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Image number: RS.9135
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Tycho Brahe's bipartite arc
Date
1602
Object type
Library reference
30710
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 250mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Engraving of Tycho Brahe's bipartite arc for measuring small angular distances of stars (‘Arcus bipartitus minoribus siderum distantiis inserviens’), in his Uraniborg observatory on the island of Hven. Illustration from Astronomia instauratae mechanica, by Tycho Brahe (2nd ed., Nuremberg, 1602).
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