The Astronomia Europaea of Ferdinand Verbiest, S.J. (Dillingen, 1687): text, translation, notes and commentaries. [Astronomia Europaea. English & Latin]
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The Astronomia Europaea of Ferdinand Verbiest, S.J. (Dillingen, 1687): text, translation, notes and commentaries / Noël Golvers, [editor].
"Jointly published by Institut Monumenta Serica, Sankt Augustin and Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation, Leuven."
Translation of: Astronomia Europaea svb Imperatore Tartaro Sinico Cám Hý appellato ex umbra in lucem revocata.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-527) and index.
***Graphic resource: facsimile reprints of original plates from Astronomea Europea, Yixiang tu 儀象圖 and Xichao ding'an 西朝定安 ; maps of Beijing, Imperial and Forbidden cities in Verbiest's time.
Keywords: Solar observations, lunar observations, astronomical mathematics, calendar and calendrical technology; court astronomers, Beijing ; meteorology, optics, hydraulics, music.
Local access dig.pdf. [Golvers-Astronomia Europaea 1993.pdf] |
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