Caption

Astronomical sextant for measuring distances after copper engraving in the book Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica from 1602. From Science and Literature in the Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix, published in London 1878, coloured, digital reproduction of a historical model

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26B49_208

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No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

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98,9Mb (8,4Mb) / 16,0in x 24,0in / 4800 x 7200 (300dpi)

Keywords

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