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Image number: RS.9136
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Tycho Brahe's triangular astronomical sextant
Date
1602
Object type
Library reference
30710
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 250mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
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Description
Engraving of Tycho Brahe's triangular astronomical sextant for the determination of distances (‘Sextans astronomicus trigonicus pro distantiis rimandis’), 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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