Nicole Oresme's De Visione Stellarum (On Seeing the Stars)

A translation of On Seeing the Stars, Nicole Oresme's 14th-century treatise on atmospheric refraction, in which Oresme uses optics and infinitesimals to help so... » 

A translation of On Seeing the Stars, Nicole Oresme's 14th-century treatise on atmospheric refraction, in which Oresme uses optics and infinitesimals to help solve the problem of astronomy, while proposing that light travels along a curve through the atmosphere. «