Astronomical Chart
notes: label: Description
content: “PLANISPHAERIUM PTOLEMAICUM, Sive Machina ORBIUM MUNDI EX HYPOTHESI PTOLEMAICA IN PLANO DISPOSITA” represents the mechanism of the heavenly orbits following the hypothesis of Ptolemy laid out in a planar view. It is image #1 from the <i>Harmonia Macrocosmica</i> created by Andreas Cellarius (1596-1665), a cartographer and cosmographer in the Netherlands. The "Prostant Amstelaedami apud GERARDUM VALK et PETRUM SCHENK" inscription indicates that it is from the edition of 1708, and not the original edition of 1660.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.317517
label: catalog number
content: 317517
label: accession number
content: 230391
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 in x 28 in x 1/4 in; 63.5 cm x 71.12 cm x .635 cm