1. Discover
  2. SS 14 - The Scientific Movement of the 17th Century

T3 - Innovation at court

Introduction
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Hven, 1576-97: Tycho Brahe's observatory
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Dresden, 1581: Georg Wecker's polyhedra
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Prague, 1584: Celestial globe clock
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Florence, 1588-93: Santucci's sphere
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Prague, 1599-1612: The Rudolphine Tables (1627)
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Hevelius's observatory: Machina coelestis (1673)
Johannes Hevelius, Machina coelestis, 1673: Frontispiece
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Author's inscription
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Title page to part one: Organographia
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 114)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 140)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 164)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 184)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 200)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 222)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 248)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 254)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by the author (p. 308)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by the author (p. 324)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by the author (p. 372)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 374)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 382)
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Machinae coelestis: double size engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 392-3)
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Machinae coelestis: double size engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (pp. 406-7)
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Machinae coelestis: double size engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (pp. 410-11)
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Machinae coelestis: double size engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (pp. 420-21)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by the author (p. 428)
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Machinae coelestis: double size engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 444-5)
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Appendix: Tycho Brahe, Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica (1598): preliminary material
Tycho Brahe's autograph verses of presentation to the Doge of Venice
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Title page
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Autograph inscription by Sir Henry Wotton to the Bodleian Library, 15 August 1633
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Dedication to Rudolf II
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Dedication (cont.)
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Dedication (cont.)
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Dedication (concluded)
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Verses to Tycho Brahe by Oliger Rosenkrantz
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Appendix: Tycho Brahe, Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica (1598): Instruments
Small quadrant of gilt brass
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Medium sized azimuth quadrant of brass
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Another azimuth quadrant of brass
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Astronomical sextant for measuring altitudes
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The mural, or Tychonian, quadrant
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Revolving azimuth quadrant
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Great steel quadrant, inscribed in a square, also of steel, and revolving in azimuth
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Great azimuth semicircle
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The parallatic or ruler-instrument
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Another parallatic or ruler-instrument which shows the altitudes as well as the azimuths
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Armillae Zodiacales
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Armillae AEquatoriae
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Armillae aliae AEquatoriae
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Armillae AEquatoriae maximae
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Arcus Bipartitus
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Sextans Astronomicus Trigonicus
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Sextans Chalibeus
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Aliud instrumentum simile priori
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Instrumenti eiusdem ut Altitudinibus Capiendis
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Quadrans Maximus
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Quadrans Magnus Chalibeus Quadrato Inclusus
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De aliis quibusdam Instrumentis nostris
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Globus Magnus Orichalcicus
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Tycho Brahe's observatory: Uraniborg and Stjerneborg (1576-1598)
Appendix: 'On architectural structures suitable for astronomical observations', folio 40r
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 40v
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 41r
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 41v
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 42r
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, ff. 42v - 43r
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 43v
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Supplement regarding the subdivision and dioptre of the instruments, fol. 44r
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Verses in praise of Tycho Brahe by Rudolph Caukerchius, fols. 44v-45r.
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Colophon, fol. 45v
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