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primum mobile
‖ primum mobile (ˈpraɪməm ˈməʊbɪliː) [med.L., lit. ‘first moving thing’, L. prīm-us first, mōbilis movable: see prime a. and mobile n.1 and a. Primum mobile (also primus motus, primus motor) was an 11–12th c. rendering of the Arabic al-muḥarrik al-awwal, the first mover or moving (thing), cited from... Oxford English Dictionary
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Primum Mobile
Francis Bacon was as sceptical of the Primum Mobile as he was of the rotation of the earth. Once Kepler had made the sun, not the Primum Mobile, the cause of planetary motion, however, the Primum Mobile gradually declined into the realm of metaphor wikipedia.org
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Instrument of the Primum Mobile
The Instrument of the Primum Mobile is also called the quadrant of Petrus Apianus, because he invented it and described it in the treatise Instrumentum wikipedia.org
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primovable
† priˈmovable Obs. rare—1. [f. prime a. + movable, after primum mobile.] = primum mobile. Also † priˈmovant [cf. F. prime, mouvant moving].1570 Dee Math. Pref. b iij, As the Heauen, is, by the Primouant, caried about in 24. æquall Houres. Ibid. d ij b, A..way..of hauing the motion of the Primouant (... Oxford English Dictionary
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Defining The Universe: Harder Than You Think - NPR
Aug 24, 2011The universe was spherical, onion-like, and finite: outside the celestial orbs was the Primum Mobile, the sphere responsible for imparting motion to the inner spheres. Outside the Primum Mobile ...
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Primum
Primum may refer to : Primum movens is a term used in the philosophical and theological cosmological argument for the existence of God. The Primum Mobile is the outermost moving sphere in the geocentric model of the universe in medieval and Renaissance astronomy. wikipedia.org
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circumrote
† circumrote, v. Obs. rare. [ad. L. circumrotāre: see circumrotation.] trans. To cause to rotate or revolve on an axis.1635 Heywood Hierarch. iv. 252 The Primum Mobile..circumrotes and turneth about all the Spheres about it. Oxford English Dictionary
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Giovanni Bianchini
The letters exchanged with Regiomontanus in 1463–1464 mention works by Bianchini entitled: Primum mobile (astronomical tables included), Flores almagesti wikipedia.org
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dodecatemory
† dodecaˈtemory Astron. Obs. Also 7 dodecatemorion. [ad. Gr. δωδεκατηµόριον a twelfth part, f. δωδέκατ-ος, -η, -ον twelfth + µόριον piece, portion.] A twelfth part; a term formerly applied to each of the twelve divisions of the Zodiac.1603 Sir C. Heydon Jud. Astrol. xviii. 374 The dodecatemories of ... Oxford English Dictionary
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John of Lignères
Around 1320 he published the Canones super tabulas equationum (also called the canons of the Primum Mobile) in three parts. wikipedia.org
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contra-rotation
ˌcontra-roˈtation [contra- 1.] Rotation in the opposite direction.a 1729 Congreve Disc. Pindaric Ode Wks. 1753 III. 341 To represent the contrarotation of the primum mobile, in respect of the secunda mobilia. Oxford English Dictionary
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tergiverse
▪ I. tergiverse, a. rare. (ˈtɜːdʒɪvɜːs) [f. L. tergum back + versus turned, pa. pple. of vertĕre to turn.] That has turned his back or practised tergiversation; renegade; shifty.1852 Roebuck Hist. Whig Min. of 1830 I. 290 note The tergiverse administration discovered, when too late, that they had br... Oxford English Dictionary
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Astrarium of Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio
The upper section contained 7 dials, each about 30 cm in diameter, showing the positional data for the Primum Mobile, Venus, Mercury, the moon, Saturn, The Primum Mobile dial Directly above the 24-hour dial is the dial of the Primum Mobile, so called because it reproduces the diurnal motion of the stars wikipedia.org
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perpetuum mobile
‖ perpetuum mobile (pɜːˈpɛtʊəm ˈməʊbɪliː, -ʊm ˈməʊbɪleɪ) [f. L. perpetu-us continuous + mobil-is movable, after primum mobile.] 1. = perpetual motion s.v. perpetual a. 1 b. Freq. in allusive use.a 1688 Cudworth Treatise Freewill (1838) 28 This is an ever bubbling fountain in the centre of the soul, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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De sphaera mundi
It is divided into nine parts: the "first moved" (primum mobile), the sphere of the fixed stars (the firmament), and the seven planets, Saturn, Jupiter All are mobile except heavy earth which is the center of the world. wikipedia.org
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