[Descartes's vortex]

Name:

Descartes, René (1596-1650); Davis, Tenney L. (1890-1949)

Date:

1644

Identifier:

B1860 1644 P.96

Provenance:

ex libris Tenney L. Davis

Subject:

Tables and charts

Form/Genre:

Woodcuts

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Diagram of vortices used by Descartes to explain the movement of the earth around the sun, the emission of light from the sun, and other phenomena related to motion in space. Image repeated on pp. 78, 92, 96, 106, 153, 158, 163, 165, 169, and 171.; Print

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)