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100 1 _aSwinden, Jan Hendrik van,
_d1746-1823
245 1 0 _aBeschrijving van het Rijks-Planetarium te Franeker :
_bVan 1772 tot 1780 uitgedacht en vervaardigd door Eise Eisinga
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2020-07-25
508 _aProduced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
520 _a"Beschrijving van het Rijks-Planetarium te Franeker" by Swinden and Eekhoff is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The work focuses on the fascinating story of Eise Eisinga, who constructed an extraordinary planetary model in his home, representing the solar system's movements accurately and engagingly. It delves into the life of Eisinga, his scientific achievements, and the importance of his planetarium as a monumental contribution to both science and local history. At the start of the account, the text introduces Jan Hendrik van Swinden, the author who later became captivated by Eise Eisinga's planetarium, built between 1778 and 1780. The narrative reveals Eisinga's profound passion for astronomy and the meticulous effort he invested in creating this complex mechanism as a tool for public education. Swinden describes his admiration for Eisinga's work, woven with historical context concerning the scientific community of the time, societal perceptions of astronomy, and the struggles that Eisinga faced amidst local superstitions and political unrest, all leading to the eventual recognition of his groundbreaking creation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEisinga, Eise, 1744-1828
653 _aRijks-Planetarium (Franeker, Netherlands) -- History
700 1 _aEekhoff, W.
_q(Wopke),
_d1809-1880
700 1 _aSannes, K. J.
_q(Klaas Joh.),
_d1763?-1830
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62755
999 _c103579
_d103579