Maritiem Digitaal
collectie zoeksyteem van de maritieme musea
Staande engel met kwadrant
| titel | Staande engel met kwadrant |
|---|---|
| inventarisnummer | BWAE311-P06 |
| collectie | Picturalia |
| museum | Maritiem Museum Rotterdam
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| omschrijving | Afbeelding van de werking van een kwadrant, gedemonstreerd door een staande engel in een landschap met bomen en heuvels. De letters A t/m F worden in de tekst verklaard. Prent opgenomen in de uitgave A tutor to Astronomy and Geography. Or an easie and Speedy way to know the Use of both the Globes, Caelestial and Terrestrial. In Six Books. The I. Teaching the Rudiments of Astronomy and Geography.The 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Shewing by the Globes the solution of Astronomical and Gegraphical Problemes. Problemes in Navigation. Astrological Problemes. Gnomonical Problemes. Trigonometrical Problemes. More fully and amply than hath yet been set forth, either by Gemma Frisius, Metius, Hues, Wright, Blaew, Or any others that have taught the Use of the Globes: And that so Plainly and Methodically, that the meanest Capacity may at first Reading apprehend it, and with a little Practice grow expert in these Divine Sciences. With an Appendix shewing the Use of the Ptolomaick Sphere. The Fourth Edition Corrected and Enlarged. / By Joseph Moxon. Whereunto is added the Antient Poetical Stories of the Stars: shewing reasons why the several Shapes and Forms are pictured on the Coelestial Globe. As also a Discourse of the Antiquity, Progress and Augmentation of Astronomy. - London : Moxon, 1686. |
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