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Fig. 10.7 The auditorium of the Academy building (Fig. 10.5) has a set of stained glass
windows on the first floor. It features various scientists with on the right as seen from the
inside physician and anatomist Petrus Camper and on the right Kapteyn. This window
is on the left above the balcony in Fig. 10.5. Photograph by the author
In the period 1930–1953, in the auditorium of the Academy building a
number of stained glass windows has been installed with depictions of prominent scientists from Groningen. Looking from the auditorium at the lectern,
the window most to the front has the physician and anatomist Petrus Camper
(1722–1789) and Kapteyn (Fig. 10.7). Kapteyn is holding a Jacob’s staff, an
instrument used in pre-telescopic days to measure the angles on the sky between
stars or other objects.
10 Statistics and Other Concerns
Fig. 10.7 The auditorium of the Academy building (Fig. 10.5) has a set of stained glass
windows on the first floor. It features various scientists with on the right as seen from the
inside physician and anatomist Petrus Camper and on the right Kapteyn. This window
is on the left above the balcony in Fig. 10.5. Photograph by the author
In the period 1930–1953, in the auditorium of the Academy building a
number of stained glass windows has been installed with depictions of prominent scientists from Groningen. Looking from the auditorium at the lectern,
the window most to the front has the physician and anatomist Petrus Camper
(1722–1789) and Kapteyn (Fig. 10.7). Kapteyn is holding a Jacob’s staff, an
instrument used in pre-telescopic days to measure the angles on the sky between
stars or other objects.