Overview
Tycho Brahe was an Astronomer and Scholar.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 1573 to AD 1620 明萬曆間Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passage 31
Origins and identity
- Westerner 西人Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passage 31
Career and standing
- Western scholar-astronomer 西人Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passage 31
Places and affiliations
- At his country 其國 · Relation Resided in · north polar altitude a little over 55 degreesDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passage 31
Learning and skills
- Skill astronomical measurement and spherical trigonometry 測算 · Level source-followedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passages 33, 36
Works and attributed material
- Method · Author · ParaphrasedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passages 33-35
Events and relationships
- DeterminedScholarly · Observer · Result refraction decreases above the horizon; 5 seconds at 45 degrees and none higher 自地平以上，其差漸少，至四十五度，其差五秒，更高無差Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passage 32
- MeasuredAD 1573 to AD 1620 明萬曆間 · Scholarly · Observer · At his country 其國 · Result maximum horizon refraction of 34 minutes 地平上最大差三十四分Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passage 31
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passage 31
References in the histories
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