The earth has a spherical shape, for it is bounded on all sides by the circumference of a circle.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
The earth has a spherical shape, for it is bounded on all sides by the circumference of a circle.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
From 'De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium', Book I, Chapter 2
1543
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