Project Gutenberg 2020-07-25 Public domain in the USA. 88 Swinden, Jan Hendrik van 1746 1823 Swinden, J. H. van (Jan Hendrik van) Swinden, Jean Henri van Van Swinden, Jan Hendrik Eekhoff, W. (Wopke) 1809 1880 Eekhoff, Wopke Sannes, K. J. (Klaas Joh.) 1830 Sannes, Klaas Joh. Sannes, Klaas Johannes Beschrijving van het Rijks-Planetarium te Franeker Van 1772 tot 1780 uitgedacht en vervaardigd door Eise Eisinga Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "Beschrijving van het Rijks-Planetarium te Franeker" by Swinden and Eekhoff is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The work focuses on the fascinating story of Eise Eisinga, who constructed an extraordinary planetary model in his home, representing the solar system's movements accurately and engagingly. It delves into the life of Eisinga, his scientific achievements, and the importance of his planetarium as a monumental contribution to both science and local history. At the start of the account, the text introduces Jan Hendrik van Swinden, the author who later became captivated by Eise Eisinga's planetarium, built between 1778 and 1780. The narrative reveals Eisinga's profound passion for astronomy and the meticulous effort he invested in creating this complex mechanism as a tool for public education. Swinden describes his admiration for Eisinga's work, woven with historical context concerning the scientific community of the time, societal perceptions of astronomy, and the struggles that Eisinga faced amidst local superstitions and political unrest, all leading to the eventual recognition of his groundbreaking creation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. nl Eisinga, Eise, 1744-1828 Rijks-Planetarium (Franeker, Netherlands) -- History QB Text Category: Biographies Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Science - Physics 545824 2025-06-25T04:45:36.023585 text/html 530573 2020-07-25T13:23:20 text/html 751144 2025-06-25T04:45:55.048488 application/epub+zip 762199 2025-06-25T04:45:39.882576 application/epub+zip 227483 2025-06-25T04:45:38.097595 application/epub+zip 911472 2025-06-25T04:46:00.851549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1631441 2025-06-25T04:45:53.149499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347461 2022-09-28T09:47:13.623781 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 339899 2023-09-27T04:50:09.091636 text/plain 319726 2024-10-18T04:47:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 339431 2020-07-25T13:20:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17393 2025-06-25T04:46:01.016505 application/rdf+xml 21483 2025-06-25T04:45:38.252617 image/jpeg 3155 2025-06-25T04:45:38.175587 image/jpeg 119193 2020-07-25T13:23:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 678658 2020-07-25T13:23:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 682550 2025-06-25T04:45:36.113601 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog nl.wikipedia en.wikipedia nl.wikipedia