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Description Tycho Brahe described the construction and use of his zodiacal armillary instrument (ARMILLÆ ZODIACALES) for measuring altitudes and azimuths of celestial objects.
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Tycho Brahe  (1546–1601)  wikidata:Q36620 s:en:Author:Tycho Ottesen Brahe q:it:Tycho Brahe
 
Tycho Brahe
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Tyge Ottesen Brahe;
Description astronomer, alchemist, cartographer and printer
Date of birth/death 14 December 1546 Edit this at Wikidata 24 October 1601 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Knutstorps slott (Knutstorp Castle), Skåne (Scania) Prague Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1560 - 1601
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Denmark, Rostock, Augsburg, Hven, Prague
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creator QS:P170,Q36620


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