<i>ARMILLÆ ÆQUATORIÆ</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1662
notes: label: Description
content: Tycho Brahe, the preeminent astronomical observer of the 16th century, established an observatory on the Danish island of Hven in the 1570s and built an impressive assortment of astronomical instruments. Among these were several large armillary spheres designed for observational rather than pedagogical purposes. This hand-colored engraving represents one of those instruments. It was published in Joan Blaeu, <i>Atlas Maior</i>, vol. 1, book 2 (Amsterdam, 1662). It is derived from an engraving that first appeared in Tycho Brahe, <i>Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica</i> (Wandesburg, 1598).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Netherlands: North Holland, Amsterdam
topic: label: Subject
content: Astronomy
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.330345
label: catalog number
content: 330345
label: accession number
content: 288766
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in; 41.91 cm x 27.305 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 16 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 58.42 cm x 41.275 cm x 2.2225 cm