Module: Modelle des Kosmos: Modelle des Himmels
Sequence: 1.0. Modelle des Himmels
Branching Point: Models of the Heavens
Sequence: 1.1. 13300_Objektfolge
Slide: Armillary Sphere
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Slide: Herschel’s Planetarium
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Sequence: 2.0. Hauptobjekt_13050_0600_Sendtner_Deep
Slide: The Cosmos as a Mechanism
Slide: The Cosmos as a Mechanism: Sendtner-Planetarium
Slide: Gears of the planetarium
Slide: History of the planetarium
Sequence: 1.2. Ebene-2 Instrumente
Branching Point: Models of the Heavens. Instruments
Sequence: 1.2.2. Objekt 13300_1864: Armillarsphaere_Deep
Slide: Armillary Sphere
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Sequence: 1.2.1. Objekt 13300_1361: Tellurium_Deep
Slide: Tellurium
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Sequence: 1.2.3. Objekt 13300_2728: Herschels Planetarium_Deep
Slide: Sir William Herschel
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Sequence: 3.0. Celestia
Slide: The Cosmos as Electronic Simulation
Sequence: 1.3. Ebene_2_buecher
Branching Point: Models of the Heavens. Books and Leaflets
Sequence: 1.3.1. Objekt 13300_1164: Galileis Dialogo_Deep
Slide: Galileo’s Dialogo
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Sequence: 1.3.2. Objekt 13300_1394: Extatischer Himmelspfad_Deep
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Sequence: 1.3.3. Objekt 13300_1725: Harmonie des Makrokosmos_Deep
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Sequence: 1.3.4. Objekt 13300_1730: Die Welt als Maschine_Deep
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Sequence: 1.3.5. Objekt 13300_1778: Kosmogonie (Fludd)_Deep
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Sequence: 1.3.6. Objekt 13300_3236: Kometenschriften_Deep
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Comet Leaflets
Pamphlet about the appearance of the comet in the year 1664

For a long time, it was not recognized that comets appear recurrently. Comets seemed to depart from the normal course of nature. Their appearance evoked dread and terror and fostered belief in prophecies.


Gabriel Kepler

Geminiano Montanari

Johannes Praetorius

Johann Matthias Schneuber

Christian Theophilus

anonym

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