Georg Peuerbach’s Theoricæ novæ planetarum, Wittenberg, 1580, expanded by Erasmus Reinhold and edited by Kaspar Peucer. An important Renaissance astronomy textbook with two reconstructed working volvelles for demonstrating lunar illumination and planetary motion. Contemporary limp parchment, from the libraries of Hopetoun House and astronomer and historian Owen Gingerich.
One the things that I know is that books begat books, it in a interconnected way reading is a constantly alerting current of remembering, discovering and creating. ". To reach, not the point where one no longer says I, but... Continue Reading →
Journal Des Sçavans : The First Scientific Journal After a bit of incubation on the shelf, I have decided to work my way through these Fourteen Volumes. I am offering this set for ... Continue Reading →
A total solar eclipse occurred on August 12, 1654. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the... Continue Reading →
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