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Nicolas Copernicus

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Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" in which he put forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun- centred) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802.

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