Setem Aristarchus of Samos (b.310 BC)

Setem memperingati Aristarchus of Samos keluaran Greece pada tahun (?). Beliau lahir pada 310BC dan meninggal dunia 230BC.

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Ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician who presented the first known model that placed the Sun at the center of the known universe with the Earth revolving around it ... the system known now as heliocentric (as opposed to geocentric) 

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Aristarchus of Samos (3rd century BC) considered the sizes and distances of the sun and the moon, and was the first to try to calculate the distances of these bodies geometrically . Furthermore, he advanced the theory that the sun was at rest at the center of the sphere of fixed stars, and that the earth and planets revolved around the sun. The apparent motion of the stars was due to the daily rotation of the earth. Copernicus was familiar with Aristarchus' theory of the universe, which at the time, however, did not find favor with the ancient philosophers.

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beliau memperkenal 'aristarchus system' - calculation of distances of our solar system (Sun - Earth - Moon).

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Poland (1943) - Ulangtahun Kematian Copernicus

Pada 1943 sekali lagi Poland mengeluarkan setem kenangan Copernicus. Kali ini sempena ulang tahun ke 400 kematian Copernicus. Beliau meninggal dunia pada 24 Mei 1543.

Copernicus - Ulang tahun kematian ke 400

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This is a repeat of the 1942 Poland design, but with the colour changed from green to dark red (the Gibbons catalogue terms it purple) and overprinted with the dates “24 Mai 1543” on the left and “24 Mai 1943” at right to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Copernicus.

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Poland (1940) - Copernicus Memorial

Satu lagi setem pengiktirafan kepada Copernicus diterbitkan oleh Poland pada 1940.

Copernicus Memorial

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In 1900 a monument to Nicolaus Copernicus was set up in the courtyard of his alma mater, the Collegium Maius (Great College) of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Copernicus is modelled in a cape, holding an armillary sphere. The statue is not there now, as it was moved to the Witkowski Collegium in nearby Planty Park in 1953, but this stamp shows how it looked in 1940. As the inscription “Generalgouvernement” and the Nazi eagle indicate, this stamp was released while Poland was under German occupation during World War II.

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Poland - Astronomer Copernicus (1923)

Setem kenangan ahli astonomi Copernicus yang berasal dari Poland telah keluar pada 1923.

Copernicus (1473-1543)

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The first astronomer to be depicted on a postage stamp is Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), a Polish clergyman and astronomer who in the year of his death published the heretical view that the Earth revolved around the Sun, not vice versa as had been traditionally believed. This revolutionary idea dethroned the Earth from the centre of the Universe. Fittingly, the first to honour him philatelically was his home country. Copernicus makes ten further appearances on this list – eight times on stamps from Poland (see 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1953, and 1955), once from China (1953) and once from Russia (1955).

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Portuguese Language - Brazil (2014)

Brazil has issued also the same stamp theme of eight hundred years of Portuguese Language. The stamp was issued on the same date as Portugal May 5, 2014.

Brazil (2014)

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Portuguese Language - Portugal (2014)

A special stamp to commemorate 800 years of Portuguese Language was issue by Portugal Post on May 5, 2014.

Eight Centuries of the Portuguese Language

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The Million Stone Istanbul

Pelawat yang datang ke Istanbul pasti tidak lepas peluang untuk berkunjung ke Masjid Biru dan Hagia Sophia. Kedua bangunan tumpuan ini terletak di kawasan nama Sultanahmet Square (SAS). Selain Masjid Biru dan Hagia Sophia ada banyak lagi point of interest lain sekitar SAS. Salah satunya adalah The Million Stone. Apakah dia The Million Stone?

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The historical Million Stone, also called Milion, which was the center of the former Nova Roma (“New Rome”). The stone, which is now a monument, was the zero-mile marker of all roads: all distances were measured from here. At the same time, it was the starting–point for the measurements of distances from Byzantine Constantinopolis to the European cities of the Eastern Roman Empire. It had the same function as the Milliarium Aureum in Rome.

At the early 16th century, almost 50 years after the Ottoman conquest, the Milion was largely removed during the expansion of the Valens aqueduct and the construction of a water pipe. You can still see the remains of the base where the pillar stood, which was said to have inscribed all important distances to the Byzantine Empire. 

Nowadays, only very modest remains of this structure can be seen in Istanbul near the entrance to the famous Basilica Cistern. [archaeo news - link].

Baca istanbul info (link).

Waktu berada Istanbul tak sempat pula nak menjenguk tempat ni.

The Million Stone 

(source - sehrinhikayesi dot com link)

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