Tibbon, Jacob ben Machir ibn [known as Prophatius] (1236-1312)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4056. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Doctor, born in Marseilles, Spain (now France), a translator, mathematician and astronomer. He invented what is known as Jacob's quadrant, and the book in which he describes it contains a table of 11 stars used in the construction of the instrument. He wrote Luhot (Tables) a book of astronomical tables giving positions of stars at Paris. Tibbon's work was mentioned in DANTE's Divine Comedy and u...

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