Aristarchus of Samos

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noun

1. 3rd century _bc , Greek astronomer who anticipated Copernicus in advancing the theory that the earth revolves around the sun

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Aristarchus of Samos

Heracleides, in the fourth century B. C., said that Mercury and Venus circled around the sun, and in the third century Aristarchus of Samos actually anticipated, though it was a mere guess, the heliocentric theory.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

Aristarchus of Samos, in his writing against the astronomers, seeks to establish the fact that the world is really very different from this.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

Thus, Philolaus was the first to move the earth from the center of the universe and move it through the void; afterwards, Aristarchus of Samos and then Copernicus moved the earth with the moon.

From The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 by Bedini, Silvio A.

We learn, for example, that the studies of Aristarchus of Samos were definitely known to Archimedes of Syracuse, out in Sicily.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

Finally, it is very much to be doubted whether the book, attributed to this Aristarchus of Samos, really belongs to him.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)