Ptolemean

The Ptolemean system of the universe, invented and duly described by Claudius Ptolemy, the great Egyptian geographer, who had lived in the second century of our era, which had served the simple needs of the men of the Middle Ages, had long been discarded by the scientists of the Renaissance.

The Story of Mankind 1921

(_De Mundi_, etc.) that the Ptolemean system was too complicated, and the new one which that great man Copernicus had proposed, following in the footsteps of

History of Astronomy George Forbes 1892

I have read somewhere of a monarch (in Spain I think it was) who was so out of humour with the Ptolemean system of astronomy, that he said, had he been of the Creator's council, he could have saved him a great deal of labour and absurdity.

The Letters of Robert Burns Robert Burns 1777

I have read somewhere of a monarch (in Spain I think it was), who was so out of humour with the Ptolemean system of astronomy, that he said had he been of the CREATOR'S council, he could have saved him a great deal of labour and absurdity.

The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Robert Burns 1777

Overkill – The Ptolemean Wars Softcover Supplement

SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 6179 2009

Overkill – The Ptolemean Wars Softcover Supplement

SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 6179 2009

"The caliph, Omar I. having conquered Egypt, caused his general to burn the Ptolemean library, on the gates of which was this inscription: '[Greek: PSYCHÊS IATREION]:'

Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811