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Notice of the Ajaib-al- Muhhiukat. 

 The Empyreal Heavens. 



[No. 152 



1 Zodiac. 



2 Saturn. 



3 Jupiter. 



4 Mars. 



5 The Sun. 



6 Venus. 



7 Mercury. 



8 The Moon. 



9 The Earth. 



The earth is supposed to constitute the motionless nucleus, (the centrum 

 mundi of the Aristotelians,) around which the sun, moon, and planets 

 revolve in the following order of proximity : — 



The Moon, j+i\] Al-kamr. 



Mercury, .. .. .. ^j.Uafi Uttarid. 



Venus, .. .. .. .. &r £>. Tohrah. 



The Sun, .. .. .. y*^ Shems. 



Mars, .. .. .. .. pztyAi Marrikh. 



Jupiter, » . . . . . ^j jXi** Mushtari. 



Saturn, . . . . . • • • (Js*. \ Tuhal. 



Inclusive of all is the orbit of orbits, the Falek-i-Afla'k, in which the 

 fixed stars are set as jewels in a ring, and revolve eternally with it from 

 East to West.* 



The author, after slightly noticing the proper motions of the planets, 

 or " wandering stars" and fixed stars, proceeds to give a description of 

 the moon, and of its diurnal and monthly revolutions round the earth. 



* This is the theory of Aratus, Hippavchus, and after them of Ptolemy; it conveys 

 the impression of a belief in the solidity of the spheres. 



