This is great - thanks. I asked AI why Tycho was never translated into English before and got the usual AI fluff. It is frankly incredible and unbelievable that the works of a scientist who stands perhaps in the top five "Saints of Science" leading through Kepler and Newton directly the foundational cosmology for the scientific society was never translated into English. I suspect that no funding was ever available and nobody in power saw the least advantage to letting the proles read the foundational works. far from it, better to keep it locked away in Latin where they could make up any expert nonsense they liked with impunity. As previously mentioned it was the publication of the Bible after the invention of the printing press that led to the protestant revolution and ultimately the fall of the catholic church and the arbiter of infallibility at least in western Europe. It is amazing that we can now read him. Thanks for highlighting this.
Agreed. So lets translate the thing while we actually can. I'll make it part of my daily routine to translate a few pages each day. I do not really believe AI about only being able to translate two pages at a time. But even that is a a lot better than nothing. I have an idea I will compare a translation for two pages and a translation of ten or twenty and see if it is better. AI is blathering on about the complexity of it being the limiting factor. But the problem is not complex. It is about as simple as a problem can get. Where are the balls at a given moment and how do they move with respect to their surroundings and the other balls? What is complex about that? Part of the story of science and the way it is used to enslave us is the myth of difficulty.
If you could translate the letters on either side of that John Dee letter (the link is in the footnote) that would be very simple for it to translate.
The astronomical parts are excruciating. You have to check the angles, the dates, etc. etc.
Here’s an example:
In the year 1588, on the 26th day of October, at 11:48 A.M., the distance between ☉ and ♀ was found to be P.37 /.1¾, [37° 01′ 45″] by means of the sextant, with the altitude of the Sun 17½ degrees and of Venus 25 degrees. Its declination was P.3 /.36 1/4 south [3° 36′ 15″ south]. The place of the Sun was P.13 /.9 //.19 ♏ [13° 09′ 19″]. The right ascension of the Sun was P.220 /.41 //.5 [220° 41′ 05″], and its declination P.15 /.50 1/2 south [15° 50′ 30″ south]. Let A in this figure be the South Pole, B Venus, and C the Sun. Triangle ABC has all its sides given. For BA P.86 /.23¾, [86° 23′ 45″], the complement of the declination of Venus to the South Pole. For CA P.74 /.9½ [74° 09′ 30″], the complement of the declination of the Sun to the same pole. For BC P.37 /.1¾, [37° 01′ 45″], the distance between Sun and ♀. Therefore angle BAC cannot remain unknown: P.35 /.32 //.55 [35° 32′ 55″], which determines the arc of the equator intercepted between the Sun and Venus. Subtracted from the right ascension☉ leaves the right ascension ♀ P.185 /.8 //.10 [185° 08′ 10″].
O'Halloran, this one, I think, will prove to be a very significant letter. This one should take precedence over the others. I give you first crack at it.
This is what the world needs
Interesting that John Dee thought this new star heralded the New Jerusalem...
This is great - thanks. I asked AI why Tycho was never translated into English before and got the usual AI fluff. It is frankly incredible and unbelievable that the works of a scientist who stands perhaps in the top five "Saints of Science" leading through Kepler and Newton directly the foundational cosmology for the scientific society was never translated into English. I suspect that no funding was ever available and nobody in power saw the least advantage to letting the proles read the foundational works. far from it, better to keep it locked away in Latin where they could make up any expert nonsense they liked with impunity. As previously mentioned it was the publication of the Bible after the invention of the printing press that led to the protestant revolution and ultimately the fall of the catholic church and the arbiter of infallibility at least in western Europe. It is amazing that we can now read him. Thanks for highlighting this.
The narrative must be controlled.
Agreed. So lets translate the thing while we actually can. I'll make it part of my daily routine to translate a few pages each day. I do not really believe AI about only being able to translate two pages at a time. But even that is a a lot better than nothing. I have an idea I will compare a translation for two pages and a translation of ten or twenty and see if it is better. AI is blathering on about the complexity of it being the limiting factor. But the problem is not complex. It is about as simple as a problem can get. Where are the balls at a given moment and how do they move with respect to their surroundings and the other balls? What is complex about that? Part of the story of science and the way it is used to enslave us is the myth of difficulty.
Thats great O’Halloran!
If you could translate the letters on either side of that John Dee letter (the link is in the footnote) that would be very simple for it to translate.
The astronomical parts are excruciating. You have to check the angles, the dates, etc. etc.
Here’s an example:
In the year 1588, on the 26th day of October, at 11:48 A.M., the distance between ☉ and ♀ was found to be P.37 /.1¾, [37° 01′ 45″] by means of the sextant, with the altitude of the Sun 17½ degrees and of Venus 25 degrees. Its declination was P.3 /.36 1/4 south [3° 36′ 15″ south]. The place of the Sun was P.13 /.9 //.19 ♏ [13° 09′ 19″]. The right ascension of the Sun was P.220 /.41 //.5 [220° 41′ 05″], and its declination P.15 /.50 1/2 south [15° 50′ 30″ south]. Let A in this figure be the South Pole, B Venus, and C the Sun. Triangle ABC has all its sides given. For BA P.86 /.23¾, [86° 23′ 45″], the complement of the declination of Venus to the South Pole. For CA P.74 /.9½ [74° 09′ 30″], the complement of the declination of the Sun to the same pole. For BC P.37 /.1¾, [37° 01′ 45″], the distance between Sun and ♀. Therefore angle BAC cannot remain unknown: P.35 /.32 //.55 [35° 32′ 55″], which determines the arc of the equator intercepted between the Sun and Venus. Subtracted from the right ascension☉ leaves the right ascension ♀ P.185 /.8 //.10 [185° 08′ 10″].
OK. Will get to this tomorrow.
O'Halloran, this one, I think, will prove to be a very significant letter. This one should take precedence over the others. I give you first crack at it.
https://archive.org/details/ita-bnc-mag-00000749-001/page/n153/mode/1up