Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Astronomy: two rival mathematicians, Urinaal and Raasbollius, argue about models of the solar system. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1758, after C. Troost, 1741, based on a scene in the play The Mathematicians, by P. Langendijk, 1715.
Astronomy: two rival mathematicians, Urinaal and Raasbollius, argue about models of the solar system. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1758, after C. Troost, 1741, based on a scene in the play The Mathematicians, by P. Langendijk, 1715.
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Astronomy: two rival mathematicians, Urinaal and Raasbollius, argue about models of the solar system. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1758, after C. Troost, 1741, based on a scene in the play The Mathematicians, by P. Langendijk, 1715.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/18128 · 1758

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Lettering: De wiskonstenaars of het gevluchte juffertje. Opgedragen aan den Heere Jan Jacob de Bruyn, beminnaar der schilderkunst; door zyn Ed. d w dienaar P. Fouquet junior. ; C. Troost pinxit. ; P. Tanjé fecit.

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