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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1684424, member: 44140&quot;]Agreed it is easy to draw ones own conclusions, but I would like to think the proof is in the pudding...globe or armillary sphere.</p><p><br /></p><p>from wikipedia....</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"><i>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_astronomy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_astronomy" rel="nofollow">Greek astronomer</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipparchus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipparchus" rel="nofollow">Hipparchus</a> (c. 190 – c. 120 BCE) credited <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes" rel="nofollow">Eratosthenes</a> (276 –194 BCE) as the inventor of the armillary sphere.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>[/SUP][SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>[/SUP][SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a>[/SUP][SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a>[/SUP][SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a>[/SUP] The name of this device comes ultimately from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" rel="nofollow">Latin</a> armilla (circle, bracelet), since it has a skeleton made of graduated metal circles linking the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_pole" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_pole" rel="nofollow">poles</a> and representing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equator" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equator" rel="nofollow">equator</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic" rel="nofollow">ecliptic</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_(astronomy)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_(astronomy)" rel="nofollow">meridians</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_latitude" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_latitude" rel="nofollow">parallels</a>.</i></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"><i>Usually a ball representing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" rel="nofollow">Earth</a> or, later, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun" rel="nofollow">Sun</a> is placed in its center. It is used to demonstrate the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_mechanics" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_mechanics" rel="nofollow">motion</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star" rel="nofollow">stars</a> around the Earth. Before the advent of the European <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope" rel="nofollow">telescope</a> in the 17th century, the armillary sphere was the prime instrument of all astronomers in determining celestial positions.</i></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"><i><br /></i></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"><i></i>I thought it might be appropriate. </font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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