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Alfonsine Tables

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Astronomical tables constructed in 1252, by Isaac Hazan, a Jewish rabbi, who named them in honour of his patron, Alfonso X., King of Castile, surnamed “The Wise.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Alexandrine Age
Alexandrine Philosophy
Alexandrines
Alexandrite
Alexis (St.)
Alfader (father of all)
Alfana
Alfar
Alfheim (home of the good genii)
Alfonsin
Alfonsine Tables
Alfonso
Alfonso XI.
Alfred’s Scholars
Algarsife
Algebra
Algrind
Alhambra
Ali
Alias
Alibi (elsewhere)

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Alfonsine Tables