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Alphonsine, a.|ælˈfɒnsɪn|
Of Alphonso the Wise, King of Castile; applied to astronomical tables invented by him in 1252, etc.
1678Phillips, Alphonsin Tables, certain Astronomical Calculations, invented by Alphonsus King of Aragon. 1797Encycl. Brit. II. 420/2 He likewise corrected the tables of the planets..because the Alphonsine tables were very faulty in this respect. 1880M. Pattison Milton xiii. 180 The old Ptolemaic or Alphonsine system..explained the phenomena on the hypothesis of nine (or ten) transparent hollow spheres wheeling round the stationary earth. |