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English: Johannes Hevelius and wife Elisabeth observing the sky with a brass sextant. Engraving from Johannes Hevelius's "Machinae Coelestis: Pars Prior", (1673), fig. M, facing p. 222.
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Source 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.

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Johannes Hevelius and wife Elisabeth observing the sky with a brass sextant (1673).

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