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Image: Johannes & Elisabetha Hevelius Octant 1673

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Description: Johannes Hevelius and wife Elisabetha observing the sky with a brass octant. Engraving from Johannes Hevelius's "Machinae Coelestis: Pars Prior", (1673), fig. O, facing p. 254.
Title: Johannes & Elisabetha Hevelius Octant 1673
Credit: Edited image from of a digital file retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/78393624/ .
Author: Artist: Andreas Stech (1635-1697). Engraver: Isaak Saal. Book author: Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687). Printer: Simon Reiniger.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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