Subject: [HM] regula Lesbia
From: Christian Marinus Taisbak (marinus@private.dk)
Date: Tue Mar 21 2000 - 12:23:31 EST
Dear wise people,
In a letter from the Danish astronomer Olavus Roemer to Reyher
and Tiede he mentions (perhaps as a joke) a Lesbian Rule (regula
Lesbia), which seems to be able to prove any thing, e.g. make
ancient observations suit any opinion as to the lenght of the year.
I have not been able to find any reference to such a rule or its
name. Would anyone happen to know a bit about it?
Marinus
Christian Marinus Taisbak <marinus@private.dk>
Mathematical Sciences in Antiquity
Copenhagen University, Institute for Greek & Latin
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