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PERHAPS one's first sensation on handling this beautiful volume is one of surprise that three centuries have been allowed to pass after Tycho's death before his writings were given to the world in a collected form; for he took a notable part in building the structure of modern astronomy. He was the first to realise the imperfections of the existing solar and planetary tables, and the fact that their improvement needed prolonged observations with larger and more carefully designed instruments than any that had yet been employed; he fortunately had the skill to design these, and the means to purchase them. Thanks to the bounty of Frederick II., he was enabled to found Uraniborg Observatory, where sun, moon, planets, and stars were observed assiduously for twenty years.
Tychonis Brake Dani Opera Omnia.
Edidit I. L. E. Dreyer. Tomus 1. Pp. lix + 320. (Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1913.)
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Tychonis Brahe Dani Opera Omnia . Nature 95, 141–142 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/095141a0
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