I have built a castle on an island, and I have filled it with instruments and books, and I have called it Uraniborg, which means 'Castle of the Heavens.'
— Tycho Brahe Early Modern

Astronomical observations

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Context

Describing his observatory island, Hven

Date / Period

c. 1580s

Category

Humorous

Source

https://books.google.com/books?id=P5Q8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA30

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Unverifiable

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