TYCHO BRAHE MUSEUM
16TH CENTURY ASTRONOMER DREAMED OF RADIUM BUILT BIG OBSERVATORY On the Swedish island of Ven, in the Sound between the southern Swedish province of Scania and Denmark, a unique museum commemorating Tycho Brahe, the famous astronomer of the 16th century, has been opened to the public. Tycho Brahe won international fame through his treatises on “celestial mechanics,” and, thanks to the generosity of the King, he built a fine observatory. Uranienborg, on this island. Later on he left Ven for Prague, where he is said to have divined the secret of radium, though of course, he was unable to prove his thesis scientifically. For centuries his observatory was left to decay, but a few weeks ago State archaeologists excavated the place and made many interesting discoveries. The walls of the place have been repaired and surrounded by hedges, and a museum arranged there in which all the results of the excavation are displayed. Instruments and books, which had been saved in earlier times and had been preserved in Stockholm and Lund, will also be Included.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300513.2.179
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 970, 13 May 1930, Page 14
Word Count
178TYCHO BRAHE MUSEUM Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 970, 13 May 1930, Page 14
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in