Athanasii Kircheri, Iter extaticum coeleste: quo mundi opificium, id est coelestis expansi siderumque tam errantium (1660)
That title means 'A journey in the form of a trance to the heavens, or how the universe of the wide heavens and wandering stars is made'. And here's the title page:
"Errantium" agrees with "siderum" - i.e. "the moving stars" or planets. The illustration seems to show the sun moving around the Earth & everything else moving around the sun - wasn't that Tycho's idea?
Good catch! Thank you, Phil. I have amended. And yes: Kircher denied Copernicus and agreed with Brahe; hence you see the earth in the middle, the sun going round the earth and all the other planets going around the sun,
"Errantium" agrees with "siderum" - i.e. "the moving stars" or planets. The illustration seems to show the sun moving around the Earth & everything else moving around the sun - wasn't that Tycho's idea?
ReplyDeleteGood catch! Thank you, Phil. I have amended. And yes: Kircher denied Copernicus and agreed with Brahe; hence you see the earth in the middle, the sun going round the earth and all the other planets going around the sun,
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