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Voices from the Periphery: Maria Cunitia and Elias von Löwen and the Astronomy of the 17th Century

2019/35/B/HS3/02902

Keywords:

Cunitia von Loewen Hevelius Kepler astronomical tables telescope occultations Moon optical libration camera obscura 17th century astronomy

Descriptors:

  • HS3_013:
  • ST9_019:

Panel:

HS3 - The study of the human past: history, archaeology, ethnology, cultural anthropology

Host institution :

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów PAN

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Jarosław Remigiusz Włodarczyk 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: OPUS 18 - announced on 2019-09-16

Amount awarded: 303 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2020-07-10

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-07-09

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)
  1. Korespondencja Jana Heweliusza z Eliaszem de Leonibus i Marią Cunitią
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Borkowska
    Academic press:
    Analecta. Studia i Materiały z Dziejów Nauki (rok: 2023, tom: 32 nr 1, strony: 43-52), Wydawca: Instytut Historii Nauki PAN w Warszawie
    Status:
    Published
  2. Wcześniej niż Elżbieta Heweliusz: Maria Cunitia i astronomia obserwacyjna XVII stulecia
    Authors:
    Jarosław Włodarczyk, Jakub Zbądzki
    Academic press:
    Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki (rok: 2024, tom: 69 nr 3, strony: 135-144), Wydawca: Instytut Historii Nauki PAN w Warszawie
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.4467/0023589XKHNT.24.026.20111 - link to the publication
  3. Elias von Löwen (Crätschmair): An unrecognized pioneer of the research on optical libration of the Moon
    Authors:
    Jarosław Włodarczyk
    Academic press:
    Journal for the History of Astronomy (rok: 2025, tom: 56 nr 1, strony: 72-86), Wydawca: Sage Publications
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1177/00218286241240072 - link to the publication
  4. Wiersze dedykacyjne w dziełach Urania propitia (1650) i Selenographia (1647) - analiza porównawcza
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Borkowska
    Academic press:
    Analecta. Studia i Materiały z Dziejów Nauki (rok: 2021, tom: 30 z. 2, strony: 157-194), Wydawca: Instytut Historii Nauki PAN
    Status:
    Published
  5. Między teorią a obserwacjami: zaćmienia Słońca w korespondencji Jana Heweliusza z Eliasem von Löwenem (Crätschmairem)
    Authors:
    Jarosław Włodarczyk, Marek Zawilski
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  1. 'GOODNESS ME, HOW BADLY YOU WERE DECEIVED BY THIS TREACHEROUS INSTRUMENT!': THE TELESCOPE IN THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHANNES HEVELIUS AND ELIAS VON LÖWEN
    Authors:
    Jarosław Włodarczyk
    Book:
    Polyhistor Europaeus. Études sur l'âge classique offertes à Chantal Grell (rok: 2023, tom: -, strony: -), Wydawca: Brepols
    Status:
    Accepted for publication