John Wilkes
The Ptolemaic, Tychonic and Copernican Systems, 1798
10 x 7 ½ in
25 x 19 cm
25 x 19 cm
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Three models of the Solar System by three of the great European astronomers: Claudius Ptolemy, Tycho Brahe and Nicolaus Copernicus. Diagram 1 shows the Ptolemaic system with the earth at...
Three models of the Solar System by three of the great European astronomers: Claudius Ptolemy, Tycho Brahe and Nicolaus Copernicus.
Diagram 1 shows the Ptolemaic system with the earth at the centre of the Solar System and the sun and planets orbirting around it; Diagram 2 shows the Tychonic System, with the sun orbiting around the earth but other planets orbiting around the sun; Diagram 3 shows the Copernical System with the known planets orbiting around the sun.
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Diagram 1 shows the Ptolemaic system with the earth at the centre of the Solar System and the sun and planets orbirting around it; Diagram 2 shows the Tychonic System, with the sun orbiting around the earth but other planets orbiting around the sun; Diagram 3 shows the Copernical System with the known planets orbiting around the sun.
Coloured.
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