Eise Eisinga
Eise Eisinga (February 21 1744 – August 27 1828) was a Dutch woolcomber and amateur astronomer. Between 1774 and 1781 he built an orrery in his house in Franeker, Netherlands, to demonstrate to the townspeople that a local clergyman's prediction of a planetary collision was untrue. The house is still standing today, and is known as the Eise Eisinga Planetarium. He also wrote a few books.
External links http://www.planetarium-friesland.nl/ http://www.project2000.ca/2ndphase/Science/eisinga/page08.htm
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