True Discourse of the Admirable Appearances, Movements, and Meanings of the Prodigious Comet of the Year 1618. With Demonstrations of its Celestial Location, Grandeur, and Distance from the Earth. Image 4.

True Discourse of the Admirable Appearances, Movements, and Meanings of the Prodigious Comet of the Year 1618. With Demonstrations of its Celestial Location, Grandeur, and Distance from the Earth. Image 4.

Gilles Macé

Description

Diagram showing angles from the Earth to the comets at different positions. Stars indicate the comets and the circle depicts the viewer's location on Earth. Pg 25.

Publication Date

1619

Keywords

Books; Science; Medieval; Renaissance; Mathematics; Art; Visualizing Science; Diagrams; Astronomy; Physics; Anatomy; Astrology; Horology

Comments

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Rare (COLL V BOOK 464)

True Discourse of the Admirable Appearances, Movements, and Meanings of the Prodigious Comet of the Year 1618. With Demonstrations of its Celestial Location, Grandeur, and Distance from the Earth. Image 4.

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