Yehuda Farissol
Yehuda Farissol (Hebrew: יהודה פריצול; fl. late fifteenth century) was a Jewish-Italian mathematician and astronomer.[1] In 1499 he published a description of the astronomical sphere with diagrams, under the title Iggeret S'fira (Epistle of the Sphere).[2]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gottheil, Richard; Seligsohn, M. (1901–1906). "Farissol, Judah". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
- ^ Steinschneider, Moritz (1857). Jewish Literature from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Century. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. p. 187.
- ^ Patai, Raphael (1996). The Jewish Mind. Wayne State University Press. p. 170. ISBN 0-8143-2651-X.
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