Astronomical Chart
notes: label: Description
content: “TYCHONIS BRAHE CALCULUS, PLANETARUM CURSUS ET ALTITUDINES OB OCULOS PONENS” represents Tycho Brahe’s method of calculating the orbital paths of the planets. It is image #9 from the <i>Harmonia Macrocosmica</i> created by Andreas Cellarius (1596-1665), a cartographer and cosmographer 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.317514
label: catalog number
content: 317514
label: accession number
content: 230391
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in x 24 3/4 in; 53.34 cm x 62.865 cm