Tycho Brahe's great equatorial armillary instrument mb-width 1754 The snow has been laid

The snow has been laid to give a seasonable appearance

Wakefield Tower and St Thomas Tower at the Tower of London

in the Old Testament (primarily in Genesis)

This cartoon shows how he and his government were trying to carry on normal business whilst dealing with vociferous and active opposition from all these factions as well as the press

24th May 1969

Tycho Brahe's great equatorial armillary instrument mb-width 1754 The snow has been laidEngraving of Tycho Brahe's great equatorial armillary instrument, with one complete revolving ring and one fixed semicircular ring, ('Armillae aequatoriae maximaie, sesquialtero constantes circulo') in his Uraniborg observatory on the island of Hven. Illustration from Astronomia instauratae mechanica, by Tycho Brahe (Hamburg, 1598). Original: engraving. 1598