Christoph Rothmanns Handbuch der Astronomie von 1589 : kommentierte Edition der Handschrift Christoph Rothmanns "Observationum stellarum fixarum liber primus", Kassel 1589 / herausgegeben von Miguel A. Granada, Jürgen Hamel und Ludolf von Mackensen.
Material type: TextLanguage: Latin, German Series: Acta historica astronomiae ; v. 19.Publisher: Frankfurt am Main : Harri Deutsch, 2003Edition: 1. AuflDescription: 231 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
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- 9783817117185
- Observationum stellarum fixarum liber primus
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Text in Latin with German introduction.
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Scholarly reedition of the 1589 instructions written in Kassel when Jobst Buergi and Rothman were first developing methods and instruments in thw 1580 to accuratly map stars. Page 42ff discuss the clocks that were used including Baldeweins Kassel Planetary clock, as well as the so called Observatoriums UhrI by Buergi (ca 1585-1591), and noting for the first time the use of a seconds showing clock, in star transit observations (see folio 11-v)
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