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  • adjective Pertaining to, or designating, the Rudolphine Tables, a set of astronomical tables computed by Johannes Kepler in 1627, using data collected by Tycho Brahe.

Etymologies

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Rudolph +‎ -ine, after Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Examples

  • While Bohemia suffered, however, the world has benefited at his hands; and the tables upon which Tycho was now engaged are well called the Rudolphine tables.

    Pioneers of Science Oliver Lodge 1895

  • These came into his possession when Tycho Brahe died, the Emperor Rudolph entrusting to him the preparation of new tables (called the Rudolphine tables) founded on the new and accurate observations.

    History of Astronomy George Forbes 1892

  • As an acknowledgment of the Emperor's great kindness, the two astronomers resolved to compute a new set of astronomical tables, and in honour of his Majesty they were to be called the 'Rudolphine Tables.'

    The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

  • The 'Rudolphine Tables' were published at Ulm in 1627.

    The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

  • 'Rudolphine Tables' should be published without delay and at his cost.

    The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

  • He also made a vast number of observations on planets, which formed the basis of the 'Rudolphine

    The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

  • Instead, however, of employing the golden numbers and epacts for the determination of Easter and the movable feasts, it was resolved that the equinox and the paschal moon should be found by astronomical computation from the Rudolphine tables.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

  • Still he worked on at the Rudolphine tables of Tycho, and ultimately, with some small help from Vienna, completed them; but he could not get the means to print them.

    Pioneers of Science Oliver Lodge 1895

  • Published the Rudolphine tables in 1627, embodying Tycho's observations and his own theory.

    Pioneers of Science Oliver Lodge 1895

  • But the spirit of Tycho was broken, and though some good work was done at Prague -- more observations made, and the Rudolphine tables begun -- yet the hand of death was upon him.

    Pioneers of Science Oliver Lodge 1895

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