A popular handbook and atlas of astronomy, designed as a complete guide to a knowledge of the heavenly bodies and as an aid to those possessing telescopes (1891)
Peck, William, Sir, 1862-1925 · New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 156
,which was erected at Huen in the year 1576, was a magnificent building, and was considered to be next iu importance to the one established at Alexandria under the Ptolemies. The principal part of this observatory, N … Fig. 24. the parallactic rules. 94 A POPULAR HANDBOOK AND ATLAS OF ASTRONOMY. which Tycho called Uraniberg, or the city of the heavens, consisted of a building sixty feet square, with towersto the north and south, containing also a museum and library. The collection of instruments at this…
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