions under the Title of ASTRONOMIA CAROLINA with Astronomical Tables and their Uses exhibiting most plain and easie Examples of finding the true Places of the fixed Stars and Planets and the Eclipes of the Luminaries at all times the several Calculations therein being compared with all the best and most certain Observations both Ancient and Modern In which likewise more particularly is asserted the Verity of the Equation of Time for the inequality of Natural Dayes and the near Agreement of the Lunar Theory therein proposed to the Phaenomenon whence the Science of the Longitude or Difference of Meridians as well at Sea as Land may be far more truly obtained than formerly it hath been Printed at London 1661. 4 o. To which he added an Appendix in the year 1664. and in 1667. put forth Memorial Verses on the Ecclesiastical and Civil Calendar with an Epitome of the Heavenly Motions He is now about publishing Planetary Instruments PLACIDUS DE TITIS of Perugio Professor of Astronomy in the University of Pavy in Italy put forth Ephemerides of the Celestial Motions beginning in the year 1661. and continued to the end of the year 1675. calculated according to the Lansbergian Hypotheses for the Longitude of 35° together with a Treatise of the Efficient Proximate and Remote Causes of the Transmutation of the Elements with a Method of erecting a Celestial Scheme or Figure and some Observations upon Earth-Quakes Printed at Pavy 1661. Mr. LAURENCE ROOK first Astronomy and then Geometry Professor of Gresham Colledge and Fellow of the Royal Society had begun to make exact Observations of the Immersions and Emersions of the Satellites of Iapiter besides many others of other Celestial Bodies but was snatched away from his Studies and Labours in thâ—… year 1662. shortly after the Establishment of the Royal Society whose Institution he had zealously promoted and it was a Deplorable Accident in his Death as is noted by the ingenious Authour of the History of the Royal Society that he deceased the very Night which he had for some years expected wherein to finish his accurate Observations on the said Satellites His Loss was regretted by all that knew his Extraordinary Worth both for Knowledge and Probity deservedly celebrated by that excellent Prelate the now Lord Bishop of Sarum Doctor Seth Ward at the Time of Mr Rook's Decease Lord Bishop of Exon by this Sepulcral Monument M. S. Hìc subtùs sive dormit sive contemplatur Qui jamdiu Animo metitus est Quicquid aut Vita aut Mors habet Vir Cl. LAURENTIUS ROOK è Cantio Oriundus In Collegio Greshamensi Astronomiae primò deìn Geometriae Professor Utriusque Ornamentum Spes Maxima Quem altissima Indoles Artesque Omnifariae Mores pellucidi ad amussim probi Consuetudo facilis accommoda Bonis Doctisque Omnibus fecere Commendatissimum Vir totus Teres sui Plenus Cui Virtus Pietas summa Ratio Desideria Metusque omnes sub pedibus dabant Ne se penitus seculo subducere mortuus possit Qui iniquissima Modestiâ vixerat SETHUS WARD Episcopus Exoniensis Sodalis Symmystae desideratissimi Longas suavesque Amicitias Hoc Saxo prosecutus est Obiit Iunii 27 o. A. D. MDCLXII Aetat XL. There is extant in the Philosophical Transactions N o. 22. p. 388. his Method for observing the Eclipses of the Moon free from the common Inconveniencies His Astronomical Papers are if I am not misinformed in the Hands of the above mentioned Lord Bishop of Sarum who will doubtless take care of seeing them digested and published ANDREAS CELLARIUS PALATINUS Scholae Hornanae in Hollandia Boreali Rector set forth a large Work in folio with this Title Harmonia Macrocosmica seu Atlas Universalis Novus totius Universi Creati Cosmographiam Generalem exhibens In qua Omnium totius Mundi Orbium Harmonica Constructio secundum diversas Diversorum Authorum Opiniones Ut Uranometria seu totius Orbis Coelestis ac Planetarum Theoriae c. ob oculos ponuntur Printed at Amsterdam with curious Sculps and dedicated to his present Majesty Charles the Second JOHANNES HECKERUS of Dantzick set forth Ephemerides of the Celestial Motions beginning in the year 1666. and continued to the year 1680. calculated for the Meridian of Uranoburgum from the correct Observations of the Noble Tycho Brahe the Physical Hypotheses of Kepler and the Rudolphine Tables To which he prefixed an Introduction Printed at Dantzick 1662. Having gained good Repute among the most nice and skilful Astronomers CORNELIUS MALVASIA Marquess of Bismantua and General of the Artillery to the Duke of Modena set forth Ephemerides of the Celestial Motions by him stiled Ephemerides Novissimae calculated according to the Hypothesis of Philippus Lansbergius for the Longitude of Modena being 34° 5′ beginning in the year 1661. and ending with the year 1666. together with the Author 's own Observations of Saturn Iupiter Mars Venus the Sun and Moon for the year 1662. reduced to Calculation wherein he shews the Excess or Defects of the Lansbergian Tables To which are added Ephemerides of the Sun and Tables of Refractions according to the latest Hypotheses of the famous Cassini at present Regius Professor of Mathematicks at Paris JACOBUS GREGORY a Scotch-man Professor of Mathematicks in the University of St. Andrew's in Scotland put forth his Optica Promota Printed at London in the year 1663. in which Work there are divers difficult useful Problems relating to Astronomy The same Author hath prepared a Treatise of Dioptricks and Astronomy which may supply and doubtless much exceed a second Edition of the forementioned Optica Promota NICHOLAUS MERCATOR published a Piece entituled Hypothesis Astronomica nova Printed at London in a thin folio in the year 1664. And two Diatribes De Emendatione Annua and hath prepared for the Press a Treatise of Astronomy in which his design is to render Astronomy Geometrical He hath likewise prepared for