Astronomical Chart
notes: label: Description
content: "THEORIA LUNAE, EIUS MOTUM PER ECCENTRICUM ET EPICYCLUM DEMONSTRANS" shows the orbit of the moon around the earth with epicycles. This is image #18 from the <i>Harmonia Macrocosmica</i> created by Andreas Cellarius (1596-1665), a cosmographer and cartographer in the Netherlands. The “Apud GERARDIUM VALK et PETRUM SCHENCK Amstelodam” inscription indicates that it is from the republished edition of 1708, and not the original edition of 1660.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.317512
label: catalog number
content: PH*317512
label: accession number
content: 230391
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chart
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in x 24 1/2 in; 53.34 cm x 62.23 cm