| David Brewster - Scientists - 1841 - 262 pages
...wisdom, and his daily conversation was elevated by a constant reference to a superintending Providence. As a practical astronomer, Tycho has not been surpassed...ingenuity which he exhibited in inventing new ones, and in improving and adding to those P which were formerly known, and his skill and assiduity as an observer,... | |
| Thomas Fisher - Mathematics - 1854 - 156 pages
...practical astronomer, Tycho has not been surpassed by any observer of ancient or modern times. The splendor and number of 'his instruments, the ingenuity which he exhibited in inventing new ones, and in improving and adding to those which were formerly known, and his skill and assiduity as an observer,... | |
| Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1863 - 332 pages
...Brewster, after reviewing the history and the works of Tycho Brahe, says, "As a practical astronomer he has not been surpassed by any observer of ancient...ingenuity which he exhibited in inventing new ones, and improving and adding to those which were formerly known, and his skill and assiduity as an observer,... | |
| John Adam Weisse - English language - 1878 - 748 pages
...practical astronomer, Tycho has not been surpassed by any observer of ancient or modern times. The splendor and number of his instruments, the ingenuity which...assiduity as an observer, have given a character to his labors and a value to his observations, which will be appreciated to the latest posterity. His improvements... | |
| John Adam Weisse - English language - 1879 - 746 pages
...surpassed by any observer of ancient or modern times. The splendor and number of his instruments, >l« ingenuity which he exhibited in inventing new ones,...assiduity as an observer, have given a character to his labors and a value to his observations, which will be appreciated to the latest posterity. His improvements... | |
| Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 328 pages
...from him. He left Huen but settled in Prague under the patronage of the Emperor. He died in 1601. & As a practical astronomer, Tycho has not been surpassed...ingenuity which he exhibited in inventing new ones and in improving and adding to those which were formerly known, and his skill and assiduity as an observer,... | |
| Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - Astronomy - 1882 - 318 pages
...suddenly appeared in the midst of the Great Nebula of Andromeda (see page 255), and slowly faded away. new ones, and his skill and assiduity as an observer, have given a character to his labors and a value to his observations which will be appreciated to the latest posterity." He rejected... | |
| Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - Astronomy - 1882 - 326 pages
...David Brewster, "Tycho has not heen surpassed by any observer of ancient or modern times. The splendor and number of his instruments, the ingenuity which he exhibited in inventing first magziitude where he was certain it had not existed a half-hour before. It continued to increase... | |
| William Thompson Sedgwick, Harry Walter Tyler - Science - 1917 - 522 pages
...he exhibited in inventing new ones and in improving and adding to those which were formerly known, and his skill and assiduity as an observer, have given a character to his labors and a value to his observations which will be appreciated to the latest posterity. — Brewtter.... | |
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