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Claudius Ptolemaius
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Hetherington, N.S. (2007). Ptolemy. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1129
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