File:Hevelius Selenographia frontispiece.png
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English: Frontispiece of Johannes Hevelius, Selenographia (Gdansk, 1647). Depictions of Alhasen [sic], Ibn al-Haytham, on the left, holding a geometrical diagram and symbolizing knowledge through reason and Galileo Galilei on the right, holding a telescope and symbolizing knowledge through the senses. |
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| Source | Johannes Hevelius, Selenographia |
| Author | file: myself; artwork drawn by Adolph Boÿ, engraved by Jeremias Falck |
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| Other versions | File:Houghton Typ 620.47.452 - Selenographia, title.jpg |
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| current | 22:30, 21 August 2010 | | 864 × 1,456 (1.12 MB) | SteveMcCluskey | {{Information |Description={{en|1=Frontispiece of Johannes Hevelius, Selenographia (Gdansk, 1647). Depictions of Alhasen [sic], Ibn al-Haytham on the left, holding a geometrical diagram and symbolizing knowledge through reason and Galileo Galilei on the |
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