Planetary systems in Gabriel Thibauld's "Summa philosophica quattor in partes distributa", 1639-41 @BeineckeLibrary. http://pic.twitter.com/hicENKGXSv
— History of Astronomy (@hist_astro) September 21, 2015
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on: September 21, 2015 at 01:39PM
Copernicus' De revolutionibus, 1543. Annotated by 16/17c. German astronomers, Hommel & Praetorius @BeineckeLibrary. http://pic.twitter.com/iyQ4fbfUu1
— History of Astronomy (@hist_astro) September 3, 2015
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on: September 03, 2015 at 03:30PM
Sun (S) as one of many solar systems in cycling vortices. René Descartes' Principia Philosophiae, 1656 @LindaHall_org http://pic.twitter.com/3gjxip3WNG
— History of Astronomy (@hist_astro) June 24, 2015
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"A Philosopher Giving that Lecture on the Orrery…" by Joseph Wright, 1766 @derbymuseums. More: http://j.mp/1IacyvW http://pic.twitter.com/D1bZNo3LR2
— History of Astronomy (@hist_astro) June 22, 2015
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Brass Armillary Sphere, Flanders (Belgium), c. 1550 @MHSOxford. http://pic.twitter.com/3JDiMRvDzu
— History of Astronomy (@hist_astro) June 11, 2015
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on: June 11, 2015 at 10:00AM
Brass horizontal sundial, made by J. Depetris, France, 1753 @AdlerPlanet. Dial for latitude 50°30' w/ folding gnomon. http://pic.twitter.com/tWTrYQ0vJO
— History of Astronomy (@hist_astro) May 12, 2015
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'Handle bell' by Alexander Herschel, an accessory for William Herschel's 40in telesc. c.1790. http://j.mp/1K2c9gw. http://pic.twitter.com/SwsIVwVmob
— History of Astronomy (@hist_astro) May 11, 2015
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Hubble with his cat, Copernicus http://j.mp/1DZi5Sy @TheHuntington http://j.mp/1Gri2mb
— History of Astronomy (@hist_astro) April 24, 2015
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on: April 24, 2015 at 01:34PM
Caroline Herschel discovered 8 comets, six of which bear her name. She was paid of her work by King George III. http://j.mp/1Gd3Idc
— History of Astronomy (@hist_astro) March 16, 2015
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on: March 16, 2015 at 08:47AM