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Image: Sheiner Viewing Sunspots 1625

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Description: Christoph Scheiner and a fellow Jesuit scientist trace sunspots in Italy in about 1625. Illustration from Rosa Ursina by Christoph Scheiner. p. 150. Scanned from original at Houghton Library, Harvard University. Call # GC6.Sch256.630r
Title: Sheiner Viewing Sunspots 1625
Credit: GC6.Sch256.630r, Houghton Library, Harvard University
Author: Christoph Scheiner (1575-1650), author of book; artist/engraver unidentified.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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