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Orontij Finei Delphinatis ... [De mundi sphaera, sive Cosmographia] primáve astronomiae parte, lib. V: in audita methodo ab authore renouati, proprijsque tum commentarijs [&] figuris, tum demonstrationibus [&] tabulis recens illustrati. : Eiusdem Orontii, rectarum in circuli quadrante subtensarum (quos sinus vocant) demonstratio, supputatióq[ue]; facillima, nunc primùm edita: vnà cum eoru[n]de[m] sinuu[m] tabula, fideli admodu[m] calculo restitua. : Eiusdem Orontii, organum vniuersale, ex supradicta sinuu[m] ratione contextu[m], quo tu[m] geometrici, tu[m] omnes astronomici canones, ex quatuor sinuu[m] proportione pendentes, mira facilitate practicantur

Fine, Oronce, 1494-1555 · 1542 · Parisiis : Ex officina Simonis Colinae. · 18 pictures

This is a 1542 Paris astronomy and cosmography text by the French mathematician Oronce Fine, printed by Simon de Colines for scholars and students of the heavens. Its pictures are geometric diagrams of spheres, circles and orbits, drawn with clean labelled lines, useful to a designer seeking early modern scientific schematics and compass-and-ruler diagram styles.

Astronomy · Mathematics · Cosmography · Imprint 1542

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