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Leighton Library has 1607 first edition of "Euclidis Elementorum libri XV" by Christopher Clavius
Added at 07:07 on 25 March 2025
The Leighton Library has a 1607 first edition of "Euclidis Elementorum libri XV" by German mathematician and probably the most respected astronomer in Europe at the time, Christopher Clavius who was born #OnThisDay 25 March 1538. His textbooks were used for astronomical education for over fifty years. He was a member of the Vatican commission that accepted proposed calendar known as the Gregorian calendar. A crater on the moon was named after him
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Leighton Library has 1607 first edition of "Euclidis Elementorum libri XV" by Christopher Clavius
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