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The Flammarion engraving is a wood engraving by an unknown artist. Its first documented appearance is in the book L'atmosphère : météorologie populaire ("The Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology"), published in 1888 by the French astronomer and writer Camille Flammarion .
The "Flammarion engraving", 1888. Camille Flammarion was born in Montigny-le-Roi, Haute-Marne, France. He was the brother of Ernest Flammarion (1846–1936), the founder of the Groupe Flammarion publishing house. In 1858 he became a professional at computery at the Paris Observatory.
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Donovan was inspired by the Flammarion engraving (Paris 1888) All tracks by Donovan Leitch. Side one "Cosmic Wheels" – 4:00 "Earth Sign Man" – 3:55 "Sleep" – 3:45
The famous "Flat Earth" Flammarion engraving originates with Flammarion's 1888 L'atmosphère: météorologie populaire (p. 163). The myth of the flat Earth, or the flat-Earth error, is a modern historical misconception that European scholars and educated people during the Middle Ages believed the Earth to be flat. [1] [2]
The Flammarion engraving (1888) depicts a traveller who arrives at the edge of a Flat Earth and sticks his head through the firmament.. The Flat Earth model is a belief that the Earth's shape is a plane or disk covered by a firmament containing heavenly bodies.
Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1877–1962), French astronomer, second wife of Camille Flammarion Sylvie Flammarion (1836-1919), French feminist and pacifist, first wife of Camille Flammarion Flammarion engraving by unknown artist; appeared in a book by Camille Flammarion
The Flammarion woodcut is an enigmatic woodcut by an unknown artist. It is referred to as the "Flammarion woodcut" because its first documented appearance is in page 163 of Camille Flammarion 's L'atmosphère: météorologie populaire ("The Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology ," Paris , 1888).