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She also received instruction from Hansch. Her pictures are remarkable for their poetic feeling; especially is this true of "A Quiet Sea," "The Gollinger Waterfall," and "A Country Party." <b>EYCK, MARGARETHA VAN.</b> In Bruges, in the early decades of the fifteenth century, the Van Eycks were inventing new methods in the preparation of colors.
For his biography, the chief source is the folio volume of Correspondence, published in 1718, by Hansch, who has prefixed to these letters between Kepler and his contemporaries a Life, in which his German heartiness beats even through the marble encasement of his Latinity. We have always admired, as a stroke of wit, the way Hansch takes to indicate Kepler's birthplace.
Number of Kepler's published Works His numerous Manuscripts in 22 folio volumes Purchased by Hevelius, and afterwards by Hansch Who publishes Kepler's Life and Correspondence at the expense of Charles VI. The History of the rest of his Manuscripts, which are deposited in the Library of the Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg General Character of Kepler His Candour in acknowledging his Errors His Moral and Religious Character His Astrological Writings and Opinions considered His Character as an Astronomer and a Philosopher The Splendour of his Discoveries Account of his Methods of Investigating Truth.
With such encouragement, Hansch published in 1718, in one volume folio, the correspondence of Kepler, entitled "Epistolæ ad Joannem Keplerum, insertis ad easdem responsionibus Keplerianis, quidquid hactenus reperiri potuerunt, opus novum, et cum Jo. Kepleri vita."
At the death of Hevelius they were bought by M. Gottlieb Hansch, a zealous mathematician, who was desirous of giving them to the world.
The expenses of this volume unfortunately exhausted the 1000 ducats which had been granted by the Emperor, and, instead of being able to publish the rest of the MSS., Hansch was under the necessity of pledging them for 828 florins.
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