Albategnius

[al-buh-teg-nee-uh s] /ˌæl bəˈtɛg ni əs/

noun

Latin name of Battani.

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This improvement was due to the famous Albategnius, whose work in other fields we shall examine in a moment.

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Albategnius was a student of the Ptolemaic astronomy, but he was also a practical observer.

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