Abstract
MAius quo scitur que terra secundum sensum quantum ad spacium quod peruenit a centro totius ad orbem stellarum fixarum sit sicut punctum: est que magnitudines quantitatum stellarum: et intervallorum que inter eas existunt: videntur in omnibus plagis celi vbicumque terrarum in eadem bora equales et similes. quemadmodum inuenimus considerationes que sunt in diuersis climatibus non diuersas neque in aliquo decipientes ... (Fol. 4r). … the earth has … the ratio of a point to the distance of … the fixed stars. A strong indication of this is the fact that the sizes and distances of the stars … appear equal and the same from all parts of the earth everywhere ...
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