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Discover the Planetarium!

What do you see ? 

This is the remarkable ceiling of Eise Eisinga.

ceiling

You will know

• Who Eise Eisinga was.
• what a planetarium is.
• which time Eise lived. 

Objectives

Who was Eise Eisinga?

Eise was born in 1744 in Dronrijp. 

Who was Eise Eisinga?

This is the house he was born in !

Who was Eise Eisinga?

The father of  Eise had a job that no longer excists. Look at the picture. What do you think he did?

Tip

Who was Eise Eisinga?

The father of Eise was wolkammer (woolcomber). If you father was woolcomber you could go to school untill you were 12. After that you would have to learn to be a woolcomber. 

Een wolkammer kreeg de wol van de schapen binnen en waste, kamde en verfde de wol. Daarna konden mensen het spinnen en de draden gebruiken om er kleding van te maken. 

Who was Eise Eisinga?

Bit Eise was very smart and his parents knew that. So once a week he could walk to Franeker to get lessons in Maths and Astronomie.  

Vraag

Hoe lang zou het ongeveer duren om van Dronrijp naar Franeker te lopen?

Antwoord

Bijna anderhalf uur!

Who was Eise Eisinga?

Eise made a lot of notes during his lessons. 

Hier zie je wiskunde-aantekeningen. Eise moest een heleboel sommetjes maken.

Teken jij weleens een lachend gezichtje in de zon? Dat deed Eise ook! Kijk maar naar de aantekeningen van zijn lessen sterrenkunde.

Who was Eise Eisinga?

Because his father was only a wollcomber, Eise could not go to university. 

Wolkammers kamden niet alleen wol, maar verfden dit ook. Hier zie je een brief van Eise waarin hij wol in verschillende kleuren meestuurt voor een wedstrijd.

In 1786 Eise married and together with his wife Pietje he moved to Franeker, where he started his won wollcombery.

The planetarium

Eise can not study astrology but he works on it in his spare time. 

In 1774 Eise comes up with the idea to build a planetarium in his living room.

Wat is een planetarium?

1. A copied model of Earth
2. A copied model of the Sun and Planets
3. A type of Clock where you can see the position of the moon
4. A kind of calender

The planetarium

A planetarium is a build model of the sun and the planets and is used to explain how these move towards each other.

Een Planetarium zag er vroeger vaak zo uit. In het midden zie je de zon, met op verschillende afstanden de planeten eromheen. Eise maakte naast dit planetarium op de foto nog een planetarium, maar dan eentje in zijn plafond!

The planetarium

To build the Planetarium Eise lowers his ceiling in his livingroom and installs a gearwork. the gearworks consist of 60 wooden gears with iron pins.  

How many iron pins did Eise use?

1. circa 60
2. Circa 600
3. circa 6000
4. Circa 16.000

The planetarium

It takes six  years to design and build the planetarium. it takes another year to paint it. in 1781 the planetarium is finished.  

Je ziet hier het leitje waar Eise al zijn ingewikkelde berekeningen op maakte. Je kunt deze bekijken in het Planetarium!

The planetarium

The Planetarium is so special it is immediately famous. People travel from different countries to come and see it. And even king Willem I visits Eise's livingroom.  

In which time did Eise build the Planetarium?

1. (1500-1600) time of Explorers
2. (1600-1700) time of kings
3. (1700-1800) time of revolutions
4. (1800-1900) time of steam engines

The planetarium

The planets in the planetarium are turning as fast (or slow) around the Sun as in real life. One small clock with 8 weights ensures everything keeps moving. 

The planetarium

 This is how it looks:

The planetarium

Eventhough it was build 200 years ago, it still show th correct position of the planets.  

You can also see which day it is, the date and year and what time it is. 

The planetarium

Every year on 31 December the Year label moves a tiny bit. if you speed it up, it looks like this. ( and you do not hear little bells) 

The planetarium

The planetarium of Eise Eisinga is the oldest still working planetarium in the world! And you will visit it ! 

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What would you still like to know about the planetarium

See you soon!