Tika Bray was a nurse to a chronic family he had a certain amount of wealth that came from that but with the supporter Danish Crown he was able to construct Uranable and build his observatory. He devotes quadrants and sextants he uses our midarissepheres he uses an instrument called the tricoetrum which is also known as Ptolemy's rulers. So in some instances these are adaptations of instruments that exist but what's remarkable about them I guess is that the concern he has to make them as precise as possible.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546 – 1601) whose charts offered an unprecedented level of accuracy.
In 1572 Brahe's observations of a new star challenged the idea, inherited from Aristotle, that the heavens were unchanging. He went on to create his own observatory complex on the Danish island of Hven, and there, working before the invention of the telescope, he developed innovative instruments and gathered a team of assistants, taking a highly systematic approach to observation. A second, smaller source of renown was his metal prosthetic nose, which he needed after a serious injury sustained in a duel.
The image above shows Brahe aged 40, from the Atlas Major by Johann Blaeu.
With
Ole Grell
Emeritus Professor in Early Modern History at the Open University
Adam Mosley
Associate Professor of History at Swansea University
and
Emma Perkins
Affiliate Scholar in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.