Images Dated 18th February 2003

Historical celestial system

Historical celestial system. Illustration of the celestial system proposed by Athanasius Kircher in his 1660 work Iter extaticum coeleste. At top is a map of the spheres surrounding the Earth (centre), including the air, fire and the stars. At bottom is a model of the Earth (centre) with the equator, the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, the horizon, the poles and the ecliptic (the line along which the Sun, Moon and planets appear to move) mapped onto the sky

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Famous astrologers

Astrologers. Historical artwork of six astrologers. Clockwise from top left, they are Apollonius Tyaneus, Mahomet, Edward Kelly, Paracelsus, Doctor John Dee and Roger Bacon. This illustration was taken from Ebenezer Sibley's 1788 book A Complete Illustration of the Celestial Science of Astrology. Astrology is the practice of predicting events and characteristics based on the movements of the stars and planets

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2003 FIA World Rally Championship.
Karlstad, Sweden. Rd2. 6th-9th February 2003.
Toni Gardemeister/Paavo Lukander (Skoda Octavia WRC Evo3) 8th position.
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