EditorialTellurium-planetarium, driven by crank and wheels, shows the orbits of Mercury, Venus, earth and moon around the sun in corresponding rotation times. Signed " John Handsford, Bristol" Around 1780, 60 cm across.
EditorialPlanisphere. Copernican system, with the Sun, not the Earth at the centre of the solar system. The observed motions of the planets are described in terms of a complex set of circular orbits around the sun, this explaination later being replaced with th...
EditorialAn astronomical chart. A Scheme of the Solar System, with the orbits of the Planets and Comets belonging thereto ... By W. Whiston. [London], [1730?]. Source: Maps 148.e.3.(1).
EditorialTwo Diagrams Showing the Orbits of the Sun and the Moon. Date/Period: Fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277). Folio. Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment. Height: 233 mm (9.17 in); Width: 164 mm (6.45 in).
EditorialThe Orbits of Venus, Mercury, and the Sun. Date/Period: Fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277). Folio. Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment. Height: 233 mm (9.17 in); Width: 164 mm (6.45 in).
EditorialCopernican system - With the Sun, not the Earth at the centre of the solar system. The observed motions of the planets are described in terms of a complex set of circular orbits around the sun, this explaination later being replaced with the more elega...
EditorialMap showing Tycho Brahe's System of Planetary Orbits, from 'The Celestial Atlas, or The Harmony of the Universe' (Atlas coelestis seu harmonia macrocosmica) by Joannes Janssonius - 17TH CENTURY - hand coloured engraving.
EditorialTellurium-planetarium, driven by crank and wheels, shows the orbits of Mercury, Venus, earth and moon around the sun in corresponding rotation times. Signed " John Handsford, Bristol" Around 1780, 60 cm across.
EditorialThe Orbits of Venus, Mercury, and the Sun; Unknown; Th?rouanne ?, France (formerly Flanders), Europe; fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277); Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 23.3 x 16.4 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/1...
EditorialDiagram Showing the Orbits of the Sun and the Moon; Unknown; Th?rouanne ?, France (formerly Flanders), Europe; fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277); Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 23.3 x 16.4 cm (9 3/1...
EditorialTwo Diagrams Showing the Orbits of the Sun and the Moon; Unknown; Th?rouanne ?, France (formerly Flanders), Europe; fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277); Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 23.3 x 16.4 cm (...
EditorialMap showing Tycho Brahe's System of Planetary Orbits, from 'The Celestial Atlas, or The Harmony of the Universe' (Atlas coelestis seu harmonia macrocosmica) by Joannes Janssonius - 17TH CENTURY - hand coloured engraving.
EditorialCopernican system - With the Sun, not the Earth at the centre of the solar system. The observed motions of the planets are described in terms of a complex set of circular orbits around the sun, this explaination later being replaced with the more elega...
EditorialTellurium-planetarium, driven by crank and wheels, shows the orbits of Mercury, Venus, earth and moon around the sun in corresponding rotation times. Signed " John Handsford, Bristol" Around 1780, 60 cm across.