Sentences with phrase «ancient elaborate system»
Ptolemy's ancient elaborate system of «epicycles» — a brilliant design to map out the heavens — falls just short, placing the earth at its center.
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It isn't surprising that the concept of chilling things took root in the Middle East; the ancient Persians devised elaborating cooling systems based on the principle of evaporation (see Beyond the Book).