TY - JOUR
TI - The Polish Brethren’s Interest in Astronomical Observations at the Beginning of the 18th Century – In the Sources of the Kirch Family
AU - Rogińska, Justyna
TI - The Polish Brethren’s Interest in Astronomical Observations at the Beginning of the 18th Century – In the Sources of the Kirch Family
AB - The article resumes the discussion of the astronomical interests of the Polish Brethren, instigated by Tadeusz Przypkowski. Focusing on the first two decades of the 18th century, it presents their participation in research conducted by Gottfried Kirch and his family. Reconstructed from the journal entries of the first astronomer of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences, this area of the Socinian activity included various forms of participation in astronomical observations – as spectators, students, assistants or co-observers. The source material left by the Kirch family confirms that the astronomical interests of this community did not expire at the beginning of the 18th century and were maintained by the next generation of Arians.
VL - 2022
IS - Volume 67, Issue 4
PY - 2022
SN - 0023-589X
C1 - 2657-4020
SP - 61
EP - 78
DO - 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.22.035.16966
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kwartalnik-historii-nauki-i-techniki/article/zainteresowania-obserwacjami-astronomicznymi-braci-polskich-na-poczatku-xviii-w-w-swietle-zrodel-rodziny-kirchow
KW - Gottfried Kirch
KW - Maria Margaretha Kirch
KW - Christfried Kirch
KW - Teodor Lubieniecki
KW - Johann Jacob Wilkowski
KW - Johann Vladislaus von Suchodoletz
KW - Andreas Wissowatius
KW - Samuel Crell
KW - astronomy
KW - Royal Prussian Society of Sciences
KW - Socinianism