A Perfit Description of the Caelestiall Orbes
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A Perfit Description of the Caelestiall Orbes is a 16th-century astronomical treatise by Thomas Digges that presents an early English exposition of the Copernican heliocentric model and an infinite universe of stars.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18552163 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Perfit Description of the Caelestiall Orbes Context triple: [Thomas Digges, notableWork, A Perfit Description of the Caelestiall Orbes]
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A.
Cosmographiae Introductio
Cosmographiae Introductio is a 1507 Latin cosmography book, best known for introducing and popularizing the name "America" for the newly discovered Western Hemisphere.
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B.
De usu globorum et sphaerarum
De usu globorum et sphaerarum is a mathematical and astronomical treatise by Adriaan Metius that explains the construction and practical use of globes and spheres for navigation and celestial observation.
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C.
Mysterium Cosmographicum
Mysterium Cosmographicum is Johannes Kepler’s early astronomical treatise in which he proposes a geometric model of the solar system based on nested Platonic solids to explain the spacing of the planets.
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D.
Harmonices Mundi
Harmonices Mundi is Johannes Kepler’s 1619 treatise in which he explores the mathematical harmony of the cosmos and formulates his third law of planetary motion.
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E.
De institutione astronomica
De institutione astronomica is a late antique Latin treatise on astronomy by the philosopher Boethius, presenting classical cosmological and astronomical knowledge to a medieval scholarly audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Perfit Description of the Caelestiall Orbes Target entity description: A Perfit Description of the Caelestiall Orbes is a 16th-century astronomical treatise by Thomas Digges that presents an early English exposition of the Copernican heliocentric model and an infinite universe of stars.
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A.
Cosmographiae Introductio
Cosmographiae Introductio is a 1507 Latin cosmography book, best known for introducing and popularizing the name "America" for the newly discovered Western Hemisphere.
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B.
De usu globorum et sphaerarum
De usu globorum et sphaerarum is a mathematical and astronomical treatise by Adriaan Metius that explains the construction and practical use of globes and spheres for navigation and celestial observation.
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C.
Mysterium Cosmographicum
Mysterium Cosmographicum is Johannes Kepler’s early astronomical treatise in which he proposes a geometric model of the solar system based on nested Platonic solids to explain the spacing of the planets.
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D.
Harmonices Mundi
Harmonices Mundi is Johannes Kepler’s 1619 treatise in which he explores the mathematical harmony of the cosmos and formulates his third law of planetary motion.
-
E.
De institutione astronomica
De institutione astronomica is a late antique Latin treatise on astronomy by the philosopher Boethius, presenting classical cosmological and astronomical knowledge to a medieval scholarly audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
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