The first home page of Eise Eisinga Amateur astronomer 1744 to 1828

Background
 

Eisa Ensinga lived in Franeker in the Dutch province of Friesland. He was an amateur astronomer, and built a mechanical planetarium in his living room which has been working almost continuously since then. The planetarium was recented rennovated and re-opened. You can find it on one of the main streets in Franeker: Eise Eisingastraat 3, 8801 KE, Franeker

Links mentioning Eisinga

• A computer lab in the University of Groningen named after Eisinga
• Promotion for the book "Take your kids to Europe"
• The Pieterse-Planetarium which mentions the Planetarium
• A mention in a Secondary Science Teacher's magazine
• A Sundial in the museum
• A bibliography of scientific instrumentation (see under NOORDMANS, Hans)
• Even in some religious information linking the dutch to the descendants of Zebulun and Issachar
• Biographical index of Sky and Telescope
• Index of l'Astronomie (see Nieuwenhis, H.)
• Brief tourist information (Dutch)
• More tourist information (Dutch)
• News article on the Planetarium (Dutch)
• Review of a book for students (Dutch)
• Buried in news from Frysland (Dutch/Fresian)
• Biography (German)
• Dutch astronomy (Czech)
• Brief biography (Dutch) - broken link
• Description of the town of Franeker (Dutch) - broken link
• Reference in a Ham Radio bulletin (Dutch) - broken link

• Recommended Books via 
• Links to other Planetariums
• Journals/Magazines

• Eise Eisingastraat 3, 8801 KE, Franeker, the Netherlands