Rene Descartes' model of the structure of the Universe, 1668

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Rene Descartes' model of the structure of the Universe, 1668

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Rene Descartes' (1596-1650) model of the structure of the Universe, (1668). Showing matter filling the Universe collected in vortices with a star at centre of each, often with orbiting planets. The path of a comet is shown by the wavy line starting at N. From Descartes' Epistolae. (Amsterdam, 1668).

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