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Book illustrations of an ancient Egyptian shadow clock and a cross-section of Tycho Brahe's observatory at Hven

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Title: Book illustrations of an ancient Egyptian shadow clock and a cross-section of Tycho Brahe's observatory at Hven
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Book illustrations of an ancient Egyptian shadow clock (top) and a cross-section of Tycho Brahe's observatory at Hven. Photographed from a book for use in article on history of astronomy published in Scribner's magazine.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Identifier: COPC 1403
29400
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1782
Subject: Sundials
Clocks and watches
Observatories--Design and construction
Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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