单词 | Rudolphine |
释义 | Rudolphine, a.|ruːˈdɒlfaɪn| [f. the name Rudolph (see def.) + -ine1.] Rudolphine tables (Rudolphine numbers), a series of astronomical calculations published by Kepler in 1627 and named after his patron the Emperor Rudolph II.
1656tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 292 The strait line..is found..to be somewhat greater than that which is exhibited by the Rudolphine numbers. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Table, And Kepler, likewise,..in 1627, publish'd the Rudolphine Tables, which are now much esteem'd. 1761Ann. Reg. 192 The imperfect state of the Rudolphine tables was the cause that the transit was expected in 1631. 1839Penny Cycl. XIII. 201/1. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 47/2. |

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