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The Uranographia of Hevelius, the most detailed and influential celestial atlas of the 17th century, contains 54 beautiful double-page engraved plates of 73 constellations, and 2 oversized folding plates of planispheres. The frontispiece of Hevelius’ star atlas shows Hevelius bringing his modest gifts before a tribunal of great figures in the ...
28 de ene. de 2021 · Johannes Hevelius proved that all this could be done. The range of his interests was impressive, although he is best remembered as an astronomer. The equally interdisciplinary Hevelianum, combining popularisation of the natural and mathematical sciences with the history of Gdańsk and military architecture, chose to take its name from him.
An accomplished and respected astronomer, Hevelius was elected to the Royal Society in 1664. He carried out numerous lunar, planetary and solar observations, and on November 22, 1644 he succeeded in observing the phases of Mercury. His solar observations were published as appendices to his 1647 " Selenographia ", his 1668 " Cometographia ", as ...
At the age of nineteen, in 1630, Hevelius boarded a ship bound for Holland. He was off to study law at the University of Leyden, but his fascination with astronomy was enhanced when an eclipse of the sun occurred while he was on board the ship. His observations would form part of a publication later in his life.
11 de jun. de 2018 · Hevelius, Johannes. ( b. Danzig [now Gdańsk], Poland, 28 January 1611; d. Danzig, 28 January 1687) astronomy, instrument making. Hevelius (also known as Heweliusza, Hevel, or Hewelcke) was one of at least ten children of a prosperous brewer and property owner. Between 1618 and 1624 he was educated at a Gymnasium in Danzig; and when it was ...
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Johannes Hevelius Kaart van de Maan van de hand van Hevelius uit 1647. Johannes Hevelius, Duits: Johannes Hevel of Johann Hewelcke, Pools: Jan Heweliusz (Danzig, 28 januari 1611 – aldaar, 28 januari 1687) was een Duits-Pools astronoom en burgemeester van Danzig (nu Gdańsk). De astronome Elisabeth Hevelius was zijn tweede echtgenote.
