Kepler, “Harmonices mundi” (Harmonies of the World), 1619

Item

Identifier: RB-JK1619A-2

Staff Only

Kepler, “Harmonices mundi” (Harmonies of the World) still image

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Caltech Images is a collection of over ten thousand images representing Caltech's history and the people who have contributed to the Caltech story. It includes historic and contemporary photographs of people and places, reproductions of historic scientific artifacts and art, and illustrations drawn from Caltech's rare book collection in the history of science and technology.

Dates

Creation: 1619

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 photographs (negative)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Illustration from Book III, chapter 10, “concerning the Tetrachords...,” in which attributes of musical scales are discussed. Rocco Collection, History of Science.