Aristarchus of Samos Quote

When the sun is totally eclipsed, the sun and the moon are then comprehended by one and the same cone which has its vertex at our eye.

Proposition 8

On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and the Moon (c. 250 BC)


When the sun is totally eclipsed, the sun and the moon are then comprehended by one and the same cone which has its vertex at our eye.

When the sun is totally eclipsed, the sun and the moon are then comprehended by one and the same cone which has its vertex at our eye.

When the sun is totally eclipsed, the sun and the moon are then comprehended by one and the same cone which has its vertex at our eye.

When the sun is totally eclipsed, the sun and the moon are then comprehended by one and the same cone which has its vertex at our eye.