Imagen:Chinese astronomer 1675.jpg

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From: Brian J. Ford (1993). Images of Science: A History of Scientific Illustration, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195209834

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A priest-astronomer in the Chinese tradition. A European astronomer visited China and studied their ways. He was a Jesuit priest, Ferdinand Verbiest, whose Chinese name was Nan Huai-Jen. The illustration includes contemporaneous astronomical instruments, and was painted in 1675. British Museum, Department of Japanese Antiquities 1906-12-20-1311

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This image was selected as a picture of the day for June 13, 2006. It was captioned as followed: English: 1675 image of a Chinese astronomer with an elaborate armillary sphere. Deutsch: Ein chinesischer Astronom mit einer Armillarsphäre (Darstellung von 1675). Français : Dessin d'un astronome chinois avec une sphère armillaire, en 1675. Español: Imagen de 1675 de un astrónomo chino con una elaborada Esfera armilar. العربية: 1675 صورة لفلكي صيني مع كرة أرضية Deutsch: Ein chinesischer Astronom mit einer Armillarsphäre (Darstellung von 1675). English: 1675 image of a Chinese astronomer with an elaborate armillary sphere. Español: Imagen de 1675 de un astrónomo chino con una elaborada Esfera armilar. Eesti: 1675. aasta pilt Hiina astronoomist koos keeruka taevasfääri mudeliga. Français : Dessin d'un astronome chinois avec une sphère armillaire, en 1675. Galego: Astrónomo chinés de 1675 cunha esfera armilar Magyar : 1675-es kép egy kínai csillagászról egy armilláris szférával Italiano: immagine del 1675 di un astronomo cinese con una complicata sfera armillare. 日本語: 天球儀が描かれた中国の天体観測者の絵。歌川国芳作「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個 智多星呉用」。 한국어: 1675년의 중국 천문학자와 혼천의(渾天儀) Nederlands: Afbeelding uit 1675 van een Chinese astronoom met een Armillarium of hemelbol. ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Eit bilete frå 1675 av ein kinesisk astronom med ein forseggjort armillarsfære. Русский: Китайский астроном с армиллярной сферой, 1675 г. Slovenčina: Obrázok z roku 1675 čínskeho astronóma s podrobnou armilárnou sférou. Svenska: En kinesisk astronom med en armillarsfär, 1675. 简体中文: 1675年的图画，一位中国天文学家和一架浑天仪。（日本人画的水浒传中的吴用） 繁體中文: 1675年的圖畫，一位中國天文學家和一部揮天儀。歌川國芳作「通俗水滸傳豪傑百八人之一個 智多星吳用」。

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